Happy Birthday to me!

I had the best dates for my birthday dinner!

these boys & Red Lobster - yum, yum, yummmm

Halloween Festivities

We had a great time trick or treating w/ The Wrights on our 2nd Annual Halloween Hayride! I'm so mad at myself for not taking any pictures of the hayride, but here are the boys in their Halloween costumes...

Shrek

Gangstas

Ring Slings!

Something I have been making for a few months now....Ring Slings! I got a ring sling while I was still pregnant with Brandt and after he was born, I loooooooooooooooved (and still do) carrying him in my sling! He loves it, too! So, I decided that I wanted more....lots.....one in every color, to match everything.....so I made myself a couple more. Well! I would get stopped every time I was out with him in his sling - "where did you get that??? where can I get one???", etc., etc. So I decided to start making them for other people and now I have a little business!

I am having so much fun making slings for people - I get so excited to see them use it and love it!

The pattern block is over!

I'm currently working on a sweet little outfit for Brandt's baby dedication coming up next Sunday - I was at JoAnn's the other day picking up some transfer paper for an order of onesies I was working on and completely on a whim I decided to grab a pattern for something to make for Brandt to wear for his dedication. And much to my delight, all of JoAnn's clearance fabric was an additional 50% off! I found some really nice, dressy, satiny (so not a word!) navy material that was something like $1.62/yard after the discount! Yaaayyy! (I love, love, love a good bargain!)
I've never been a fan of patterns - I'm more of a "wing it and hope for the best" kind of seamstress, but I decided to just buckle down and figure it out...and it worked!!! I have finished the outfit and now I am having his monogram embroidered on the front - so I will post pics once I have it back. I'm so excited for him to wear it! I hope he doesn't puke on it!

Mommy's Little Man

This project was so exciting to me! You see.....I have always had a sewing maching (my Mom and Dad purchased for me shortly after I got married in '95) and I've done a few things through the years - made Corley's crib bedding, made some skirts, made some curtains, etc., etc. - but I've always thought to myself "when I have a little girl someday, that's when I'll get really serious about sewing!"...you know, because little girls are so much fun to dress up and make frilly little things for. So....since I keep having boys (ha!), I had to come up with something I could make for my boys! I was tired of waiting on that little girl! :)

I love, love, love hats (especially on my boys) and I have always wanted to learn how to make a hat! I finally decided I would just take apart a little hat of Brandt's and see how it was made!

It worked!

Yay!

:)

A New Passion

I've always known that I enjoy being "crafty" with this and that, scrapbooking, etc. - but lately I've discovered that I really have a passion for sewing! I'm having so much fun making things! I've decided I will cronicle my sewing journey here - may just be for my own journaling purposes, but if I happen to pick up a few "window shoppers" along the way, that would be awesome too! So............here goes...............

I'm kicking myself that I didn't grab a before picture - these little shoes were made from a shirt I picked up at the Goodwill for $1! I love the way they turned out!