I am SO excited to show you what my mom, me and my sis in law (pulled her in this time around) have been up to this week… in our spare time from our 3 girls.
In the meantime – which one of these do you like better? I want to print one out and do a really cool project on canvas that I saw here.
since all I can think about is food :) I have been in the deep search of some great food blogs. I came across this one today and I am in LOVE with it! Her photography is amazing!
Check out http://cjaneinthekitchen.blogspot.com/
Look at some of these photos-
Yum ~ I have got to get some food! Later!
I so didn’t dare take a before photo of my hair… it is SO damaged and just gross. Being prego has not helped my case either. So before I head back to Colorado, I am getting my hair done today. I am pretty sure that about 3-4” is going to come off to get my hair back to healthy, then who knows what. I think I want a more blunt cut than the crazy layers I have right now and I would like to keep growing out my bangs, but they need some serious TLC before that can happen, so they might have to go short again for a while. AND I do not like being my natural color of dark... so I need some more blond for a pick me up! Anyway, these are my inspirations…
I will post photos soon!
Well, isn’t that tons of stuff? These are some of the other projects that we did while at my mom’s house… I am home for three days and then I am going back. My sweet, hard-working hubby is extending his work trip for at least another three weeks. Now you know why I have to do all the projects! I miss my hubby so much!
This in the milkman tote that I made my mom for xmas, but never posted it. I love the houndstooth on the inside. She puts her Seminary materials in it… love it!
These are a pattern that my cousin has introduced me to. I made the boy shoes and my mom made the sweet girl ones. I have cut out like 6 more pairs to make as gifts. I think they are a perfect, personalized gift all wrapped cute! Thanks Linz!
These are what we have deemed the “Snot Skirt”… Abi wore these around all day for three days once they were both made. They were so easy to make and I can’t wait to make more. If I am having a girl, I am totally going to make a newborn one… can’t you just see one with a white onesie and a cute headband? Ooo… do you think I want another girl?
These are some rosettes that I made from this tutorial. I did them just a bit differently, but got the same result… I want to make some more to go along with those cute baby girl shoes.
This is something that I have wanted to create since I saw some at Swiss Days in Midway, UT back in September. They are for hot flat irons or curling irons… so you can put them away after you use them and not have the cords and stuff out for days on end, like mine are. :) This one is really cool because we elongated a diaper clutch pattern from online, and added a divider in the pouch so either I can put in both my flat iron and curling iron, OR put in a hot tool with the cord in a separate pocket. My mom did a great job on this after I cut it out.. I worked on my bally band while she did this.
Wow! That was a lot of crafts… but there are some great ones to come next week!!!!
for some odd reason or another (like that I am 5’ 10”) I can’t find maternity clothes that fit me. skirts, dresses, and pants are too short on my legs and t-shirts and tops are short on my torso! when I get big, I am like the most immodest thing on the planet. it is really frustrating. well, thankfully I come from an extremely tall family! most of my immediate family, aunts, uncles, and cousins are 6’or taller. and luckily for me, 5 of my cousins are pregnant right now! my aunts are amazing seamstresses and one of them came up with a maternity skirt that is comfortable, long, and takes like 20 minutes to sew. it is like heaven sent for me!
with the two that I made this week I now have 4 skirts out of this pattern and plan on making some more. the skirt is just too easy and looks too good to not want to make more. sorry about the wrinkles, they were ironed until A got to them thinking they were dress-ups. :)
next is this beauty! i have always wondered about belly bands and if they would work for my shape (like an s-curve from algebra). not just that, I wasn’t willing to pay to “experiment” with one. when I saw this tutorial, I just had to at least try one!
this took me two tries – the first worked out perfectly; however, when I put it on, all I could hear was threads popping! then it pathetically fell apart. you want to know what NOT to do? DON’T surge the seams unless you have stretchy string. I thought I would be all cool and sleek with a surged edge, but it didn’t stretch with my curves. so the second one I used a zig-sag on my machine and it has been awesome! NO more riding up, NO more immodesty when I need to nurse, and NO pants falling off! plus, it is fit just for me and my body (I made it taller than the one in the tutorial). I have worn it all afternoon. LOVE IT! definitely plan on making more and think a set of two or three would be fun for a gift to the billions of friends of mine who are Prego!
we have been so busy here! more to come!!!
one of my friends noticed my camera strap like this-
and asked if I would make her one. She was open to anything and that really excited me! I found the original tutorial a long time ago and honestly cannot remember where! So I will make sure that I get the instructions out to those who are interested in the top one and the steps I take to make one. However, I ran across this blog post and just had to try my hand at sewing one with a cute ruffle. She has some way cute ideas for a whole bunch of others ones. Check it out!
PS- sewing with my new machine is like the difference between crunchy peanut butter and smooth and creamy peanut butter! I love it!
since staying at my parents’ home, I have rediscovered a classic favorite…
I saw my brother eating some of this on toast and have been craving it all week. For some reason or another, it is just me and my daughter tonight in the house, and the craving overtook me like waves crashing over the side of a boat out to sea. I scrounged up some ingredients and made a crazy good, one-isn’t-enough-but-it-should-be desert.
It was way easy but so darn good- here’s the recipe for those craving nutella filled turnover
Ingredients
Directions
