Ruffles and Stuff!!

I thought I would confuse some folks by putting a cute little pink dress at the top of my post.  YES I am having a boy.  And NO I have yet to make him anything....except I think a few burp cloths a couple months ago maybe.  BUT I am REALLY going to miss ruffles and stuff .....and pink.....and butterflys.....and dresses.  SOOOO I decided to get it out of my system and off of my to-do list.  PLUS (drum-roll please) SANTA BROUGHT ME THIS.....

I know what you are thinking....was she a good enough girl to deserve that???? NOPE, but he brought it anyways and I am not going to complain.  I LOVE IT!!!  I have done very little except watch the instructional DVD about 10 times and sew on a bunch of scraps, but I LOVE IT!!!  Anyway....enough about my love life.  I decided to start off with knits because they are the little buggers that give me such a hard time. 

SOOOOO I used MY OWN TUTORIAL from days past (which by the way was my MOST POPULAR TUTORIAL OF 2010) and made a little onesie dress and ruffle butt-cover for my new BFF Rilee McKenna who was born a couple days before Christmas.  She is my new favorite RED HEAD:)  I am not sure about my friends and their ability to produce red heads, but there are sure a lot of them in my life these days..ha ha!!!

My new serger (yet to be named) did not help with my inability to sew ruffles on straight, but I still am in love with this little ruffle butt....I cannot wait to see it all filled up with a little teeny tiny diaper bum....CUTE!!!

I broke out a 5 pack of onesies, and only used up this one, so watch out because I am PRETTY sure there are a few more ruffley pink projects in my future.  AND THEN I PROMISE I WILL MAKE SOMETHING BLUE FOR MY LITTLE BOY....PINKIE SWEAR!!!

Meet Ginger...

EVERYONE....meet Ginger.  She is a sassy little gingerbread girl with wild piggies and crooked buttons.  Me and Ginger have been spending the last couple of days together and have become REAL good friends. 

Here is her story...

A few months ago I had this crazy idea that I wanted to make Emersyn a little Christmas outfit.  Nothing fancy....just fun.  I could not get the idea of gingerbread out of my head....and decided on a gingerbread-ish skirt.  I bought the supplies and let them sit in my craft room and wait and wait and wait....until December 22 rolled around and I could not stand the thoughts of wasting a bunch of fabric, rick rack, and a plain red shirt.  Waste not Want not....right????  So I started again on my little idea.

I used THIS tutorial from FROM AN IGLOO for the skirt.  Kinda Gingerbread-y right???? 

I decided I also wanted a Gingerbread Emersyn...cute little girlie with pig tails and a sense of humor. 

She is NOT exactly what I pictured, but she is kinda growing on me.

AND I finished them at 11:55 on the 23rd...so technically I was not making her Christmas Eve outfit ON Christmas EVE...PHEWW.  NOW the moment of truth...trying them on.  Since I have had 2 late night sewing sessions, I have not actually been able to measure Em AT ALL.  SOOOO this was kind of a GUESS AND CHECK sorta outfit.....except I have been able to check and have thus far ONLY GUESSED!!!!  Wish me and Ginger luck tomorrow:) 

Homemade for the Holidays

Last year I went crazy making quilts and quilts and TONS of homemade gifts.  THIS year I only made ONE.  SERIOUSLY...one.  Kinda sad, but WAY easier:)  The one I chose to made was for Emersyn's BFF and partner in crime Delaney.  I saw the pattern, thought they needed matching aprons, held onto the pattern and fabric for 2 months and waited until the VERY last minute to finish ONE (Em's will have to wait) before Christmas.  YAY!!! 

Here is my owl apron on my two year old sized model "Bunny."  Doesn't she look happy with her new apron????:)

The pattern for this apron is by THE APRON LADY DESIGNS.  I bought mine at Craft Warehouse, but I looked it up online and found it for sale.  I also found this ADORABLE lady bug version which is what I SHOULD have made for Laney BUG, but TOO LATE!!! DARN!

The diretions for this apron were not great, but if you have sewn a bit, you can figure it out.  Mostly it was just missing things like---right sides together---or where to actually sew.  Minor things like that--ha ha.  Anyway...it all worked out ok and was a pretty quick project. I kinda love rick rack EVEN more now than I did before owl looked at me with those big Rick Rackey eyes.

Happy Holidays from Me and Bunny!!

Mission Accomplished!!!

Sometimes I wonder what has been going on at my house....we are always busy, but it seems that not much gets accomplished.  Last week was FOR SURE one of those weeks.  What WAS I up to???  I was making necklaces of course....wasn't everyone????  NO???  Hmmmm??? 

Well I was.  I was making necklaces for the Young Women of my ward. 

Next year's theme is THE THIRTEENTH ARTICLE OF FAITH, so I decided that BELIEVE kinda wrapped it up in a suitable one word stampable necklace theme:)

I used my good old 5 dollar Harbor Freight stamp set and set to work....FAIL.  I am not sure what the deal was, but I could not get one complete necklace stamped without an ugly mess up.  I went through TOO many washers to count.  Then after giving up...I tried again and got into the groove.  PHEWW too because I had NO other ideas for a Chrismas present for the girls.  Then after I got the hang of it I spent countless hours on my garage floor (not fun for my big pregnant body) stamping my little heart out.  Seriously EVERY time I headed out to the garage Emersyn would say "mommy where are you going NOW???"  I would tell her that I was going to make more necklaces....."AGAIN!!!!"  She kept coming out to tell me to be quiet too.  I am not sure if she was referring to the hammering or the angry words, but either way she was ready for me to be done!!! 

I printed up cards with the 13th Article of Faith on the inside and clipped the top of the card so the necklace would stay attached. 

Added this cute little clip art (found in internet land) to the front of the card.

AND for the back....improvizing.  I could not figure out how to keep the necklace looking cute, so I searched my house and found a simple solution.  You know those snack sized zip lock bags that really don't fit anything usefull and come in boxes of a like a million and NEVER get used.  Well I have a big pile in my messy zip lock drawer that NEEDED a new home.  SO I cut them in half and taped them to the back of the card.  Kinda ghetto maybe, but did the job. Voila....necklace holding cards. 

Now this is one of those crafts that is not really very fun....not very easy....and I will probably never do again....BUT I did like the finished product.  SO the moral of the story is this.....

making 1 or 2 stamped necklaces=Fun and cute 

Making 30 stamped necklaces=More stress than its worth

Just sayin!!!

Where has Baby Jesus Gone???

What do you do when Baby Jesus goes missing (gasp)???? FIRST, you have a 2 year old wandering around looking for Baby Jesus.  THEN you have a 28 year old Daddy digging through EVERY square inch of your home in search of Baby Jesus.  You EVEN see an 8 month pregnant lady get on her hands and knees and look under couches, beds, and chairs.  THEN you have SAD:( wisemen and Mother Mary have a whole sad little production about how much they miss Baby Jesus and how they need to go out and find him.....even the sheep. 

AND THEN you finally break down and do the obvious....EBAY!!!  YES for only ten bucks you can have a new Baby Jesus shipped right to your door (maybe) in time for Christmas.  PHEWW!!