Cuteness

Just a little bit of cuteness to make your Monday sweet!

Tomorrow a full post featuring a little project I'm working on for my hubby and his man-cave.

It's an easy inexpensive project anyone can do, with a little bit of time, a sewing machine and some old and much loved t-shirts.  Hope to see you tomorrow :)

Introducing Miss Emily Rose

Well friends the long wait is finally over, our little Emily Rose came to this world with a healthy set of lungs and a beautiful rosy complexion this past Monday 11-8-2010 at 10:16pm after only 2 1/2 hours of labor bless her little heart!

We are all of us home now the hubbs, Payton, Emily and myself and just getting into the semblance of a routine, getting to know one another and learning to be a family of four.

It has been wonderful so far, not counting the lack of sleep which is to be expected.  And being off bedrest restrictions that were the last 3 moths of the pregnancy is wonderful.

Expect lots of new posts in the coming days and weeks as I slowly get back to the business and we get our home life steady again :)

Thank you to all for the nice comments while I was MIA.

While I Was Sleeping

Wow March, April, May where did all those months go!  I have spent all three in a 1st trimester haze of sleepiness, nausea and wonder.  That's right I am happy to say that my little family will be expanding by 2 feet this up-coming November!

So that's why the long silence, I had almost forgotten that 1st trimester tired feeling.  I don't think anything else compares, I only had enough energy to work take care of the family, house and then to bed.

Now that I am a little further along I am starting to finally get my mojo back and am ready to begin tackling some new projects.  I think my sewing machine misses me, it's been a while, sorry old friend.

First up in the way of projects is Payton's quilt.  A while back I posted some fabrics that I was considering and a promise to reveal what I actually chose.  Later this week I will be posting the fabric and where I am so far on the quilt top.  It's been a lot of fun and I am excited to get back to it, it's my 1st quilt and  I would really like to have it done by the end of summer (hopefully sooner).

Maybe if all goes well I can start another one for baby Robbins.  We are also going to be doing lots of painting and house projects as the nesting kicks in and we get the house ready for the new arrival.  So I will be sharing pics of those fun projects as well.

The Etsy shop is still open for business, although I have been seriously neglecting it as well as this blog in my slumber.  I won't have a lot of new things probably til this quilt is further along but I will post as soon as I have some new items.

WIP Wednesday - Snow Day

Happy WIP Wednesday special snow day edition!  This is the view outside my windows this morning.  And this is a look at my neighbors sweet playhouse all covered in snow, it's a snowy fairyland.

I have been working hard at dwindling down the projects in my WIP box.  I was getting a little stressed about how many projects were in there and how long they had been in there waiting.  So I decided to tackle the less time consuming projects and leave the more labor intensive aprons til last.   As a result I have this fresh pile of baby wash cloths and burp cloths completed and ready to be photographed, bundled and listed on etsy.  Look for them to be loaded later this week.

Today I will be taking advantage of the snowy day to get started sewing up these favorite travel bags.  

Looks like I have lots to do, so I better get my cup of coffee and get started, I hope you all are having a fun and warm snow day.  Happy blizzard 2010.

A Busy Week

Well I have had a busy crafting week, it's been great getting back into the swing of things again.  And my brain is working again on some fun new ideas like the one I had this morning for this "Tweet" pillow.  I managed to concept and complete it all in one day.  I will take some official pictures in the morning when the light is better so I can post on Etsy.

I finally finished my Roosters apron, and it is officially posted on Etsy as of this evening.  I cut this fabric out to start months ago and for some reason just couldn't get it started.  Now I am sorry I waited so long look how cute it turned out!  I am really happy with it :)

I also did some work on my baby wash cloth and burp cloths.  I combined the wash cloth and burp cloth sets into baby bundles.  You can now get a set of 2 wash and 2 burp cloths for $20 which includes new packaging and gift tag.  All you have to do is write on the card and this gift is ready to give!  There are now 2 new sets that were posted just this week!

  

I have about 3 more baby bundles cut and ready to be sewn and posted on Etsy.  I am hoping to get them done this weekend.  Hopefully I will have some more time to come up with so off the cuff ideas like the "Tweet" pillow as well.