The Girls' Room is Finished!

Mom and I were sewing these drapes until the moment we had to leave for the airport. She made sure that I had detailed instructions for the few things that needed to be completed. I am thrilled with the outcome! The only snafu is that we miss calculated the length of the closet panels. I have to take them down and drop the hem but other than that, I am in love with them! Thanks Mom!

Before

After

This room feels just dreamy. I like to sit in here and enjoy its sweet, sleepy vibes! The other thing Brian and I love to do in this room is rock our baby girls and look out the window at the pond. Can't wait for summer when the full moon shines down on the water's ripples. Who knew a retention pond could be so lovely?

I Officially Have Craft ADD

There is no end to my crafter's ADD. Just as soon as I begin to feel comfortable with one thing, I come across something else that I must try. Please refer to the quote I just added to the sidebar. Describes how I feel to a T. I feel like I have to be learning constantly. Too bad I didn't have this feeling in high school. If I see something that I don't know how to do, I want to learn. It feels almost insatiable. And I don't want to do in later, I want to do it NOW! Is this normal or am I out of my mind? Maybe once I put all of these pieces together, I am going to come up with something great. In the meantime, I am going to follow the insanity and hope it leads me somewhere. Life is an adventure after all!

I am desperate to start embroidering. I mean desperate. Mom, where are you when I need you? Do you know how much I could accomplish with both your expertise AND childcare abilities?! I "met" Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching a few weeks ago while perusing the Internet looking for info on embroidery. I came across a tutorial by her for beginner embroidery students. Her story is so cool like so many other contemporary crafters. I love these young, hip people reinventing things that are commonly thought of as grandmotherly. Her designs are amazing and fun and I am so excited to give it a go! Just ordered her craft pad and it can't possibly come soon enough!

Sammy's New Patchwork Pants

I found this fabric a week or so ago and I just had to have some! I know there is a lot of patchwork out there in kids clothes right now but I just loved this pattern. I knew that my Sammy-Boy needed a pair of pants made of this fabric.

Whipped these out at nap time and I am really happy with the outcome. Imagine warm weather, a "vintage" tee and some flip flops...too cool!

So Cool! Great Book!

I just popped by a blog that I read, Posey Gets Cozy, and found that she took part in the new crochet book that I ADORE! A few of you have asked about the white bag that I am making, it is from this book. I am dieing to make everything in it! Truly ALL of the patterns are fantastic and the photos are just gorgeous. If you crochet you must have this book!

To be honest, I got a little antsy with my crocheting and wanted to branch out and do other things too. I still want to learn other needle crafts but this book gave me back my passion for crochet!

Fun Little Project: Diaper Pouches

With my sister-in-law being ready to give birth at any moment, I have found myself working on little projects for her. She found a diaper pouch on Etsy and really wanted one. I took one look and decided that I would give making one a go. The first turned out pretty well but I had a fabric that suited Meredith more. Here are the two little pouches I made. They are big enough to hold quite a few diapers, some butt paste, and perhaps a changing pad.

Tutu Time

The tutus were a big hit with the girlies. They danced and twirled in them and had a ball. I think all little girls should have a tutu and be a ballerina every once in a while!

Grace

Ella

This is a VERY easy little project. I used the Tutu Tutorial from Plumtickled and I am, well...plumtickled!

Little Cherry Dress

Thank goodness my mom came to town because she helped me work out the kinks in my little cherry dress. I guess I should tell you that I have never taken a sewing class and I really thought that I could just teach myself. I bought my machine last fall and sat for 2 days trying to figure out how to thread it. Not the most effective way to spend my time I realize. I have learned quite a bit on my own but there are just some things that require a real live teacher! Just having my mom show me basic techniques makes me feel like I can do so much more!

Here is the finished dress on my little Ella girl. I made her a headband to match. I am pretty happy with my first clothing project. I am ready to move on to the next thing. I plan to suck the life out of my mom while she is here so I am off to Jo Ann to get some more fabric!





All of the little ones wanted in on the photo shoot so here they are.