Items for sale -- texture lovies

In preparation for the craft bazaar, I tried to figure out what would sell well or be in demand. I figured there would likely be people looking for Christmas gifts for baby or even upcoming baby showers. One of my little ones' favorite baby item was a Taggie blanket. The concept is simple: a small blanket with ribbon loops around the edges to provide different textures for baby to play with. The name, however was a little more difficult. Since Taggie is already a brand name, I had to come up with something different...and texture lovie it was! My lovies were 12" squares, with varying fabrics for the body of the blanket. I tried to vary color and texture of the ribbons around the outside as much as possible, to provide the most opportunity for baby's stimulation.

As I began making the lovies, I started with 2 layers of fleece. And quickly decided that it would be both easier for me and a more interesting finished product if I used flannel prints for one side of the blanket. So I found some remnants and got some cute fabrics to make the blankets from. And made a bunch!

After a pile of those, I found some really cute patchwork fabrics, and had the thought to do some lovies out of "premium" fabrics. I bought the patchwork and some minky - super soft with raised dots, and used those as one side of some more blankets.

And speaking of items for sale -- Now that the craft fair and Christmas are over, I'm starting up a Facebook page where I will be listing all of my leftovers from the bazaar (and there are plenty! Traffic was a little slow) and taking custom orders! The page can be found by searching "Casually Crafty" in your Facebook search bar. It's bare-bones right now, but I hope to have it up and running soon!