What’s been going on here?
A wire girl modeling some sweet little girl aprons.
And she even models bags. What a fun purchase!
Painting high places.
And faces. Oopsie.
Hanging out with an old friend.
Enjoying a parade and let’s not forget - Molly’s newest sport. Go Cubs!
That’s all I’ve got for now. I just didn’t want to be forgotten!
I love Pottery Barn Kids. I often flip through the catalog of fantasy bedrooms and love everything I see. There are two things I know for sure though - 1. I could never keep a room in my house that clean and tidy and 2. I can’t afford to buy anything there. So, that is where the craftiness comes in. I fell in love with the owl pillows in one of the more recent catalogs. Even if I could afford them it’s so much more rewarding making them, especially when there are so many incredible fabrics to choose from!
For some reason I also had this insane desire to make a small flock of birds.
They are so quick and fun. There’s a free pattern for them here and one of my bloggy friends made some too. You can see her cuties here. Thanks for posting that Sarah! I wanted to keep going but I had to refrain. Andrew came home and seemed surprised by my excitement over them. He asks “what are they for?” Who the heck knows?! They’re just so cute! Geez, I can’t even begin to explain why I get excited about these kinds of things.
Ok, I was gonna save this for another post but I am too excited. I made my first “quilt.” I feel like I can’t say it for real, cause it’s not a real quilt, but it’s the closest I’ve come to one. I made a baby size rag quilt in Patty Young’s Andalucia and a little blankie sized quilt in boy prints by Michael Miller. I can’t stop getting harassed about the boy stuff so I am trying harder.
They’re such a good project for me because they’re quick and I’m all about quick. I’m also kinda embarrassed for you real quilters out there to see this. You are all so nice though and I know you won’t make fun! :) I completely messed up the placing of the squares but didn’t feel like undoing the stitching once I realized it. I definitely love that you don’t have to be perfect about the stitching – because perfect I am not.
The worst part is the snipping - by far. I didn’t think it would be too bad but my snippers were so dull and weren’t working at all. By the time I was half way through the first quilt my wrist was popping with every squeeze and I had calluses! Although, once it washed and dried I decided that it was definitely worth it! I just went out a got me a brand new pair of snips today because I intend on making more of these little guys. They are so snuggly with fuzzy flannel on the backs. I’d wrap myself right up in there - if I were 2 ft tall.
Can you guess what we’re having done??
That’s right! What a big girl she is now. She is so proud of herself and we’re so proud too. What trooper.
Little Miss Molly was making me laugh so much today when she got home. She really learned a lot at school today.
She taught me all about groundhogs- which are also known as “wood chuckers” ya know. I think she was combining wood chuck and wood peckers.
They can only be found in two countries- Pennsylvania and New York City.
Molly told me not to question her though, she learned this from her teacher “who has been in kindergarten for 20 years.” How could she be wrong?!
My last funny tidbit actually happened a couple of weeks ago. We had a really bad storm here and for some reason they didn’t close school. They’d already had a snow day or two on days that weren’t quite so bad, but this day school was on. It was a blizzard. I could barely see enough to get down to the school to pick her up. She got in the car and informed me that all of the teachers were saying that school should’ve been cancelled. But, “it was up to the president.” Molly says “Barack Obama was not looking out for the safety of the children.” I immediately burst out laughing and tried to explain that it was not Obama’s fault (it was actually 4 days before he was even being inaugurated). If only the President of the United States knew (in that much detail) what was going on in Western New York!
How sweet is she?! I still can’t believe I have a blonde child, but she is so darn cute. An angel if I must say so. I want to chew on her marshmallow cheeks.
She decided to break up the photo session and set everyone free. First the puppy.
Then the doll.
How cute is that?! They had their first bath together and they loved it. I was worried that Abby was too little but she sure proved me wrong. She was a little maniac. They’ve had a few since then and I’ve decided that bath night has also become “clean the entire bathroom night” because the entire place gets drenched. They have so much fun though and Abby kicks and screams when it’s time to get out.
Gosh, it brings back fond memories of bathing with my brother when I was little and how he had this neat little game of seeing how long he could hold my head under the water without actually killing me. Those were the days…
The other day I was laying some fabric out on the floor when Abby ran over and snatched it from me. I went to see where she disappeared to and found her in the other room getting cozy.
It’s so good to see that she has quickly fallen in love with Anna Maria Horner too! Man, my kids have good taste.
I’ve been experimenting a little more with Andalucia and made a couple little fold over clutch bags.
I have this problem lately where I just can’t stick to one thing- or even 15. I’ve been jumping all over the place trying new things and I just can’t organize a thought. I guess I am just an experimenter at heart. It doesn’t help that I have a million blogs that I can’t stay off of and I want to try making every last thing that I see. Oh well, at least I’ll never be bored- just confused.
I can’t believe this. I’m not one to make resolutions but I thought I’d try this year. I have been reading everyone’s inspiring lists of goals and resolutions for this new year of ours and felt compelled to try something.
Not a whole list though, just one thing.
I didn’t want to pick something too difficult, or something I’d feel too bad about not accomplishing if I started slacking. I just decided that I wanted to try to tend to my blog more. I have such a great time reading so many other blogs and I really want to be part of the loop. I want to open up a bit and say more and throw myself out there… sort of.
It took me 2 weeks into the new year to even post about that great resolution of mine. I know I don’t have too crazy of a life over here in Western New York but there must be something I can find to write about - even if it’s just something little.
I think my problem so far has been that I felt like I couldn’t post unless I had something crafty to show. Forget that. If you read my blog only for crafty things, then you can skip the ones that may not be so crafty. I can’t imagine there are too many people who read my blog at all, let alone for my crafty stuff. There are million other people crafting more interesting things and blogging about it! That’s where I find my ideas.
Ok, here is one crafty thing I did over the holidays. I know I said I wasn’t only going to post about crafty things, but I do have a few to share. I’ll start with this- a sweet little handprint project on some fabulous Andalucia fabric that I stuck in an old wooden frame I had sitting around. I just had to find a reason to get some of that on the walls – in the bathroom.
I love it. Handprints are too cute. It makes me smile every time I have to use the bathroom, that still doesn’t have a door….
