My daughters checkbook cover

[ClayB]

This must be something like the cobbler's kids not getting new shoes. I was cleaning junk off the computer desk this morning and saw a juice packet under some papers. I was going to throw it away when I realized it's a bunch of juice packets sewn together. What the heck? When I turned it over, it hold my daughters check book! Guess she did ask for a check book cover a while ago. Another thing to add to my list.

[jbird]

that's a laugh can't see my self going around with that, pretty funny stuff.

Josh

[leatheroo]

lol!!!! the pressure is on now clay!!

[Crystal]

I have to give your girl an A+ on originality. I think dad should make her a checkbook cover just like her juice box one, only out of leather. If it looks like she is carting a feedbag around - that's probably her purse. Poor kid.

Crystal

[TrooperChuck]

I'm impressed with her inventiveness! I'd only start worrying if she started making clothing out of that stuff.

[MADMAX22]

That is pretty cool actually, and she did a good job too lol with getting everything spaced correctly and all that. I have to agree she's gonna give you a run for your money if she keeps up making stuff.

[yaklady]

Here I thought Jessi was only good with a gun, hunting those big bucks. She must have other big bucks she needs to keep safe. That is the most inventive checkbook cover I've ever seen! When you finally get around to making your daughter happy, you should put a big buck on it.

Kathy

[Lace]

They actually sell these in stores where I am from. They were really popular like 4 years ago. I owned a hand bag of kiwi strawberry juice. Hehe. It's the ultimate in recycling to make new things :D

[ClayB]

Well a couple days ago Jessi came up to me and said "Daddy, I need a real checkbook cover". I figured I was finally going to have to carve that frog that I have been putting off for so long, but no, she had just done a logo as an art project for school. She asked if I could put that on her cover.

Here's the picture she drew.

That didn't look too hard. It didn't take much to adjust it to fit. Carving only took a few minutes. I spent an hour or so on the coloring, and it was a failure. I tried to add lots of color with the eco flow dyes, followed that with a couple coats of block out, then finished up with tan all in one. The block out didn't block much out and it kind of looked like mud. SO, off to round 2. We decided that this one gets no color right from the start, so I had to come up with some other ideas to liven up the pattern a little. Jessi thought that a pro petal on the flames might bring them to life a little. Then she thought maybe some leather putty behind the hearts to make them pop. At that point, I decided maybe some plugs behind the initials were in order too. Well, why stop there, plug the stars and the flames too. I haven't done leather plugs in years, cuz my first experience with them wasn't very good. These were actually pretty easy to do and turned a pretty simple pattern into something kind of fun.

Here's how it turned out. She's pretty happy with it, so I am too!

[jbird]

Wow great stuff a lot better.

Josh