I'm alive I promise. I've been busy. Grading papers and spending time with friends.

Baby Blankies

I was super excited to make two little blankies for my friends upcoming babies. So I googled ribbon blanket and found this AMAZING tutorial

I looked at it a few times and went for it.

First I found all of my ribbons. I like to scrapbook and so I went digging through my stash to see what I could find.

So I made sure I was clever enough to put the right sides together. It was a little hard because I am a beginner sewer. Flannel is hard to figure out people! Both sides are soft!

Once I figured out the fabric, I made sure to set out all of the ribbons. That was the fun part. Cut the ribbons to 5” strips. Fold them in half and then pin them in the right spot. Remember to put in markers so you have a spot to flip the piece right side out.

Here are all of the ribbons pinned in place. I put 5 ribbons on each side. So there would be an amazing 20 ribbon pieces total.

Then I sewed and sewed until my heart was full of joy.

I flipped it inside out – or right side in. This one is for my friend Sunny’s little girl. We don’t know the name yet. Sunny won’t tell us. I have had two dreams about the name – So far if I’m right the child’s name will be Cherry Zuzu or Concept Zoe. I’m sure whatever Sunny ends up picking – it will be wonderful (and I’m sure cooler than my weird dream names)

Here is what the finished edging looks like. I went all the way around the blankie again so it would sit flat. It also re-enforces  the ribbons.

I can’t wait to hear how the little pumpkins enjoy their blankies.

Showered with Love

I have two wonderful friends who are having babies.

I love them so much and so I just had to throw them a shower. Because Sunny is having a girl and Nicole is having a boy I wanted to have a theme that would cover both genders. So my friends came to Fall in love with their little pumpkins.

We had dips for apples and veggies. and I made some of our decorations. I used an amazing Tutorial that Tasha put together over at Creation Corner. She made it so easy to get these done! And she is right – you will want to make about 100 of these. So fun. SO FUN!

We had chips and the amazing buffalo chicken dip that our friend Jess makes. Jess helped with the shower and I couldn’t have done it without her. Really I feel so lucky to have these kind of friends in my life. Speaking of friends this next picture is of my friends Ellen, Lesly and Andrea. Andrea now teaches at another high school in our district so we don’t get to see her that often. Boy is it a treat when we all get together. These women are so wonderful to each other. It’s so nice to have kindness come into my home and be wrapped around everyone in the room.

Our friends are so generous. Sunny and Nicole were surrounded by friends who showered them with love. It’s amazing to see how my friends are going to develop into Mothers. It fills my heart to know that I’ll get to be a part of their lives and soon their children as well.

Here are their baby bellies. It’s amazing to me that there are four people in this picture!

I still exist

I’m not like Santa Claus who only comes around once a year.

It’s just been hard not to spill the beans on all the projects I’ve been working on.

Let me share a few pictures with you and you’ll see why I’ve not posted in a while.

 

Nicole and I worked on a baby sling for our friend Sunny.

 

We also made Amish Friendship Bread. It’s this crazy amazing process where you have to leave out a ‘starter’ and add flour and milk during the days leading up to the actual baking day. It’s something I’m not sure I understand but it did make very yummy bread.

This is what our directions looked like. As you can see – I was mashing the bag often.

My husband’s brother Liam was able to come and stay with us for two weeks. It was wonderful to have him here. We don’t get to see him that often so it was great to have him stay with us. We went to Disneyland and had a super fun time. I took a day off of work – I know it’s unheard of – The park was empty and we were able to get onto the new Star Tours ride 4 times!!

You can see my very excited face in this picture. I wasn’t feeling well but Disneyland has a great way of making people feel better.

ohh and this little guy showed up in our back yard the night before Liam had to go home. Yes friends, that is a rattle snake. Tonka was out in the backyard barking her brains out and I went to see what she was going on about. I went a little mental when I saw how close she was to this very scary snake. Lucky for us she did not get bit. Bren and Liam killed it and made sure it was very dead.

I have a few more things to share with you but I’m off to go grade thesis statements.

Playing on Pintrist

So I'm super new to Pintrist. But I'm already in love.

Check out what I'm up too.

Please ignore the fact that I currently only have 5 pins. I'm sure that will change soon.

I have some interest

in Pinterest.

So the craft world has a new place to play. And I'm thinking that I would enjoy sitting in this sandbox a while.

I'm in love with a good tutorial. I enjoy the fact there are people out there who are willing to put their intellectual property out there for others to enjoy. I think part of it is because I'm a teacher and so I believe in sharing knowledge.

I'm not sure how it works, and I'm worried that it will cause me to spend more hours on the computer and less time grading papers... but the crafts... THE CRAFTS!!

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We shall see my friends.. we shall see...

So much going on

So my Brother-in-Law Liam arrived this week from the land down under. My Husband is thrilled to have his brother here and the two of them are staying up late playing video games and enjoying this visit together. I am very lucky that I love my in-laws. They are awesome, very funny people. And the fact that we have been able to see them frequently (at least once a year) makes it a lot easier for Bren to be away from them.

I've also been quiet the crafty little bee around here. My dear friend Nicole (who's having a baby boy) came over last weekend and we decided to get our craft on. We make something for her and something for our other dear friend Sunny who is having a baby girl. I wish I could show you the tutorial we made. BUT I can't. Our friend Sunny will be having her baby shower in a week and she knows about my blog and I don't want to ruin the surprise.

And for those who don't know. I'm bad with a secret. When I get excited about something I want to share it with people. Especially with the people I love the most. But sadly the tutorial will have to wait a little while to ensure that we don't let the cat out of the bag.

But as soon as Sunny gets her present I'll show you what we made.