Friday, July 15, 2011
Car Safety
My daughter is so smart, and I'm so proud of what she has caught on to without me telling her. This is a picture of her driving the babies, that she is babysitting, home to their parents... Yes, these babies are rear facing in her car. She told me that all babies rear face in their car seats until they are 4 years old. Baby Boy's car seat is invisible, in case you were wondering. =)
Kayla's New Vase and Flowers
At my Grandma's house recently, Kayla noticed that there was a little mini vase, holding just one or two flowers, was shaped like a tall thin mug with a handle on it. She loved it and asked me for one of her own. I haven't found one that actually looks like a mini mug, and Kayla is still looking for the perfect mini vase, but we did manage to find one that will work for now. Here it is filled with all the flowers Kayla picked on the way to her ballet class.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Homemade "Toothpaste"
Most of you probably know that I buy very few commercial cleaners or beauty products. Toothpaste is one of the newer things that I tried, and I've gone through my entire (one ounce, maybe less?) container that I made before Christmas. It's still working great =) Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to share today.
This is so simple, I used about 2 tablespoons of unrefined coconut oil, a teaspoon of baking soda, and added various essential oils. You'll have to try the essential oils out yourself to see how strong you like it. Personally, I add quite a few drops but my husband can't handle his so strong. I used a mix of tea tree, cinnamon, spearmint, peppermint, along with just a couple drops of tangerine. YUM.
Just mix your ingredients with a spoon or fork and let sit.
My short list of ingredients I want to avoid in store bought toothpastes:
Glycerin - debatable, glycerin is supposed to coat your teeth to keep bacteria away, however, I prefer to not use it.
SLS - foaming agent used in many, many personal care and cleaning products. Horrible for your skin and body.
Fluoride- most of you probably know the debate about fluoride, I don't think I need to go into detail about it.
This is so simple, I used about 2 tablespoons of unrefined coconut oil, a teaspoon of baking soda, and added various essential oils. You'll have to try the essential oils out yourself to see how strong you like it. Personally, I add quite a few drops but my husband can't handle his so strong. I used a mix of tea tree, cinnamon, spearmint, peppermint, along with just a couple drops of tangerine. YUM.
Just mix your ingredients with a spoon or fork and let sit.
My short list of ingredients I want to avoid in store bought toothpastes:
Glycerin - debatable, glycerin is supposed to coat your teeth to keep bacteria away, however, I prefer to not use it.
SLS - foaming agent used in many, many personal care and cleaning products. Horrible for your skin and body.
Fluoride- most of you probably know the debate about fluoride, I don't think I need to go into detail about it.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Kayla's Very First Ice Skating Lessons
DSLR and Kelly Moore Bag
I have wanted to get a DSLR ever since I was a teenager buying my very first camera of my own. At the time though, I couldn't quite afford one (I don't think I even had a job yet, at 14 or 15 years old) and I bought my very first Canon P&S digital camera. If I remember correctly, it was about 3MP at and I paid just over $200. I don't remember the model. Since then I have gone through 2 Casio cameras and one Olympus (1080SW which is still being used for snowboarding or the beach). I still use a newer Canon for videos or when I don't want to bring a whole bunch of stuff with me.
Anyway, I got a new camera for Christmas - bought on boxing day. A Canon Rebel XS!!! I am in LOVE and kicking myself not getting one sooner. The package came with a 18-55mm 1:3.5-?? and a 75-300mm 1:4-??. Basic kit lenses. I used the 18-55mm lens for about a week, and haven't used the 75-300mm aside from about 5 shots. They have both been replaced by a 50mm 1.8 which has not been removed from my camera since I bought it.
I am in love with this (basic) camera and have been taking it basically everywhere. My ugly black square box of a camera case actually doubles as a "purse" when I go out and I quickly realized that I would have to look for something better.
I have been searching and searching for a nice looking camera bag. I have only a few requirements like having a cross body strap and room to actually store the camera body when it's not in use. Having a shorter strap for one shoulder would be a bonus and I was ideally looking for something that looked like a purse and would acceptably double as a purse. I found a number of different options, most were half-solutions, a few camera bags actually did look like purses, just not purses that I would normally carry!
Enter the Kelly Moore Bag, I could gush about these forever. Perfect, perfect, perfect! Look for yourself, each of the "purses" or bags pictured below are actually designed to be a camera bag!
I have taken a long hard look at each of these bags, although they are pricey for our situation(hubby has gone back to school full time), I am determined this is the right purse/camera bag for me and I will own one even if I have to wait and have my parents give it to me for my birthday.
I immediately knocked the JuJu and Kelly Boy bags off my list. The JuJu "mother of all bags" is way too big for what I need, and the Kelly Boy is too "messenger bag" for me. This leaves me with the Classic, B-Hobo, and Posey. My original pick for myself was the Classic. I like the extra room it has over the B-Hobo and Posey, I like the design of it and I like how the top closes with snaps. I eventually decided against the classic, mostly because it's not the style of purse I would buy for a cross body strap, it just seems to be square and "stick out". I knew right away that the Posey was not my bag, however I LOVE how the zipper on the front contains pockets for all your credit cards! I would love to be able to get rid of my wallet and store it all directly in my purse.
This leaves the B-Hobo bag, this IS the bag I am getting. Personally, I think this one looks much nicer as a cross body purse. At first I didn't like the flap and thought it would bother me, but I've thought about it more and I think I can live with it :). I like that I can probably manage to stack two shorter lenses near the sides if storage does become an issue in the future. If I had more gear and switched lenses often/had to switch lenses quickly I would have a harder decision, but since I'm just a casual photographer who likes to have her camera within quick reach on a daily basis I feel quite confident in my decision. Although, I feel like I my brain was completely focused on Classic v B-Hobo for the last week!
Now I only have to decide on the colour... Oh dear. I like the blue, green, and yellow (after seeing it here) - oh, I like the red too. I like the blue because I love the colour but it's also more neutral and not a colour that I'm worried I would get bored of. I don't think I would likely get the red one, as much as I like it I'm not a red person. Green and yellow are both currently out of stock...
Does anyone own a Kelly Moore bag? What do you think of it? Any colour recommendations?? Did you find the colour was true to what you saw on your screen?
*I wanted to clarify that I do like the look of the flap on the B-Hobo bag, I just wasn't sure if I would feel like it got in my way when trying to open the purse.
*Also, the blue colour I referred to is the muted teal, not the normal teal.
Anyway, I got a new camera for Christmas - bought on boxing day. A Canon Rebel XS!!! I am in LOVE and kicking myself not getting one sooner. The package came with a 18-55mm 1:3.5-?? and a 75-300mm 1:4-??. Basic kit lenses. I used the 18-55mm lens for about a week, and haven't used the 75-300mm aside from about 5 shots. They have both been replaced by a 50mm 1.8 which has not been removed from my camera since I bought it.
I am in love with this (basic) camera and have been taking it basically everywhere. My ugly black square box of a camera case actually doubles as a "purse" when I go out and I quickly realized that I would have to look for something better.
I have been searching and searching for a nice looking camera bag. I have only a few requirements like having a cross body strap and room to actually store the camera body when it's not in use. Having a shorter strap for one shoulder would be a bonus and I was ideally looking for something that looked like a purse and would acceptably double as a purse. I found a number of different options, most were half-solutions, a few camera bags actually did look like purses, just not purses that I would normally carry!
Enter the Kelly Moore Bag, I could gush about these forever. Perfect, perfect, perfect! Look for yourself, each of the "purses" or bags pictured below are actually designed to be a camera bag!
I have taken a long hard look at each of these bags, although they are pricey for our situation(hubby has gone back to school full time), I am determined this is the right purse/camera bag for me and I will own one even if I have to wait and have my parents give it to me for my birthday.
I immediately knocked the JuJu and Kelly Boy bags off my list. The JuJu "mother of all bags" is way too big for what I need, and the Kelly Boy is too "messenger bag" for me. This leaves me with the Classic, B-Hobo, and Posey. My original pick for myself was the Classic. I like the extra room it has over the B-Hobo and Posey, I like the design of it and I like how the top closes with snaps. I eventually decided against the classic, mostly because it's not the style of purse I would buy for a cross body strap, it just seems to be square and "stick out". I knew right away that the Posey was not my bag, however I LOVE how the zipper on the front contains pockets for all your credit cards! I would love to be able to get rid of my wallet and store it all directly in my purse.
This leaves the B-Hobo bag, this IS the bag I am getting. Personally, I think this one looks much nicer as a cross body purse. At first I didn't like the flap and thought it would bother me, but I've thought about it more and I think I can live with it :). I like that I can probably manage to stack two shorter lenses near the sides if storage does become an issue in the future. If I had more gear and switched lenses often/had to switch lenses quickly I would have a harder decision, but since I'm just a casual photographer who likes to have her camera within quick reach on a daily basis I feel quite confident in my decision. Although, I feel like I my brain was completely focused on Classic v B-Hobo for the last week!
Now I only have to decide on the colour... Oh dear. I like the blue, green, and yellow (after seeing it here) - oh, I like the red too. I like the blue because I love the colour but it's also more neutral and not a colour that I'm worried I would get bored of. I don't think I would likely get the red one, as much as I like it I'm not a red person. Green and yellow are both currently out of stock...
Does anyone own a Kelly Moore bag? What do you think of it? Any colour recommendations?? Did you find the colour was true to what you saw on your screen?
*I wanted to clarify that I do like the look of the flap on the B-Hobo bag, I just wasn't sure if I would feel like it got in my way when trying to open the purse.
*Also, the blue colour I referred to is the muted teal, not the normal teal.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Natural Shampoo
I just noticed a post I made last year regarding shampoo and I thought I should add a little update. I had been looking for the right shampoo for a while. Apparently that was before I started buying the Kiss My Face brand, that is like the only real shampoo and conditioner I buy, however, I haven't used shampoo since the summer. I also stopped using my blow dryer or hair straightener.
Since late spring I have been using a combination of baking soda, vinegar, and (Kiss My Face) conditioner. I don't know if I will continue using vinegar or not. I have stopped using it each time I wash my hair and I'm going to try using it only once every couple weeks.
Typically most people wash with baking soda, rinse, then "condition" with a vinegar (or lemon juice) rinse.
Currently I wet my hair, put just a little conditioner on the ends, then "pull" the baking soda down from my part using my fingers like combs, stopping before I get to the ends. I use less than one ounce of baking soda in 4 ounces of water (and I used a similar vinegar to water ratio as well). I use my fingers to comb my hair a bit more but once I turn the water of I don't touch my hair at all!
I still have bad hair days but honestly, my hair has never felt better! Cost wise, I am still working on the $2.00 box of baking soda that I bought many months ago and once I run out of conditioner (I expect it will take me some time still) I'll experiment with the many butters and oils I have instead of buying more.
When I have time to pay attention to my hair, I'm going to try out some Nature Clean shampoo that my aunt gave me, and castile soap as well.
Since late spring I have been using a combination of baking soda, vinegar, and (Kiss My Face) conditioner. I don't know if I will continue using vinegar or not. I have stopped using it each time I wash my hair and I'm going to try using it only once every couple weeks.
Typically most people wash with baking soda, rinse, then "condition" with a vinegar (or lemon juice) rinse.
Currently I wet my hair, put just a little conditioner on the ends, then "pull" the baking soda down from my part using my fingers like combs, stopping before I get to the ends. I use less than one ounce of baking soda in 4 ounces of water (and I used a similar vinegar to water ratio as well). I use my fingers to comb my hair a bit more but once I turn the water of I don't touch my hair at all!
I still have bad hair days but honestly, my hair has never felt better! Cost wise, I am still working on the $2.00 box of baking soda that I bought many months ago and once I run out of conditioner (I expect it will take me some time still) I'll experiment with the many butters and oils I have instead of buying more.
When I have time to pay attention to my hair, I'm going to try out some Nature Clean shampoo that my aunt gave me, and castile soap as well.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Life since May 2010
Well, it's been quite some time since I last updated my blog. So many things have happened since May 2010!
The first, and most notable, was a flood in our condo July 3rd (?). It was a huge mess, we were finally moved back home at the end of September, and we are STILL waiting on certain things to be fixed. I took advantage and was able to do a fair bit of sewing after moving my machine over to our temporary house (my parents dining room). I sewed a number of face cloths or cloth wipes, along with a couple baby blankets and a few t-shirts/dresses for Kayla. My classes started in September and I have not had time to REALLY get on my sewing machine since then. My cousin gave me an adorable pin cushion for Christmas, so I'm now itching to clear off my desk and at least finish up on a couple unfinished projects.
Upon moving back home I was also able to get my kitchen scale out which helped me immensely with the lip balm I had tried to make in the summer. Early in the fall I made quite a few lotions, lip balms, make up items, etc. which I'm now starting to run out of. I placed a number of orders with the supply store I use in December, however, I honestly cannot think of what I made recently aside from crayons or deodorant... I'm sure I made a few other things but my brain doesn't seem to be working.
On December 20, I had my eyes "fixed" with PRK. Over all I've had a great experience. I had some pain on the 1st day after that didn't seem to go away with either the T3 or pain drops I was given and it turns out that my eyes healed faster than expected and the contacts (they are no prescription contacts that basically act as a band-aid) had to be changed. My vision is still "sharpening up" but I can now read without having to squint and that makes me happy.
Kayla has been learning to ice skate and really enjoys everything except having her helmet put on. She is 3 now and is such a wonderful little girl. She loves to talk and tells me many stories, some made up and some real. She's now into the Disney princesses and knows all of their names from the two books she got for her birthday. Carly and Stefan bought Kayla (and Paul and I) tickets for Disney on Ice, we had SO much fun!
I promise to post again in the next couple days!
The first, and most notable, was a flood in our condo July 3rd (?). It was a huge mess, we were finally moved back home at the end of September, and we are STILL waiting on certain things to be fixed. I took advantage and was able to do a fair bit of sewing after moving my machine over to our temporary house (my parents dining room). I sewed a number of face cloths or cloth wipes, along with a couple baby blankets and a few t-shirts/dresses for Kayla. My classes started in September and I have not had time to REALLY get on my sewing machine since then. My cousin gave me an adorable pin cushion for Christmas, so I'm now itching to clear off my desk and at least finish up on a couple unfinished projects.
Upon moving back home I was also able to get my kitchen scale out which helped me immensely with the lip balm I had tried to make in the summer. Early in the fall I made quite a few lotions, lip balms, make up items, etc. which I'm now starting to run out of. I placed a number of orders with the supply store I use in December, however, I honestly cannot think of what I made recently aside from crayons or deodorant... I'm sure I made a few other things but my brain doesn't seem to be working.
On December 20, I had my eyes "fixed" with PRK. Over all I've had a great experience. I had some pain on the 1st day after that didn't seem to go away with either the T3 or pain drops I was given and it turns out that my eyes healed faster than expected and the contacts (they are no prescription contacts that basically act as a band-aid) had to be changed. My vision is still "sharpening up" but I can now read without having to squint and that makes me happy.
Kayla has been learning to ice skate and really enjoys everything except having her helmet put on. She is 3 now and is such a wonderful little girl. She loves to talk and tells me many stories, some made up and some real. She's now into the Disney princesses and knows all of their names from the two books she got for her birthday. Carly and Stefan bought Kayla (and Paul and I) tickets for Disney on Ice, we had SO much fun!
I promise to post again in the next couple days!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Life Without My Sewing Machine
Since I still don't have a new sewing machine yet, me and Kayla have been enjoying our time with the garden. I guess it's fitting since the weather is gorgeous right now! We've had romaine lettuce, tomatoes, and strawberries for quite a while, and had slowly added some flowers over the last couple weeks. This week I found aphids on my lettuce so I quickly added some chives and marigolds near the lettuce, and today I buried some banana peels at the base of all of them, and of course picked off the affected leaves. I've got a spray bottle with water and a squirt of soap ready and waiting, but I'm holding off on using it, hoping that the chives and banana peels will do the trick. On the bright side the butter crunch lettuce hasn't been attached by the aphids, yet. Oh, and Kaylas little petunia flower even grew another flower!
The "garden" has grown and changed a little since this picture
The orange/pink flower on the left is my favorite!
I've also been getting into soap again, I've been looking for new shampoo ever since Clorox bought Burt's Bees. I know, that was a few years ago, but I hadn't been able to find the right shampoo, and I've tried everything I could find with the right ingredients (which was not very many)! I kept going back and buying a bottle or two of Burt's Bees here and there in between all the others.
Then, I found shampoo bars! I bought my first one from a lady at a craft fair and have been trying to find her contact info forever, I can't figure out what the heck I did with it! Since then I've bought a couple from etsy, and I've been making do with certain conditioners, I finally ran out the other day and used one of those little conditioners that came with my hair dye. That was a bad choice, haha... my hair was terrible. It felt smooth, but I quickly realized my hair was just completely coated in yucky.
It's been a while, but I quickly whipped up a batch of cocoa butter, I split it in half and first made some really thick, almost pure cocoa butter, whipped cocoa butter. I added a lot of oil to the second half, I'm not sure if I got the consistency right, but the plan is to replace my old conditioner so I'll find out in the morning! It has to be better then that store bought crap, so I'm sure it will go well. Right...
Then, I found shampoo bars! I bought my first one from a lady at a craft fair and have been trying to find her contact info forever, I can't figure out what the heck I did with it! Since then I've bought a couple from etsy, and I've been making do with certain conditioners, I finally ran out the other day and used one of those little conditioners that came with my hair dye. That was a bad choice, haha... my hair was terrible. It felt smooth, but I quickly realized my hair was just completely coated in yucky.
It's been a while, but I quickly whipped up a batch of cocoa butter, I split it in half and first made some really thick, almost pure cocoa butter, whipped cocoa butter. I added a lot of oil to the second half, I'm not sure if I got the consistency right, but the plan is to replace my old conditioner so I'll find out in the morning! It has to be better then that store bought crap, so I'm sure it will go well. Right...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Bedroom Colours
Lately, I've been thinking a whole lot about painting Kayla's room. At the moment her room is a medium pink and I've been meaning to paint at least one wall of her room ever since she got her big girl bed with her new duvet cover... Let's just say it's been a few months. Preferably I only want to paint the one wall since that would be the simplest, easiest, and quickest! I've been thinking a LOT about what to paint and the main thing I do know that I don't want to paint anything darker! Since I wanted to keep it lighter, I somehow thought about painting "the" wall in a pale yellow (although I like all colours, yellow is not one of my favorites). Something about a girly pink and pale yellow just seems really appealing and girly to me. The only person who seems to agree with me is Paul, who loves BRIGHT yellow... but take a look at this photo, how adorable is this room??
Since Paul seems to be the only person in the WHOLE world who enjoys my choice of pink and yellow, and since I was also wondering about how she would grow into it, if it would get to baby-ish really fast, I've been looking at some other colours as well. I've always known that green is my colour, but I realized how much I am always drawn to green while looking through all the paint chips! I happen to like my greens on the yellow side, and I like my blues on the green side. Most people think it's weird, but I have no clue why..
I have a couple paler avocado/oilve greens for her room, plus a beautiful, classic, blue that is slightly on the light side and just seems to have the right tough of green and gray and I am completely torn! I haven't decided if I would paint the whole room in similar colours or just paint "the" wall and leave the rest as is, I'll have to work on that later though... I'm so terrible with picking a colour to commit to - I love it all!
The greens below seem really washed out in the brighter picture, but I just couldn't hold my camera strait enough when I was taking the other picture! The darker pink is the colour that is currently on Kayla's walls and the lighter pink is similar to her duvet cover. The print at the bottom is from Joel Dewberry's Ginseng collection and is one of a few that I'm considering putting on Kayla's wall.
I have a couple paler avocado/oilve greens for her room, plus a beautiful, classic, blue that is slightly on the light side and just seems to have the right tough of green and gray and I am completely torn! I haven't decided if I would paint the whole room in similar colours or just paint "the" wall and leave the rest as is, I'll have to work on that later though... I'm so terrible with picking a colour to commit to - I love it all!
The greens below seem really washed out in the brighter picture, but I just couldn't hold my camera strait enough when I was taking the other picture! The darker pink is the colour that is currently on Kayla's walls and the lighter pink is similar to her duvet cover. The print at the bottom is from Joel Dewberry's Ginseng collection and is one of a few that I'm considering putting on Kayla's wall.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Update
I have been majorly neglecting my blog! Recently I have been gardening, sewing dresses/tops for Kayla, and looking at paint colours. Oh, and I'm also finishing up my current course. I will be SO happy when it's over, I know there are more classes coming but I just don't want to do it anymore. I have too many other things going on.
Kayla LOVES our little container garden, we have two tomato plants, a few romaine lettuce plants, and some strawberry plants as well. Kayla has her own little flower which she loves, but by the time we got home from the store she had already picked off one of the two flowers it had. At the moment, it's not doing so good, but we're hopefull that she will see some more flowers from it. My tomatoes and lettuce are doing great, but so far the strawberries don't seem to be doing anything at all. Kayla asks either me or Paul, every single day, if she can go out and water the plants! She likes to water so much that I've asked her to just water the plants that are in the ground around our patio rather then our container garden!
Over the last weekend, I just happened to find a nice table and chair set that I liked on Craigslist (I was looking for a bookshelf!). We made our way over there to check it out and found out that the guy also had a couple other things we liked... we filled up the truck with a couple great pieces and I am so happy! I DO plan to re-cover the chairs (I'm not going to bother to take the current fabric off if I can avoid it), but it's going to take a long time before I find the right fabric AND Paul agrees with my choice! I already found a couple fabrics I liked on a website I often use but Paul didn't like ANY of them.
I've also been thinking about doing a bit of painting... once I finally finish those pictures I've had around forever and get them up on the wall (it's brown, the pictures are white with green), I have been thinking about colour blocking a square behind them. I can't decide between an aqua or teal vs a slightly lighter avocado green. I have found a couple greens that I am completely in love with, but they seem to blend a lot with our current wall colour and I don't really want that. I've also found a couple teals or blues that I am drawn to on their own, but on the wall they really pop, which is exactly what I want, they're just not my absolute complete favorite like the greens are...
Decisions, decisions, decisions!
Kayla LOVES our little container garden, we have two tomato plants, a few romaine lettuce plants, and some strawberry plants as well. Kayla has her own little flower which she loves, but by the time we got home from the store she had already picked off one of the two flowers it had. At the moment, it's not doing so good, but we're hopefull that she will see some more flowers from it. My tomatoes and lettuce are doing great, but so far the strawberries don't seem to be doing anything at all. Kayla asks either me or Paul, every single day, if she can go out and water the plants! She likes to water so much that I've asked her to just water the plants that are in the ground around our patio rather then our container garden!
Over the last weekend, I just happened to find a nice table and chair set that I liked on Craigslist (I was looking for a bookshelf!). We made our way over there to check it out and found out that the guy also had a couple other things we liked... we filled up the truck with a couple great pieces and I am so happy! I DO plan to re-cover the chairs (I'm not going to bother to take the current fabric off if I can avoid it), but it's going to take a long time before I find the right fabric AND Paul agrees with my choice! I already found a couple fabrics I liked on a website I often use but Paul didn't like ANY of them.
I've also been thinking about doing a bit of painting... once I finally finish those pictures I've had around forever and get them up on the wall (it's brown, the pictures are white with green), I have been thinking about colour blocking a square behind them. I can't decide between an aqua or teal vs a slightly lighter avocado green. I have found a couple greens that I am completely in love with, but they seem to blend a lot with our current wall colour and I don't really want that. I've also found a couple teals or blues that I am drawn to on their own, but on the wall they really pop, which is exactly what I want, they're just not my absolute complete favorite like the greens are...
Decisions, decisions, decisions!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Recent Projects
Here are just a few of my recent projects
This was my first purse, and I think this was also the first "big" project. I loved this purse, and I loved the fabric too! Unfortunately this purse is no longer....
Kayla wasn't being the best model this time, but I made a couple dresses using this pattern and different fabrics. I love the clean, simple lines, as well as the feminine but-not-too-girly bow.
This top was made using a Heidi and Finn pattern, ribbon, and an old skirt of mine. Kayla wouldn't stop twirling when I asked her to try it on!
This is my current purse - I LOVE IT.
I LOVE this dress, it was made from an old skirt of my moms, and I can't wait until it's warm enough for her to wear this.
My friend Amanda bought this purse from me, I was really happy with how it turned out. It's basically the same as my purse, using another fabulous Joel Dewberry fabric.
Kayla wasn't being the best model this time, but I made a couple dresses using this pattern and different fabrics. I love the clean, simple lines, as well as the feminine but-not-too-girly bow.
This top was made using a Heidi and Finn pattern, ribbon, and an old skirt of mine. Kayla wouldn't stop twirling when I asked her to try it on!
This is my current purse - I LOVE IT. 
I LOVE this dress, it was made from an old skirt of my moms, and I can't wait until it's warm enough for her to wear this.
My friend Amanda bought this purse from me, I was really happy with how it turned out. It's basically the same as my purse, using another fabulous Joel Dewberry fabric.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
New Background
Can you tell by my new background that I am getting ready for summer?? Well, I am. Yes, I know we've just barely made it into spring, but I'm getting ready for summer. I've been dreaming about cold treats and neat looking summer-y water and juice recipes. I think it's almost time to get my summer pitchers out =D
Monday, April 12, 2010
School Sucks
I need to do more sewing.
....ok, I don't NEED to, of course, I want to! This picture is my most recent order that came in. Unfortunately, between working, parenting, enjoying time with my toddler, and school, I don't have a heck of a lot of time for sewing. One might think that with my husband on EI (in other words he is home everyday with tons of potential cleaning and cooking time) I would have plenty of extra time. However, he is still working on fulfilling his household duties, which leaves me very little time for anything other then fun with Kayla, and school... when I am not cleaning or working that is!
I'm actually hoping Paul will get accepted into his program really soon, I can't wait to once again come home after work to a house that has been completely un-touched since leaving it in the morning! Sigh... Oh to dream.
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