I cut it out and sewed most of it last night, until the sleeves stopped me in my tracks. I've never put sleeves on in my life. Luckily, my mom who is an experienced seamstress (who does offer lessons!), is only a mile and a phone call away. I went over there during Sadie's morning nap and she showed me a VERY easy way to put in sleeves. The pattern … [Read more...]
quilting and crafting
November 2, 2008 By 2 Comments
I wanted to share some of the crafty things I've done lately. They're not much, but I just love to make things for my house...I can't stop! It's a sickness. I wanted to try quilting something. If any of you are quilters, please don't laugh. I am pretty proud of this little table thingy. And...oh! it's reversible! Embellished this little … [Read more...]
Sadie and her Bumbo
October 10, 2008 By 2 Comments
hehe Kim is going to laugh at me for already posting about this...but I have no life besides Sadie and Rory, so oh well! Anyways, the story is, my friend Kim found this Bumbo chair for me at a garage sale today for $8! Mind you, these chairs are $40 at Walmart-I checked! Soo cool, and Sadie loves it!Just for fun, here's a picture of us in case … [Read more...]
New furniture! and cute baby
September 27, 2008 By 2 Comments
Today Sadie was Ms. Cranky Pants all morning long! She was up at 5 o' clock because of numerous long naps yesterday...soo, Mommy was up at 5 as well. Fun times! I watched some TV and we chilled out on the couch til Daddy woke up to go help clean the church. While he was gone we had a bright moment on the changing table when she laughed a little! … [Read more...]
Best. Thrifting. Ever!
July 26, 2008 By 4 Comments
So I was perusing flickr to find ideas for my breakfast nook wall, and found this fun idea to hang plates on the wall.....it inspired me, so off I headed to our local Goodwill to scour the store for some plates. It's not like I have a house to unpack or a baby to have soon! An hour later I left with a cartful of stuff. (and some plates haha) Here … [Read more...]
You gotta love Goodwill!
June 12, 2008 By 2 Comments
So after work today I didn't feel like going straight home, so I decided to check out our local Goodwill. I like getting frames there for cheap, and canvases, and purses. I was poking around, and found this canvas:I had seen it on Target's website and kinda wanted it bad for our new living room, but it was going for around $70 so I couldn't quite … [Read more...]