Now that Christmas is over I can post some handmade gifts I made. I made this black apple doll for my niece Abby. Thanks Lisa for the help and company. Of course she had to have a skirt to match her doll. Hope she loves it as much I I did. Both kids have requested their own doll. Anne's will be easy but Andrew's...I am thinking maybe a boy version. Maybe a missionary doll to get him excited to serve a mission when he gets older?

(When young men in our church turn 19 they choose to serve a 2 year mission)

yellow love

Many of you know I love love love yellow. I happen to be browsing at Anthropologie today (something I do while nursing) and found this lovely. I don't think I could stomach the price for a purse but I do love looking at it. Maybe it will just go on sale...a REALLY BIG sale...

On another note...I got this quilt back from the quilters and dropped this one off. I hope to have Anne's done by Christmas but that just might be wishful thinking. I think this might be the first year I have ever made a new year's resolution and actually followed though. I set out to make one quilt and I made two!

apron love

Oh my cuteness! What a great idea to make a apron out of a towel. I am in love with the yellow one...and the red one...and the orange one. You can check out the cute aprons here.

jackson's blanket

I can't believe I forgot to post about this work of love. I made this blanket for Jackson. Finished it just a few days before he was born. I would still be working on it if it hadn't been for my wonderful hubby. He saw my pregnant fat fingers cutting through all the layers of fabric and he decided to help me. He actually got really into it. He had quite the system for cutting. What a lucky girl I am to have a hubby who helps out with the sewing. You should have seen how proud he was to show everyone the finished blanket. It was so cute.

countdown blocks

If you haven't noticed we are excited about counting down to Christmas around here. I am way in to kits around here and this is another one I did this year. I am so lucky to have such a good baby who sleeps well and let's me keep up on my crafting and scrap booking. I really enjoyed painting and then modge podging the blocks. Can you believe this is one of my first modge podge projects. I will have to show you the Christmas ornaments I did with modge podge next.

You can get the kit for these count down blocks here at www.ScribbleItOnline.com

christmas countdown bags

We just hung up the Christmas countdown bags I made from a kit I got here. I LOVE how they turned out. I will fill each bag with little goodies for the kids to have every day after dinner. They are so excited to get started...me too.

washer ornaments

A friend of mine had mentioned these ornaments a few weeks ago at our Craft Day for our church. I couldn't really picture what she was talking about but I found this picture over at nannygoat - aren't they cute? Is this what you had in mind Hayley?

dino museum

I almost forgot this one...

palmyra

I had such a hard time choosing the pictures for this page so I decided to do a bunch of smaller ones so I didn't have to choose.

Memorial Day

Good to look back and remember a good day.

fabric wreath

I LOVE this wreath. Really you could do one in any color for any season, but I really love the fall colors in this one. Check out the tutorial here.

pumpkin onesie

This was the last project I wanted to finish before Jackson was born. I was literaly upstairs working on this until about 10:30 the night before he was born (I was induced). I can't wait for him to wear it next week for Halloween. I used this great tutorial I found over at Our Cozy Nest.

fabric pumpkin

Finished this one up while my new little Jackson was taking a nap. These pumpkins were way easier then I thought they would be. The hardest part for me was learning the blanket stitch for the stem. Luckily I had my amazing mom here to help me...thanks mom.

Easy Meals...

Hey all! My baby is coming soon. Really soon. I am actually starting to stress out about it. Will I be ready for my whole world to be turned upside down? Will I remember all I need to remember? Will I be able to wake up in the middle of the night and then still get the kids off to school in time? Will dinner still be ready? So here is where you all come in (all four of you who read this blog).

Can you help me out with some easy meals...what do you fix when you are running late? Or just don't feel like cooking a big dinner for the family. Seriously I need some ideas here. Thanks for all the help. Wish me luck this week!

the ZOO

Pre-School

I did this one using Becky Higgins School KOTM. Don't know why I haven't used it yet. There are so many items I am looking forward to using for the next few years.

Snow

Dancing

Port Farm

With this one done I only have THREE more pages until I am totally done with 2008! So proud of myself...

favorite quilt update

I FINALLY took this quilt to the quilter's yesterday. Sorry I never posted how the backing turned out. You will have to wait until I get it back to see the back but I LOVE how it turned out. I am so HAPPY to have it out of my house and so EXCITED to leave it in Heather's capable hands. We had a good talk about my FIRST quilt and she even let me design a pattern for the over all stippling. I decided to go with a pattern that will look like circles inside of circles.

I am SAD that it won't be done until after Thanksgiving, maybe the beginning of December. Can't wait to see the finished product!

denim bibs

If I have another drooler I might need to make a few of these. Wouldn't these look great with some cowboy material? Tutorial found here.

Burp Rags

Just so you don't think that I have only been scrapbooking...not that only scrapbooking is a bad thing for me because I am so far behind. I have been getting a few things ready for our little man who will soon join us. When I went to unpack all the baby boy stuff I realized that I must have thrown a lot of our old burp cloths. After all Andrew was pretty harsh on them. So I made our little guy some new ones. I really like the cloth diaper variety. They seem to soak up the most - which is a good thing with baby spit up.

Stripes - love the red stripes.

Monkies and Pokadots - from the Moda Funky Monkey line.

Blue Stars - I picked up a ton of this flannel on sale a while ago from Joann's. I think I have used this fabric for a few friend's gifts too. My little guy will also have a matching blanket (not pictured).

I also made some pure flannel burp cloths. I really like these prints that I picted up at Joann's. Gotta love those 40% off coupons.

Disneyland

I think this page might win the award for having the most pictures ever. I had Costco print them really small - wallet size - so I could fit a lot. I love it when there are lots and lots of pictures but I hate cutting out all those wallets. Plus now I have three more of every picture. HATE that. Does anyone know how to put more then one picture on one print using Photoshop Elements? Seriously I am wasting money here and really need help. HELP!!

PCC

Did this one today while Andrew was working on his "school work." While his big sister was at her first day of school he needed to feel like he was learning too. He is excited to be starting Kindergarten next week.

christmas 2008

This one was hard for me to do what with at least 50 pictures to choose from. I really like how it turned out though. I think my idea of a good page is having as many pictures as possible fit on each page. Plus I like simple.

fixin' things

I loved doing this one because it reminded me of just how much I appreciate my husband. He is so awesome to fix things for us.

giving thanks

I like this one. Very simple. Just like that day.

baby shower

I threw a baby shower for a friend today. I had all the guests sign in as they came in. I will be putting together a scrapbook page for my friend's scrapbook for later. Each of the guest received a note pad too. Who doesn't need a notebook for next to the phone or to throw in your purse?

I used some of the items from Becky Higgins "Baby" Kit of the Month for the sign in page.

I was asked several times if I made the bunting just for the shower. Yes, I did make it for the shower but I will also be using it for Andrew and the new baby's room. These are the colors I want to make them quilts out of. I love the brown/green/blue combo.

I made my first diaper cake for the party. I love how it turned out. So easy too. I will have to do a tutorial sometime...anyone else need a diaper cake made so I have a reason to make another one?

So these S'mores cupcakes didn't turn out exactly how I wanted them too but they were yummy which I guess it the most important feature. I think that with some black crumbs they could be little graveyard cupcakes for Halloween....have to remember that idea.

Some of the other food I provided. Strawberries...a must at any get together. I had made some banana bread for my family yesterday so I sliced up a loaf for the party too. We also had a super yummy pecan/strawberry/feta cheese salad, a fruit salad, mini cheese cakes, and Lisa's Super Yummy Rolls. Oh and root beer floats...so pretty much it was delish.

strawberry tall cake

Doesn't this look good. As summer draws to it's end (sniff, sniff) there is no reason that supper yummy desserts like this have to end.

ribbon belt

Goal: Get my belly down small enough after this little tike makes his way into the world so I can make a cute belt like this to hold up my jeans...yes, my jeans will need holding up. No more maternity stretch. Check out the great tutorial here.

red.white.blue

I so forgot to post about these 4th of July lovelies I made for Anne and I. She loved her skirt and I loved my July church bag. I noticed out in the blog world that a lot of people also used these prints for their 4th of July projects. I love it.

fall 2008

Love this one. Thanks for the great idea Becky...

halloween 2008

I really can't believe myself...getting pages done before a year goes by. I impress even myself.

sun dress

I want to make this sundress for Anne...I think she has too many skirts.

yellow

I LOVE this quilt! Can I copy? Please, please? Can you imagine cuddling under this YELLOW quilt on a cold cloudy day in January?