finished!

finally.  months ago my sister in law sent me some fabric to make

a curtain for her bathroom.  she sent me some photos for 

inspiration but pretty much left the design up to me.

i took months because...well i wanted to have the design figured out 

before i cut into the fabric...and i am so glad i waited. 

i love it!  so much so that i now want to make one...in brighter tones of course, 

for my kitchen window.  all i needed from her was how wide she

needed it and her fabric choices.  the result is adjustable...made stable

by some dowel rods inserted into pockets along the front. 

check being intimidated by curtains off of my list. :)

and, as promised...one more wreath in the shop...this one

with a sweet little bird nesting in it.  :)

I am overwhelmed by the number of you lovelies who 

want to send me a yard...i tried to email who i could, but for 

some of you i couldn't find an email...if you didn't hear

from me, could you send me an email? 

thanks and happy weekend!

#2

in case you haven't seen...
...there is another wreath in the shop!
this one is aqua with a sweet little deer embellishment.

and to answer some questions:
for the blog book:
i used "standard portrait" and did not print the comments.
i did have to go in and check to be sure that all the photos
were positioned correctly and that there were no heads
cut off. the style i used was vivid.
i just ordered my vol. 2 and it was 160 pages and cost about $43.
it will have a yellow cover. :)

and as for the Julia project. yes! if you send me a yard i WILL
send you the finished project. BUT you can't choose the
project BUT you can send me a list of the top five you would
like me to use your yard on.

sound fair?

thanks for all of your wonderful feedback and comments
on both of the previous posts.

i LOVE to hear from you all and do my best to visit
every blogger that stops by.

your comment make my day!

my julia project.

While we were in Baltimore, hiding under the blankets after the boys went
to sleep on the second night, Doug and I watched Julie and Julia on our laptop.
Since then my little brain has been reeling about how
I could do my own Julia project somehow...
and Doug would never go for a year of French cooking.
So instead I bought this book...One Yard Wonders.
It contains 106 projects that use a yard of fabric or less.
My hope is to sew my way through this book, make at least one of each
and sell it to cover the cost of the project.
If it is something that I love...I'll have to try
to find a way to make the design my own.
What do you think? Will you be a supporter?
Know anyone who wants to donate some yardage? :)

Here is one of the first on the list...oven mitts and potholders.
These could be REALLY cute with the right fabrics.

But I think these will be the very first...wouldn't these
be great for this spring and summer?
Pop them in a purse or diaper bag and you
have a clean place to eat or picnic.

So whatcha think? Will you be here to cheer me on...good or bad?

:)

vol. 1-blog printing.

for almost a year now i have been researching ways to get my blog printed.
a huge reason that continue to blog is to document the lives of my kids...
not just on the special days but on the day to day.
to me, it will be so cool for my kids to get to read these
entries when THEY are 30.
i am not a scrapbooker, nor a diligent journaler...this blog has
been the best way for me to document all the things i want to remember.

many of the ways that i had found were either unnecessarily
difficult, too expensive or did not work with blogger.
i can't tell you the number of hours that i spent
researching and trying to find the best way to do it...
in a way that would be nice, durable and affordable.

and then i was sent to Blurb.
from step one it was easy...worked with my MAC and blogger.
included color photos and looked like a REAL book.
the pages are glossy and thick.
you can even add a photo to the cover.

this is my first volume. it is 275 pages and cost me approx $60.
at first that number may seem high, but believe me that is a great deal.
other places, this exact book could run me more the $200 and up.
and if you think about it...this is like our scrapbook...
and imagine the cost for all the supplies i would spend on that?

because my blog is so wordy and has so many photos,
i plan on doing a new volume every six month/two per year.

so if you are looking to print your blog,
i did the research for you and
Blurb may be the best bet for you.

we lived to tell about it.

we lived, we lived!
here is a photo from the set up where i wrote this post.
aaron ended up taking a two hour nap...which
meant a two hour recuperation time for me.
the trip to the aquarium went pretty well considering that
both boys ended up with symptoms of sickness...
Moses loved seeing the sharks and enjoyed
pointing out all of the characters from Nemo.
the next night, while much improved, was still mostly bad.
aaron's fever spiked pretty high and he cried off
and on through the night...though mercifully moses
slept through it all...even ANOTHER late night call to our hotel room.

in the end though,
the hassle and nightmarish nights were worth
it for the few precious hours we got to see
our family.

i came away from this weekend with two blaring thoughts:
1) i am SO thankful that my boys can each have their own rooms. i don't know how we would do if i had to worry about them waking each other up every night...though i assume they would eventually get used to it...i am thankful that for now, at this age, we don't have to worry about it.

2) i have NO IDEA how anyone can survive having a family bed...you know, where everyone in the family sleeps in the same bed. i need my sleep and space...on the second night we brought aaron into the bed with us in order to get the few minutes of sleep that we could. he was SO wiggly and squirming and SO demanding of space for a guy so little. more than once i woke up to a kick in the ribs or a tiny bum in my face.
since we are still getting our act together, there will be no 20 minute crafter post.
so sorry...we will resume next tuesday. :)

convo FAIL.

A couple of weeks or so ago WE were bathing the boys.
Something I never have to do thanks to my awesome husband.
Somehow it seemed like a good time to talk to Moses
about privacy and how no one is ever allowed to touch his boy parts
and what he is to do if someone does.
For the sake of this story you have to know that Moses
refers to his boy part as his "nool"...a derivative of noodle.
Don't ask.

I felt like we had as thorough of a discussion as you can with a
three year old. This kind of discussion
is important to me and I wanted to be sure he understood.

So I said "Moses, what did mommy just tell you?"

He stands up, puts his hands on his hips, shoulders back and
states..."EVERYONE can touch my nool!"

FAIL.