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8 months new...

When it was 80 degrees on Wednesday I knew it was time to grab baby girl and run take some pics. I'd been wanting to take her pics in these baskets. So thankful for this weather!

Weekend Projects

Well CJ has been at his grandparents for the weekend...and Jake has been watching Carah...so it been a weekend of making things happen! Made 4 dresses and 4 hair bows-check.





Chalked the tree on the wall in Carah's nursery...so I can paint it soon. Also hot glued green leaves onto the owl mobile...



And I painted a shelf that is going in her nursery too...it is drying in the garage.

HooRay for finally and almost finishing the nursery!!!
(All that is left: paint the tree, hang the shelf and find a dresser to go in her closet)

Pattern Paper

Old Desk Calendars make great pattern paper for all of your Pinterest DIY sewing projects! (This is a pillowcase dress)

Polka Dotty Shoes

Pinterest is challenging me...attempt 1 and 2...and 3 :)

Keep trying...failure is just a learning curve!!!




Tutorials I looked at while sewing these were:

Fleeting Thing: the mila baby show tutorial

http://www.fleetingthing.com/handmade/baby-gifts/the-mila-baby-shoe-tutorial/&2_10_12

and

Tao of Craft:

http://taoofcraft.typepad.com/taoofcraft/2010/07/here-is-how-i-made-themsupplies14-yard-of-heavy-home-dec-cotton-or-quilters-weight-cotton-fabric14-yard-lining-fabric-2.html

Carah's Adoption Mini Story

Here is the super condensed version of Carah's adoption...

Promise686.org Jake and Corrie's Story

Bib a licious

A tiny bit of sewing...mastering the bib.

Sewing again...

Were almost on a little schedule...so while she naps I sew...

Maybe in a few more months I'll start selling these personalized doll quilts with your childs birth stats...

With a playful quilty back of course...

And maybe some owl bibs...

As long as my helper is napping :)

A big "love" quilt

Quilt shipped, received and loved! So here she is...

My trusty helper...as the kids were with g-parents so I could finish this up...

Front...

Back...

All Joel Dewberry Ginseng fabric...a bit beachy, a bit girly and bit neutral all at the same time.

A big "love"

So quilting is practically impossible while adjusting to two kids...especially when adopting our baby (we had 3 days to get ready to go pick her up in another state and had to stay there for 8 days while the paperwork cleared for us to bring her home)...so finishing the nursery has been on the top of the other things to do priority list right after keep the kids fed, bathed, played with and the house semi clean...and this quilt was 2nd to the nursery...well finishing the nursery is now on my 2012 to do list...and with 2 sets of loving grandparents who've babysat at various times...I've finally finished this big "love" Thank You from the bottom of our hearts quilt!!! I'll post more pics after it is in the arms of the loving lady it is being mailed too...

No sew scarf tutorial...

Can this really even be called a tutorial since its so easy?...not really...it's more like a reminder that New Years is coming up so check your closet for tshirts/knit shirts with a small stain or hole or it doesn't fit so well any more...or you just don't wear any longer or thrift a cute shirt if you are looking for a particular color/patterned scarf...(both of these are thrifted)

Cut the hem off and cut straight across under the sleeves...

Give it a good stretch and twist once and put it on...tada new scarf!

Extra small/kids tshirts can be worn...with
out even twisting...so make sure you check their closets/thrift sections too!


Happy Scarfing!!!

Merry Christmas 2011!

Merry Christmas family and friends!!! For a savior is born in the city of David!!! Thank you for your wonderful blessings...

As the clock ticks...

Frost is still sneaking around and making sure everyone is on their best behavior...

I guess he couldn't find the "O" as he claimed the popcorn...

We enjoyed CJ's Christmas program...unfortunately he didn't bow between each song like he did in the church program-HA!

We got the classic pic with Santa...with NO crying from Carah!!! yeah!

And I even squeezed in a few minutes to make a baby gift for one of our newest Georgia Tech tailgaters...

Baby Carah doesn't cry when we drop her off at the church nursery!

She thinks she's a big girl already at 5 1/2 months new...

And she wants to sit up by herself...and she almost has it...

May your days be Merry and Bright....Merry Christmas!

Elf on the Shelf...

So life is busy adjusting to 2 kids...hints the lack of bloginess...though you might like to know we finalized Carah's adoption yesterday!!!

"Frost" always shows up on CJ's birthday...this year we found him eating one of the unfrosted cupcakes!


We've also found him having a marshmallow bubble bath...


Merry Christmas!!!!