tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68480054956230653952024-03-05T00:43:25.248-08:00Jaayimees Crafty LifeA blog about me, my sewing and crafts.Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-861816334373801742013-04-08T19:45:00.000-07:002013-04-08T19:45:26.122-07:00Cat in the HatJust a couple of photos of a quilt I finished last month. The fabric was bought in a fat quarter bundle with a panel included 2 years ago on vacation in Chicago. I held on to it not sure what style of quilt I wanted to make. I find it hard to work with panels because I never want to cut them up so I try to work around them you know. I really like how this turned out even though I was very unhappy with it while quilting it. My machine was giving me such fits. Lots of skipped stitches and snapping thread constantly. After this quilt was done I replaced the bobbin case and the problem seems to be solved. The bobbin case was pretty beat up and worn. Anyways, the blueish green fabric in this quilt I dyed myself and I also used that to back it and bind it.
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This quilt was made for Alec. I'll have to take a photo of him using it. Its so cute how he climbs onto the couch and covers up with it when he's tired.
I even have enough blocks leftover for a baby or toddler quilt which I think I will put together and sell. Makes me nervous to think of selling my work but people seem to love it so why not right.
I'll leave you with a photo of Easter cuteness from this year. At our towns local egg hunt Alec was much more interested in filling his bucket with the rocks from the playground than finding the eggs.
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Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-58807652843187020172013-01-13T12:40:00.001-08:002013-01-13T12:40:19.945-08:00Good intentionsWell I came on with good intentions to update with all of my projects and what I've been working on. I uploaded my photos from my camera and realized darn! I've been taking all the photos with my phone and putting them on instagram! Seriously, instagram is addicting, like really addicting. It has put me in touch with so many wonderful, crafty people who do such beautiful work and its such a pleasure to see their work and process and it's great to get to talk to them about it as well. So if you'd like to see my daily photos of what I'm working on and doing follow me on instagram. My id is jaayimee. And I promise I will make a point of taking more photos with my regular camera too. I do have a before photo to share with you. Remember me saying I needed to clean out my sewing room closet but it was going to have to wait until after Christmas? Well I took the before photos so you can see how bad it really is. Some time this year it will get all torn out and stuff will be gotten rid of and it will be organized and cleaned up. I did clean it up a bit yesterday and toss a few things but that is because I was looking for some thing (that I never found I might add) but I will be doing a major clean out this year.
Before...
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Can you believe how bad this is? It's stacked higher than me. Here's a close up.
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It's bad my friends, really bad.
Also I do have a finish to share of the quilty find. I was looking through Etsy for a gift for my mom for Christmas and decided to look for some thing related to her favorite movie of all time, Jaws. She has a copy of this movie in every room of her house that has a tv and even at my uncles house so when she travels there she has a copy to watch as well. It's crazy. Well, I was finding nothing but I did find a painting that inspired me. Out of that inspiration I created this wall hanging.
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I love how my quilting turned out. I was exactly how I envisioned it. A few detailed shots.
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She loved it. I mean REALLY loved it. I was very happy.
Also yesterday I spent several hours dying some fabric and aida cloth teal and I was very pleased with how it turned out. I managed to get photos too!
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This is the aida. It was difficult to get the actual color in the photo but I liked how it turned out and trust me it's teal.
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This is the fabric. I will be using some of this in my Cat in the Hat quilt I am making for Alec which I am going to cut the fabric for right now. I promise to take photos.
Bye!
Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-83468525059103670172012-12-22T08:37:00.000-08:002012-12-22T08:37:17.795-08:00Gluten free Christmas baking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every year I do lots of Christmas baking and every year I say I will cut back on the amounts and every year I over estimate and every year I still make too much. This year was no exception. Of course every year I seem to screw some thing up and out of it comes some thing new. Last year I came up with chocolate pudding peanut butter balls, This year it was....
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Yes, Nutella. I needed 2 cups of peanut butter for my last batch and after cleaning out the house I only had one. Whats a girl who doesn't want to leave the house to do? Well, I have a cup of Nutella, bingo. Nutella peanut butter balls are born. My husband, who loves his peanut butter balls, really liked them. Still liked his regular balls better but liked these as well. I don't think it would work as well if it was all Nutella because I think it would have been too strong of a flavor. I think the blend works well and it just tastes like Nutella to me.
1 cup of peanut butter
1 cup if Nutella
12 TBs of butter
4 cups of powdered sugar
Cream your peanut butter/ Nutella
Add your powdered sugar and mix well
Roll your balls and let sit at least 20 mins to dry a little (I did not find this necessary for the Nutella balls because they were already on the dry side and I think the powdered sugar could have been reduced a bit, this is just my regular peanut butter ball recipe and I haven't played with it any yet to adapt it for the Nutella)
Melt some chocolate in a double boiler, not generic (for some reason it doesn't seem to melt all the way for me) and dip those balls and let dry til set. Enjoy!
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I also made some thing new this year. Egg nog truffles, a recipe I found on Pinterest and of course they are delicious and the recipe never makes as many as it says it does. Also they never look as pretty as they do online but they sure are delicious!
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I also made my normal peanut butter cookies but this year added a small peanut butter cup because I thought it would be easier for Alec to eat those rather than a Hershey kiss.
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He loves them. I made sugar cookies too but have yet to frost them because he prefers them with out the frosting. I will frost some of them later today though.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-50302002233165563922012-12-02T07:23:00.001-08:002012-12-02T07:23:35.726-08:00Finished BasketI really enjoy basket making. You take strips and pieces of wood and make them into awesome baskets and some of them can be very detailed. They always look more complicated than they really are. Eventually you get so many baskets you just don't know what to do with them. I have a friend that I do basket class with that has so many that they are piled into a huge mountain in an extra room in her home. We joke that she has created another layer for mount basket. When I start a new basket I try to think of a use for it. Will it be a decoration on my shelf, a laundry basket. Will it hold apples and other fruits or can I use it to pick the produce from the garden? But lately it is getting to that point where I am running out of ideas for uses and have started a mount basket myself. This newest basket I just finished will not be part of the basket mountain. I created this one with one thing in mind, Alec's Hot Wheels collection. Alec has quite a Hot Wheels collection at my house and at home. Here they are piled into different places, a wagon he likes to pull around, a Mickey Mouse Easter bucket from last year, a Halloween candy pumpkin bucket, you get the idea. So when me and Becky dug through all the reed I had bought for home to use it up I decided I needed a large bushel type basket for Alec's Hot Wheels collection.
About the using up reed I had at home. When I cleaned out my sewing room at one time I realized I had a tub full of unused reed for basket making at home. The thing about that is I do not weave at home at all. I prefer to use my time at home for sewing and fabric crafting and I do not have the room to spread out and keep things out that long to work on a basket. Also reed goes bad. It gets brittle and will eventually be un useable. So I took the tub to Becky's and said lets use it up, what can we make? This is my second finish from the tub.
Hot Wheels bushel basket.
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I'm hoping that its sturdy enough to hold up to Alec. I know it will do what I want it to do but Alec likes to push baskets around and climb in them but hey, who doesn't like a good basket sit. For example....
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That's just him chillin, watching Mickey. Obviously, the basket I made would not hold up to this so if he does try this I will have to use it for some thing else until he's older. We shall see. Wish me luck.
And progress on the cross stitch gift.
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Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-67267777395458415472012-11-29T10:58:00.000-08:002012-11-29T10:58:06.131-08:00My sewing roomOn a quilting group I'm on we have been talking about sharing photos of our sewing rooms. I have shared mine before but I don't think I've shared since Dan made my awesome new cutting table. I also rearranged my sewing room a few weeks ago. This layout works much better for me and makes the room feel like it is bigger. I've always been opposed to having my back to the door but I told myself to suck it up and do it. Well it's fine. I don't know why I had an issue with it but issue resolved.
This is the view from outside the door looking in.
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This is the front of my cutting table. I left the table top wood because I was too impatient to paint at the time but I will probably paint it white some time down the road. As you can see I didn't bother to clean it up for the photos. I don't mind if you see how messy it is. You can see my large stack of knits for clothes for Alec Daniel. I have a good sized stack of fabric cut out to make pj's for him. I have some Christmas ones cut out too. On the left there is a pile of taped together patterns for a couple of pajama patterns I am trying out to find a go to one for Alec. I love pdf patterns and have accumulated quite a few of them. My tv is up there too.
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I have shelves above the table for supplies and you can see I like to hang things I love everywhere and I love bright, bold colors.
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This is my sewing desk. I love this desk. We bought it years ago and used it for what it was intended but when we went to lap tops and I finally wised up and decided to use this room for a sewing room and not a junk room I started using it as a sewing table. When I upgraded to a much nicer machine Dan cut it out for me and added supports so my machine bed was level with the desk top. I love that he is so handy and can do anything! I never need a mechanic and never need to hire any one for repairs of any kind or to build buildings. It's awesome! Anyways, this desk is huge and I even have my serger on it permanently with plenty of room for quilting still.
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Nothing fancy in this corner. Just my ironing board, some extra machines (there are more in the closet, these just didn't fit) and some books stacked up that don't fit on the book shelves. I do love this oversized ironing board. I bought it years ago with some birthday money my Grandma sent me. It's a nice reminder of her since she has since passed.
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This is just the bookshelf. Lots of quilting books and magazines here. That awesome green chest on top is a floss chest to hold my cross stitching floss. It's home made and I bought it off a yard sale site full of floss and had room to add my substantial collection. It was a stained wood that I was not fond of so I spray painted it this awesome green. I do need to touch it up a bit but that will be awhile before I get around to that.
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This is the door to my closet. You can not look in there, it is that bad. It is my plan to tear every thing out and reorganize it some time after Christmas.
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This is the shelving unit under my table. Lots of craft supplies, fabric, and aida cloth crammed down here. I'm out of room down there.
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And that is it. I'm hoping to get those tubs in front of the books case into the closet when I reorganize and also those extra sewing machines. I like an uncluttered space. I work better in one.
What am I working on now. Well some of it I can't show yet and some clothes I plan on sewing this weekend but I can show you a gift in progress that I am working on.
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Heres a shot of the pattern. This pattern and many more can be found here <a href="http://http://www.etsy.com/shop/weelittlestitches?ref=search_shop_redirect">Wee Little Stitches</a> I can not say enough good things about their patterns and customer service.
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And just a shot of Alec so you can see how big this little boy has gotten lately.
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So sweet.
Bye!
Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-15402924920405176372012-11-18T01:15:00.001-08:002012-11-18T01:15:42.428-08:00Alec DanielWell, I got it together and snapped a photo of the finished project that I gave you a sneak peek of a few weeks ago. Please ignore the fact that the room still needs the top trim put up and I will not admit it has needed that put up for about the last 9 years, oopps! It is getting done this winter! I swear!
Anyways.....
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I love how it turned out. This is what I started with.
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When I bought the letters I spotted the colored popsicle sticks hanging and figured I could come up with some thing to use them for. I really like how I chose to use them as the back drop and the different design with the colors really turned out nice if I do say so myself.
I was surprised at how long it took to do this. I figured it would be a quickie one day project but it actually turned into a 3 day project. The gluing the popsicle sticks together and the multiple coats of paint to cover the wood letters took some time.
We love crafting around here and I have started getting Alec on that path.
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Love him!
Bye!
Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-78382462623786305532012-11-12T10:34:00.000-08:002012-11-12T10:34:16.031-08:00I missed October....Ooooopps. I complexly missed posting in October. Thats ok. I got into a sewing slump. Who knows why, they just hit me once in awhile. I had caught a couple of stomach flus from the grand baby and that didn't help and I also was diagnosed with another ailment so I spent time learning about it and learning another new way of eating. That wasn't too overwhelming as I was pretty prepared from having to overhaul my life when I had to go gluten free. I'm still learning and will probably have to be on different meds to help, but that is the way it goes some times.
But, I have really gotten back to my sewing in the last couple of weeks an am able to share some awesome work and patterns with you. I was super excited when a pattern designer put out the call for pattern testers for like 6 new patterns and can you believe 4 of those were for boys!? Talk about super exciting. She is really breaking out with new patterns for the boys and this is super exciting as there is a huge lack of patterns for them in the market place. I love her designs because she makes it so you can embellish and change things how you would like. She calls them <a href="http://http://www.blankslatepatterns.com/">Blank Slate Patterns</a>
Seriously, go check them out.
I had the pleasure of testing the Trendy Tuxedo Pants, Trendy Tuxedo Shirt, The Holiday Pajamas, and The Saddle Shoulder Polo Pattern which I don't see up for sale yet but you should jump on it when it does come up because it is such a fantastic pattern. I love it and it is a new favorite for me to make for my grandson now.
This is my Holiday Pajamas. You will notice it is not in holiday fabrics. I used some I had on hand and can you believe I have not been able to find any holiday fabrics yet? I will be making a couple of stops later today to see if I can find some, fingers crossed.
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I used a too cute Yogi Bear flannel and I love it. It was my first time working with piping and I had a few curse words for it while working but that was more about my zipper foot really. I can officially say I hate my zipper foot for my beloved Horizon. I need to work with it a bit more and I will work with piping again.
This is my version on the Trendy Tuxedo Pant. I used a colored denim but it's not as heavy as a regular denim and used a ribbon I had on hand. I wasn't liking my choices until I put them on him and saw how adorable they look on.
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This is my version of The Trendy Tuxedo Shirt. I didn't have any plain fabric so I used a cute Charlie Brown fabric that I have had in my closet for at least 10 years. No I am not joking on that. It turned out so cute! My only problem and big disappointment was I used an orange chalk to mark my pleats and darn it it did not come out in the wash! Big time FAIL! But the shirt is still cute as can be.
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And finally the Saddle Shoulder Polo. I LOVE this shirt. It is so adorable on. It reminds me of shirts people wore in the early 80's. And I have to say I just love the color combo I chose on this.
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I believe I gave you a sneak peek on what I was working on in my last blog post. I was making some decorations for Alec's room walls in his room at my house. It was pretty plain in there and needed some thing to jazz it up. I will have to share that in my next post because I need to take the photos. I took them with my phone and put them on Facebook but forgot to take them with the regular camera so I will do that soon. In the mean time I did take a photo of some thing I am working on now so here is a sneak peek of that project.
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Every body needs a Thneed right?
And finally Halloween has passed and here is Alec in his costume.
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Cutest Mickey ever!
Bye!
Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-5429015544162007142012-09-23T10:09:00.000-07:002012-09-23T10:09:01.575-07:00Cross stitchingYes, cross stitching. I have been doing a lot of it lately. I used to do it all the time but as I got into quilting I got sporadic at best with the cross stitching. My taste changed and I could not find any thing I wanted to take the time to work on. It is easy to do but takes up a lot of time and I do mean a lot. One day I was looking around on pinterest when a pin caught my eye.
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I HAD to have this pattern! I have a grandson now and this would be awesome in his room here and a sampler of super heroes spelling his name is just what his room at home needs too! Heck, he's just the excuse, I would have totally bought this and made it for ME!
I search for over an hour because of course the pin did not go any where and I hit pay dirt. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/weelittlestitches?ref=seller_info">Wee Little Stitches</a>
They are awesome! I have been buying patterns like crazy and stitching them up! I am still working on the super hero alphabet and in between have made Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Golden Girls, Milk and cookie Love, Peanut butter and Jelly Love and have a ton more to do. I am also working on Harry Potter. These are cute and stitch up fast. Here is some of what I've done and what is done on the Super Hero sampler.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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The Golden Girls
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Milk and Cookie Love and Peanut Butter and Jelly Love
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Super Hero Sampler in Progress
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A shot of what my cutting table was looking like when I was prepping all of this work.
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And a sneak peek at what I'm working on now, along with fitting in the cross stitch while watching tv.
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Yeah, wait until you see the cuteness!
Bye!
Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-27782913787363519352012-09-11T07:35:00.000-07:002012-09-11T07:35:59.868-07:00It's been awhile, I knowMy husband reminds me often how I have not updated. Well it's been busy and not a ton has been accomplished and yet some has. I have been baby sitting the grand baby so some days no sewing gets done, some times days and days at a time. But now the boy is getting older and less clingy, more independent so I am able to do more. I also post lots of finished projects on my face book instead of posting here. It's pure laziness really. I just snap a pic and upload it with my phone instead of getting the big camera out so I can load them here.
This summer I had the pleasure of testing 3 patterns from <a href="http://networkedblogs.com/BZohv">Melly Sews</a>
She has created a whole book of <a href="http://networkedblogs.com/BZohv">Blank Slate Patterns</a> all for boys. I love it! There is such a huge hole in the market when it comes to patterns for boys. Every thing is for girls and it drives me crazy when I am trying to find some thing to sew for the grandson. You can buy these patterns in a booklet and can make a whole wardrobe of basic patterns that would be so simple to embellish. I tested the blank T, the prepster pull over and the jeans. Loved them all. The instructions are so simple and clear. The prepster pull over even taught me how to install a yoke. I had actually started a shirt for me in the beginning of the summer that has one and because I just could not understand what the instructions were saying about it I set it aside. Now, because of her instructions with this pattern I completely understand what I'm supposed to do!
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This tee is my very favorite t-shirt pattern of all time. I have made quite a few and they are my daughter favorite for my grandson as well. She loves how they are well made, the fit and how cute they are on. This pattern is the skinny t from <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/patterns/">Made By Rae</a> I can't say enough good things about this pattern and I have praised her pattern before. She is very meticulous to make sure they are easy to follow and the instructions are very clear. I have used this pattern for jammy t's and every day t's. Because my grandson's body temp is so hot I always make the short sleeve version.
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These overalls are called the over most from <a href="http://whipstitchfabrics.com/">Whipstitch fabrics</a> I took her online kids clothing course and learned so so much. I loved it and walked away with so many great patterns and skills that I can reuse until Alec is at least 7 or 8 years. Awesome! If you want to learn to sew clothes for kids defiantly take this course next time it is offered!! This version of the over most I made into shorts and I have a plan to make a couple more for the winter time. I love how these are lined so I can choose a nice flannel for our super cold winters if I'd like.
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I'm not sure if I've shared this jacket on here or not but it cam from the kids course as well. The class was in the spring and even with all the growing Alec has done he will still be able to wear it this fall, yay! It's so adorable and I can not even tell you how much I love the fabrics and colors I chose for his jacket.
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This final outfit is a pair of pj's I made just the other day. I actually made several pairs but this one we got a picture of with the big camera because of all the climbing around he was doing. I am still working on more pj's so I will be sure to get good photos of those. The top is once again Rae's skinny t top that I discussed above and the bottoms were a free pattern I found online. I don't recall the link but I would not recommend them anyways. The tushie area is just too small. This little guy does have a big tushie but not much bigger than another diapered babe so these pants I will not make again. I will go to my stand by of Rae's big butt baby pants. Follow the pattern link above for the skinny t and you will find those as well. I love those pants and am so sad I am on the largest size for Alec. I don't know what my go to jammie pant will be next but I am testing a few now so hopefully I will find one.
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And I will leave you with one more photo (ok, 3). Non sewing but we had a huge mile stone around here lately.
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Alec Daniel turned a year old in August! What an amazing boy! So smart and sweet and independent. We love him so much! He is such a joy.
Next time I post I will show you some more sewing I am doing and another craft that I used to do all the time but got burnt out for a few years. But isn't it funny how just one picture you see can spark that interest again?
Bye!
Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-43072014064830786532012-05-17T07:13:00.001-07:002012-05-17T07:13:29.585-07:00Sewing up a stormI have been sewing up a storm lately. I have really gotten into garment sewing and quilting has taken a back seat for me. Most of my sewing has focused around Alec. He's lots of fun to sew for and it's almost instant gratification. I took a kids sewing course online and learned a lot. Most of my photos are taken with my phone and uploaded to Facebook for sharing but I do have some I took with my big camera to place on here.
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This jacket was my favorite thing we made in the whole class. It is so simple and easy to make but turned out so cute and was so fun. It looks so good on him. I was worried about my fabric choices when I bought them. They are so different from what I normally pick but I just knew they would look good and they do! And that red zipper....it just pops!
Ok, so apparently I lied. I don't have any other photos from the class on my computer. I will get them and share but until then here is some random cuteness.
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Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-58284172281846288512012-03-03T12:08:00.005-08:002012-03-03T12:46:34.221-08:00Finished quiltsYou saw that correct, there was an s on the end of that word! I said I was going to concentrate on sewing for the grand baby but I just all of a sudden got the urge to get a few ufos that have been sitting around for awhile done. This first one is a Downy Quilts for Kids quilt. I haven't had it forever but it did take longer than it should have. Its been about 2 months since the package was sent to me and I dropped it in the mail today. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6UU5YbY8KOWiM9MwNfZjPVaGeyZRmOEuPil6zX2oh6NRPYooXdRd_3U7MY564Sjky6267Dvc3-O_iaQtxUGSNnOzboAxCkgYflnNByqdLNQwNsFObtHM20W0Ept2UCPVpDXjsNxC03I/s1600/IMG_6041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6UU5YbY8KOWiM9MwNfZjPVaGeyZRmOEuPil6zX2oh6NRPYooXdRd_3U7MY564Sjky6267Dvc3-O_iaQtxUGSNnOzboAxCkgYflnNByqdLNQwNsFObtHM20W0Ept2UCPVpDXjsNxC03I/s320/IMG_6041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715766657581317650" /></a><br /><br />The fabrics are not my favorite of what I've been sent before and I was extremely disappointed with the fabric they sent for the backing. I really considered swapping it for some thing else from my stash but the paper that comes with it asks that you don't do that. My aversion to the fabric is that it was pretreated with some kind of chemical that protects it from stains and made it very scratchy and stiff and washing it did not make it any softer. Its disappointing that they would use the fabric for a comfort quilt for sick children. Anyways I think I'll drop them a note about it.<br /><br />This next quilt is about 6 months old. I have had the top finished for that whole 6 months and then stalled. I wasn't sure if I wanted to back it with the grey from the quilt of with some thing more busy. I wasn't sure if I wanted it to stay this small cute quilt or if I wanted it bigger. In the end I decided I wanted it cute and small and decided to hang it on the wall in Alec's room/the scrapping room. I did back it with the grey. I wanted to do a modern style, simple quilt. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. I used a fat quarter pack that I bought while I was in Chicago last year and it's got all kinds of construction vehicles on it. Very fitting for a little boy who loves vehicles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaPQXFqcICk5m1D316NGVzr_kfhusu-RlzRdLWzNpffj3yX4S3K5jQSTf_9I9XZu_EUsBi4WcbDWZhSyLgNDPFHKDOTvHPC0PfJIXWdOVxp1PhHP1_Ds864qk60qSSXM6VufIlvRxF6A/s1600/IMG_6038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfaPQXFqcICk5m1D316NGVzr_kfhusu-RlzRdLWzNpffj3yX4S3K5jQSTf_9I9XZu_EUsBi4WcbDWZhSyLgNDPFHKDOTvHPC0PfJIXWdOVxp1PhHP1_Ds864qk60qSSXM6VufIlvRxF6A/s320/IMG_6038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715769843320377026" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8jc5SrOlUPvGN6weiHcZri8aKmw0KxiO5bs6Ab8qAKf-BJ8SLxmimvAXBsksqrliv61tMSbu9IxhwrbnVCtkHQIa0JepUVIht5JxKw9nuItMJvvYUZDot-bN2hhAPUOtoRyP40ROFOM/s1600/IMG_6036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8jc5SrOlUPvGN6weiHcZri8aKmw0KxiO5bs6Ab8qAKf-BJ8SLxmimvAXBsksqrliv61tMSbu9IxhwrbnVCtkHQIa0JepUVIht5JxKw9nuItMJvvYUZDot-bN2hhAPUOtoRyP40ROFOM/s320/IMG_6036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715769836324454194" /></a><br /><br />This last one is over a year old. Probably closer to a year and a half. I started it in the fall of 2010 and it was to be Susan's graduation quilt. I didn't finish it because I was stuck on how I wanted to quilt it. I also had started a quilt for Alec and got caught up in that. I really prefer smaller quilts. They are so much easier to quilt. When I machine quilt quilts that are this size I always have an issue with fold overs in the back and this one is no exception. There are about 3 places on the back that the backing fabric folded over but while looking at it after I finished it I decided it didn't bother me so much. I spent a lot of time trying to decide if I wanted to tie it or quilt it and in the end I did go with the quilting. Hey, maybe I can get Dan to get me a small quilting frame now that we have an extra room, what do you think? Haha! <br /><br />This quilt is a dresden plate quilt and I really enjoyed piecing it. I loved it so much I really considered doing one for Alec too but once I got this one pieced I decided it was way too heavy for a new born quilt. Once it is all put together and quilted there are 4 layers of fabric there.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFF7sRhG1oqzNitEc0ESE8naDVqMRASuuzKlohLDLQh7eNXUs-IGQM8KVCdkYpHM_nNc-rCjp56zCOKc8SGMTBfoxPS_CVJTko0RiD2XRLLBcjpZIDxOY69aEdhQZ2xfoGBIUnBDSK0jI/s1600/IMG_6045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFF7sRhG1oqzNitEc0ESE8naDVqMRASuuzKlohLDLQh7eNXUs-IGQM8KVCdkYpHM_nNc-rCjp56zCOKc8SGMTBfoxPS_CVJTko0RiD2XRLLBcjpZIDxOY69aEdhQZ2xfoGBIUnBDSK0jI/s320/IMG_6045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715773062402611394" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKUwnbh2JG0jxjeQW_RYnkdF4zi9GRfymeGEN2qTy0xBP2Ran_cXh1HF1Jvl5cY-iZ45FCRPbRgfkDS2O6DWioPpi9PSkRM-OXoUvFTioH6-nGW_kJwtcsSephEviNWj-ub7p-fLgdKY/s1600/IMG_6044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKKUwnbh2JG0jxjeQW_RYnkdF4zi9GRfymeGEN2qTy0xBP2Ran_cXh1HF1Jvl5cY-iZ45FCRPbRgfkDS2O6DWioPpi9PSkRM-OXoUvFTioH6-nGW_kJwtcsSephEviNWj-ub7p-fLgdKY/s320/IMG_6044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715773060329157490" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpOMRt7YfdhRu_Oco0kBuJ7mOWOby9SmyiCCB3tF1ghZAcWFIaZbwF23rNyN84pe6O8RaMg4KxsB_S0AL65Q9s4nJliA98kbuBuzjiRqg3yVH1UtY1a0LwoN2tXAwNDIQ-tjPTT6SPK8/s1600/IMG_6042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpOMRt7YfdhRu_Oco0kBuJ7mOWOby9SmyiCCB3tF1ghZAcWFIaZbwF23rNyN84pe6O8RaMg4KxsB_S0AL65Q9s4nJliA98kbuBuzjiRqg3yVH1UtY1a0LwoN2tXAwNDIQ-tjPTT6SPK8/s320/IMG_6042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715773050472260066" /></a><br /><br />I really like how it turned out even though I am not too thrilled with how I decided to quilt it. I just could not decide on a way and once I started this way I just went with it. I do like the overall effect though.<br /><br />Now on to clothes for Alec and also a lap quilt using the Dr Seuss fabric pack I also bought while in Chicago. I'm really looking forward to that one even if I am still not sure on what type of quilt it will be. I will have to think on it for a bit longer.<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-56404759527296424702012-03-01T06:57:00.005-08:002012-03-01T12:27:20.171-08:00Before and after in the sewing roomAs you may know our daughter and her little family moved out and into an apartment recently. I decided to paint her room and move my scrapbooking things in there because I was running out of room in my sewing room. I had my ironing board pushed up against the scrapbook table and I was tripping over things because there was just not enough floor space. Here are some before photos before I moved things.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJ3yR4xKTUXtNLHqOSsSWRv2PmkboydGT-vzn_6GgyNzCyEqYUXGarmUwwObET58LD5-eFzOQFo9xoGehP85lYq2Uo2txycyiOKFjUVj25bDPMkpKGG7i9j0vU0JUpDXutIsyRV1FEkw/s1600/IMG_5967.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJ3yR4xKTUXtNLHqOSsSWRv2PmkboydGT-vzn_6GgyNzCyEqYUXGarmUwwObET58LD5-eFzOQFo9xoGehP85lYq2Uo2txycyiOKFjUVj25bDPMkpKGG7i9j0vU0JUpDXutIsyRV1FEkw/s320/IMG_5967.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714945082312190770" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdR24XvLsv7QrFChntjvVKTo0NjYMf_rtKfUJ0geRZIozTiUWxv-fsT4EuEbxvgtnLsXzJVhc0KvjsWIoxtrcjX8Mb45lLdPrNwO-zWf4yI1HL4hlEc3tvv4vTHcvbS-76lqorR7GcAQ/s1600/IMG_5966.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdR24XvLsv7QrFChntjvVKTo0NjYMf_rtKfUJ0geRZIozTiUWxv-fsT4EuEbxvgtnLsXzJVhc0KvjsWIoxtrcjX8Mb45lLdPrNwO-zWf4yI1HL4hlEc3tvv4vTHcvbS-76lqorR7GcAQ/s320/IMG_5966.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714945075200009330" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyJoambODVwUS6F8dYJaQUsjU9WvnOlxgQjg6P4y5o0JSkvZ4V3VCBMPezk5YUMIsSbHWeIRKz57QAaxWOF6i8LxXDc_IU64Urr7jx1yDs-4iVIeq7IDdJGCAiucIX44ccAfVzie8cEI/s1600/IMG_5965.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyJoambODVwUS6F8dYJaQUsjU9WvnOlxgQjg6P4y5o0JSkvZ4V3VCBMPezk5YUMIsSbHWeIRKz57QAaxWOF6i8LxXDc_IU64Urr7jx1yDs-4iVIeq7IDdJGCAiucIX44ccAfVzie8cEI/s320/IMG_5965.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714945065812906594" /></a><br /><br />You can see there was big clutter every where.<br /><br />In these after pictures you can see the cutting table has been moved to where the scrapping things were and the ironing board has been moved over by the window. It's much nicer! Lots more room for all of my sewing stuff.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAfbBMQK6lL7_Vcre5xQjddVjlKszweaXtfpKn2QB-aPvT-1adjkD_AZfDI6GtpuTUwtJ9GmznOkZkYkI6RntJiEq8In2hMj9VKqyv3kYwYb90j8eRPCAQTCvLuRYbc7LvO8iefNIYnQ/s1600/IMG_5970.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAfbBMQK6lL7_Vcre5xQjddVjlKszweaXtfpKn2QB-aPvT-1adjkD_AZfDI6GtpuTUwtJ9GmznOkZkYkI6RntJiEq8In2hMj9VKqyv3kYwYb90j8eRPCAQTCvLuRYbc7LvO8iefNIYnQ/s320/IMG_5970.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714948738657099362" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgK-lJSLZAEH4OXcZPLHgfNzppTm6ovUayZDcXCQueiJ92-PyUfQNHnUiNUw9241SQAiZLV_WG_EMpO5PZn2QyFOvo10M6sa-5_sbsqIba5niSTJYJ6Vj3jzpBGQV_vYZbWDQW60BXxdY/s1600/IMG_5969.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgK-lJSLZAEH4OXcZPLHgfNzppTm6ovUayZDcXCQueiJ92-PyUfQNHnUiNUw9241SQAiZLV_WG_EMpO5PZn2QyFOvo10M6sa-5_sbsqIba5niSTJYJ6Vj3jzpBGQV_vYZbWDQW60BXxdY/s320/IMG_5969.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714948726319066642" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfurzM8THPS5WJzXFxUuSvONFcj8-sHPS7sKSEOm1MVINJTeqzunQm5FSq5aerXLfHsp6s3anY87p88IXsAt76hR2WhUVlTS5YG0n7eC3dmCwpx9XMXqI91XdeklIn6SJopOkIfBXL_w/s1600/IMG_5968.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfurzM8THPS5WJzXFxUuSvONFcj8-sHPS7sKSEOm1MVINJTeqzunQm5FSq5aerXLfHsp6s3anY87p88IXsAt76hR2WhUVlTS5YG0n7eC3dmCwpx9XMXqI91XdeklIn6SJopOkIfBXL_w/s320/IMG_5968.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714948717807611698" /></a><br /><br />Here is a photo of my scrapping area now. You can see I am still working on organizing it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUeAqP6DsR71bEnACWmuF2JVVouVWao5e1-P5XbjO4VLLK94p8fS5CYrMCT0lVq4ioRbi4uLcdozct11Bo2FgDuqo8GH3VoC_bFQ2jLQuxjyPhdSKd0XxR_WiWVfiqdIWgYP3VZx_jJ8/s1600/IMG_5971.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUeAqP6DsR71bEnACWmuF2JVVouVWao5e1-P5XbjO4VLLK94p8fS5CYrMCT0lVq4ioRbi4uLcdozct11Bo2FgDuqo8GH3VoC_bFQ2jLQuxjyPhdSKd0XxR_WiWVfiqdIWgYP3VZx_jJ8/s320/IMG_5971.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715026797973673346" /></a><br /><br /><br />Been working on some unfinished quilts and clothing. I'll share those photos another time.<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-52297816551716286372012-02-18T04:28:00.000-08:002012-02-18T05:01:50.667-08:00Sewing for the boySo I've really gotten into sewing for Alec, so much that I have signed up for an e course all about making clothes for kids! I really enjoy it and right now I am really having fun sewing with knit fabrics making him t-shirts.<br /><br />This shirt was made using a new pattern by Rae at <a href="http://http://www.made-by-rae.com/">Made by Rae</a>. If you recognize the name it may be because I have said several times on here how much I love her big butt baby pants pattern and I have been making those as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1ZCSsQDA7UM6daPjAP3F5mCr7ynhSChktNjIUmRPJW04T8fErY23-9-5Glo-4S-Qtl0LsIndfUVAWwgal6nomPZraaNqSySK1NZ77fsoCoCOzxgj-X2MlQuYqsmbAWDo51t0frnN6SM/s1600/IMG_5913.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1ZCSsQDA7UM6daPjAP3F5mCr7ynhSChktNjIUmRPJW04T8fErY23-9-5Glo-4S-Qtl0LsIndfUVAWwgal6nomPZraaNqSySK1NZ77fsoCoCOzxgj-X2MlQuYqsmbAWDo51t0frnN6SM/s320/IMG_5913.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710453731668111666" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDzMh_ymYHG4qc7hLS7vcKZ4fxibIRLkvCFgVTzs8mGJ1gS5JUnpQbtC2zE-FuTrNZBKhm3t2RWoBJFfX_WUVueA7faMbB2V8IoExYxx3AYBOu9s-no9LBdExDUQqVA-nIEwVw1EGG1Q/s1600/IMG_5915.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDzMh_ymYHG4qc7hLS7vcKZ4fxibIRLkvCFgVTzs8mGJ1gS5JUnpQbtC2zE-FuTrNZBKhm3t2RWoBJFfX_WUVueA7faMbB2V8IoExYxx3AYBOu9s-no9LBdExDUQqVA-nIEwVw1EGG1Q/s320/IMG_5915.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710453727144885922" /></a><br /><br />And a couple shots of them in action.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgAYwRaMkgfcjS-uK10z3C6Ulo6gnRe42Z8iL9kzs9mXBjUlMuIQe14NneD9ScTRwCtRtqbPm6YvC9sKAxviWhD2LBckybQdmIR6fkncmHtWYRsYSeHKftbPRdIlZ_mnaPlKtADNUP40/s1600/IMG_5951.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZgAYwRaMkgfcjS-uK10z3C6Ulo6gnRe42Z8iL9kzs9mXBjUlMuIQe14NneD9ScTRwCtRtqbPm6YvC9sKAxviWhD2LBckybQdmIR6fkncmHtWYRsYSeHKftbPRdIlZ_mnaPlKtADNUP40/s320/IMG_5951.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710454495773774626" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4E2Ws354VRVLQnAr6PyEMl8HXYDNH2oswbF_DK3IINynbrJd7_6_3gsTi0PtWSIkCVZc71AZj65vrcG8w0d9Yr4Sqdx9XajBBabOYPdZGQMbrb0yunZ1WmdTzAjA0H8pE_-JCWEaMgdY/s1600/IMG_5950.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4E2Ws354VRVLQnAr6PyEMl8HXYDNH2oswbF_DK3IINynbrJd7_6_3gsTi0PtWSIkCVZc71AZj65vrcG8w0d9Yr4Sqdx9XajBBabOYPdZGQMbrb0yunZ1WmdTzAjA0H8pE_-JCWEaMgdY/s320/IMG_5950.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710454484611780258" /></a><br /><br />He just turned 6 months old and is already crawling and pulling himself up to a standing position. Getting so big so fast!<br /><br />This is the t-shirt I made from the <a href="http://www.made-by-rae.com/2012/02/flashback-skinny-tee-sewing-pattern-is-here/">Flash back skinny T pattern</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzYq9FgYCSFZ0Sb4Wa_yoRx08DVahgL-6piangL1fFqn0jDXWqM0RyKD9L1Nb2ohEo7GxJago0870irB2XujYZIt4EDafQg38ubW9Zh1InU8eyP3SS5NAMlEPTK7A007-dSpIZ1lO6jI/s1600/IMG_5910.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzYq9FgYCSFZ0Sb4Wa_yoRx08DVahgL-6piangL1fFqn0jDXWqM0RyKD9L1Nb2ohEo7GxJago0870irB2XujYZIt4EDafQg38ubW9Zh1InU8eyP3SS5NAMlEPTK7A007-dSpIZ1lO6jI/s320/IMG_5910.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710456417559515426" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlp47tX38ikBy2n3oxkBbrOi_UN4BDSXhdZRZ-qlmKnPPpQjd7benZHbWBVsrszytjzqfnJ1A93Qxr3UtwBDimuKyQ6HWiII1xcTTSccYae17NqOl3anXbJQG2DadzwAdeX9-fpkCqvng/s1600/IMG_5908.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlp47tX38ikBy2n3oxkBbrOi_UN4BDSXhdZRZ-qlmKnPPpQjd7benZHbWBVsrszytjzqfnJ1A93Qxr3UtwBDimuKyQ6HWiII1xcTTSccYae17NqOl3anXbJQG2DadzwAdeX9-fpkCqvng/s320/IMG_5908.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710456411899467410" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwSIfw0XJSFAwM8UpVl39B3KURbX73HGvkZ9KlZ9eyt8PxnE5yAPTIvZfYSoRQ-Uu5vILveL23D7zKL2CblForoDqf3dnxOjSgWYBNtl8m5eSj4a95a8LerExGv8JqxHJe4Z4sDbVpKA/s1600/IMG_5905.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwSIfw0XJSFAwM8UpVl39B3KURbX73HGvkZ9KlZ9eyt8PxnE5yAPTIvZfYSoRQ-Uu5vILveL23D7zKL2CblForoDqf3dnxOjSgWYBNtl8m5eSj4a95a8LerExGv8JqxHJe4Z4sDbVpKA/s320/IMG_5905.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710456407842839378" /></a><br /><br />And a photo of him wearing it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzURq10pUCqYVhKujcFwlDTbuT2qKdw1_m1JCntUxfzbw91Fk1FOtiASCO_FX4xlsZc8UbEk8MpgIzIWIBxF_GUsYUs7wX1O0AXrOp3MrM9mchDo4Bn4-Kj-OsoQ20wl906MiPsXl84I0/s1600/IMG_5924.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzURq10pUCqYVhKujcFwlDTbuT2qKdw1_m1JCntUxfzbw91Fk1FOtiASCO_FX4xlsZc8UbEk8MpgIzIWIBxF_GUsYUs7wX1O0AXrOp3MrM9mchDo4Bn4-Kj-OsoQ20wl906MiPsXl84I0/s320/IMG_5924.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710458001635867330" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0cXiTt0G0Sx9P-VPwA0anXbXbcnEOstjrg7h-ppJItnMQrc7MUghrbUvMnqE9mGWssMKHzkNi5IMzwD92QRnA_9W5uMHL9GGXtimvCl8H7olbOFrIojDkyP_I7yEA44BdyVAUJHCMi8/s1600/IMG_5920.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF0cXiTt0G0Sx9P-VPwA0anXbXbcnEOstjrg7h-ppJItnMQrc7MUghrbUvMnqE9mGWssMKHzkNi5IMzwD92QRnA_9W5uMHL9GGXtimvCl8H7olbOFrIojDkyP_I7yEA44BdyVAUJHCMi8/s320/IMG_5920.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710457991399219794" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1S-Lb1Ka3CRlgxNJKYUF0TXBOtrKA9kyZQ9gwuzaURM1_hqcu_uk0PT3cjMxfu6xJ9sR_y4pL5gEU5A3OYl16rWjRsrP49OFiqq6MryCqwhV24VouIua1PMSYLsPWI0y8IVX8HS0X_vM/s1600/IMG_5918.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1S-Lb1Ka3CRlgxNJKYUF0TXBOtrKA9kyZQ9gwuzaURM1_hqcu_uk0PT3cjMxfu6xJ9sR_y4pL5gEU5A3OYl16rWjRsrP49OFiqq6MryCqwhV24VouIua1PMSYLsPWI0y8IVX8HS0X_vM/s320/IMG_5918.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710457984144823538" /></a><br /><br />It's a great pattern. Very simple and if you have a fear of knits she takes them away with her great detailed instructions.<br /><br />And guess who got a year older?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH59YGFOOV_O6q6jycZ1qukREZA7wWmDooWoDLLnFTHYOBrh1f-QJAPSB_i0oeG8-dQdFTcd8jBzebpUjae-IPK-ig4cLh53Dr_Fphp4kfHhpxPe2kALzX4engyU0vkU4sbLm2X8JkZFE/s1600/IMG_5937.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH59YGFOOV_O6q6jycZ1qukREZA7wWmDooWoDLLnFTHYOBrh1f-QJAPSB_i0oeG8-dQdFTcd8jBzebpUjae-IPK-ig4cLh53Dr_Fphp4kfHhpxPe2kALzX4engyU0vkU4sbLm2X8JkZFE/s320/IMG_5937.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710459346074918370" /></a><br /><br />Yep, that would be me!<br /><br />I have more to share in another post. We have been repainting Susan's room for Alec and it will be a den as well. I'll share photos when I am done. <br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-11118611129617518292011-12-24T17:10:00.000-08:002011-12-24T17:15:15.716-08:00Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our family to yours!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtLbRX1yUOBBysc_f2_TIKivsDefn5sWJq-gzPfInr7WArMkmjQDlKSVZE-6f1QQAaEP_jh0JUVZOtPPLnw97LlRlSQvDWr0YP4LkOGp7aAMFp73xZFeDW_cu4xC_6dCvTV8BrXHzGS0/s1600/384234_2360389814547_1394340780_32088714_422180157_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtLbRX1yUOBBysc_f2_TIKivsDefn5sWJq-gzPfInr7WArMkmjQDlKSVZE-6f1QQAaEP_jh0JUVZOtPPLnw97LlRlSQvDWr0YP4LkOGp7aAMFp73xZFeDW_cu4xC_6dCvTV8BrXHzGS0/s320/384234_2360389814547_1394340780_32088714_422180157_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689867186690734706" /></a><br /><br />Isn't that the most adorable photo up there of my grand baby? Photo was taken by a photographer in our area that my daughter connected with. Her photos are so beautiful as you can see and she has a client for life in my daughter. Visions Photography....we have been telling every one about her. You can find her on Facebook.<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-89783103456103900982011-12-22T10:53:00.000-08:002012-01-01T09:25:33.606-08:00peanut butter ball playEvery year at Christmas time I make my husband peanut butter balls. They are his absolute favorite Christmas treat of any thing else I make. I have experimented with them over the years and he always says he prefers the originals and not so much the ones I play with. Well how could I possibly let a year go by with this idea for changing the balls up a bit and not try it out? So I did. I made my same recipe as always from my trusty Betty Crocker Cook book and instead of going as normal from there I dumped a small box of chocolate pudding mix in with the powdered sugar. I wanted chocolate peanut butter balls. I also decided to dip them in white chocolate instead of dark chocolate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHSf9qAmGr30UllYMwXmnTh4Nqz4KRpqLtscYKAOWrMGXqKIGNqT_7qLMnOrC3udccTx96p6uFLrdyz1SqvDHJrN3xNga0VcvLBQaxxU0J4JP-xlTiy7ijx10acgNLr1uuZxZ3bG03zo/s1600/IMG_5716.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHSf9qAmGr30UllYMwXmnTh4Nqz4KRpqLtscYKAOWrMGXqKIGNqT_7qLMnOrC3udccTx96p6uFLrdyz1SqvDHJrN3xNga0VcvLBQaxxU0J4JP-xlTiy7ijx10acgNLr1uuZxZ3bG03zo/s320/IMG_5716.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689029496244893010" /></a><br /><br />Here are the balls layed out drying for a bit before dipping. I did a batch this new way and a batch of the regular style.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdc2HFH9BR70CL-X13qzWBMQf33Aw2sdUC00r3VoPHu9x0uud4_OHJN7VmooaYNdKbsZSxzOYjyFOhXIJCnozNNcwv1FZFyMFx71kcBHHl3auia6tPuD8UAcOe0F0NN0cmTWfy61JfEI/s1600/IMG_5720.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdc2HFH9BR70CL-X13qzWBMQf33Aw2sdUC00r3VoPHu9x0uud4_OHJN7VmooaYNdKbsZSxzOYjyFOhXIJCnozNNcwv1FZFyMFx71kcBHHl3auia6tPuD8UAcOe0F0NN0cmTWfy61JfEI/s320/IMG_5720.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689030347257742642" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YGsmLqWSWl0XygfC03KXwUs4UTQcSwcMCE-a2PCFYaJaSrUawUBn1YgNVpmuOkvpBTikqDgnuRTvzPiqTIie5IFZyIAVgeHTDZLdTSsYfr3JInSBvGy_WHrkuJ8Vc5b1Gu96u6MwVrc/s1600/IMG_5717.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YGsmLqWSWl0XygfC03KXwUs4UTQcSwcMCE-a2PCFYaJaSrUawUBn1YgNVpmuOkvpBTikqDgnuRTvzPiqTIie5IFZyIAVgeHTDZLdTSsYfr3JInSBvGy_WHrkuJ8Vc5b1Gu96u6MwVrc/s320/IMG_5717.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689030343026811938" /></a><br /><br />Done! And guess which ones are getting reached for first??? That's right, the ones with the pudding mix in it. Can you really go wrong with adding pudding mix to some thing?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfprXuS2Zuft756PuNIMpK4YSWyB8UoQMAUujzmfts6DFn_sd2zaha2EVt9yl-YDIXIyKPKJFQkZFVm9v-Dvqb4ajUvQiLcnG-DNpj-cJ5MriCarmXhFqSizl3T7AkJUBFMTSzrA4SaM/s1600/IMG_5721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfprXuS2Zuft756PuNIMpK4YSWyB8UoQMAUujzmfts6DFn_sd2zaha2EVt9yl-YDIXIyKPKJFQkZFVm9v-Dvqb4ajUvQiLcnG-DNpj-cJ5MriCarmXhFqSizl3T7AkJUBFMTSzrA4SaM/s320/IMG_5721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689032072962022066" /></a><br /><br />Give it a try next time you make these and if you don't make them go and make some! Right now! They are so easy and delicious.<br /><br />Bye!<br /><br />*edited to say I am linking this post to Mommy by Day, Crafter by Night's link party. Click the button on the side to get to her blog.Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-75293921078047169242011-12-21T11:31:00.000-08:002011-12-21T11:50:38.241-08:00Epic fail!You heard me. A crafty failure has happened here. This is not uncommon but don't you just hate to see blogs where every thing is la la la perfect and no one admits to failure? <br /><br />So my mom gave me this glass ornament a couple of years ago so I can try to do some thing with it. With the new grand baby this year I thought it would be great to cut out a stencil on the silhouette sd and paint Alec's First Christmas onto it. My first mistake was thinking it would be simple *ppffftttt*. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWWwSdTa5J53ByiXdhRLfDgqmSPlxl5TjnZjbb7iox5eEwKuED-CzgYzViiLj-uWBZNk1EFmnQXsAvTeFiUkp7A7OtV95uAFEWB-3qUaJU8qiR2jpTduskIOXjLaCRBchiZwdLJNefwU/s1600/IMG_5693.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWWwSdTa5J53ByiXdhRLfDgqmSPlxl5TjnZjbb7iox5eEwKuED-CzgYzViiLj-uWBZNk1EFmnQXsAvTeFiUkp7A7OtV95uAFEWB-3qUaJU8qiR2jpTduskIOXjLaCRBchiZwdLJNefwU/s320/IMG_5693.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688669229193047330" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMcoHKz0mPQkrwk2H8dm3bHZmNsEuhdRgDCprQ80LIhOenW3h8mqd_cyax41rQ4PJ0UjZLN0K1h_1L-9B6A80JJPAFacBGY5Sh86BQdzCQGGG0tZVCIKhfvTdGtZBdK7TRl8irUWnH40/s1600/IMG_5692.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMcoHKz0mPQkrwk2H8dm3bHZmNsEuhdRgDCprQ80LIhOenW3h8mqd_cyax41rQ4PJ0UjZLN0K1h_1L-9B6A80JJPAFacBGY5Sh86BQdzCQGGG0tZVCIKhfvTdGtZBdK7TRl8irUWnH40/s320/IMG_5692.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688669224222858354" /></a><br /><br /><br />That was hard trying to get it placed decent on there and then to keep it from over lapping and making sure you can see the words still. Sheesh! I finally got it to where it looked just ok and then the glitter paint I used was almost non existent! I could hardly see what I did so I had to switch to a regular paint first and then do the glitter on top. I ended up doing 5 layers I think. Then to top it off when I pulled off the stencil it pulled a bunch of my painted letters off too ACK!! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kuDStue713wLs8AFWq3kMwwwJZpJU4HnwZQ3L8m3Qx-PugkDEmlNvU0A9t_wwfyus0IGvBbh_RHczZXSyE6ZcZii9tUMbErmWPLRysU1JUMA08P7SqF2FT8eJk3CQXHC9hFILD8fDlw/s1600/IMG_5697.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kuDStue713wLs8AFWq3kMwwwJZpJU4HnwZQ3L8m3Qx-PugkDEmlNvU0A9t_wwfyus0IGvBbh_RHczZXSyE6ZcZii9tUMbErmWPLRysU1JUMA08P7SqF2FT8eJk3CQXHC9hFILD8fDlw/s320/IMG_5697.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688670104840390450" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIzE_uNenhM7wXCXHXL2QYnhGDpQelCc4Pt81LkryPxvsqQliJV6RnMM8DHzCIR3ghae5lUxNKz3-RFizwTlIKhPEWM3yQ1XsL07ZKCDDR_W3Y7Hm1ln9_ksN3RXCvFsSOZtR8Ff_jTI/s1600/IMG_5694.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIzE_uNenhM7wXCXHXL2QYnhGDpQelCc4Pt81LkryPxvsqQliJV6RnMM8DHzCIR3ghae5lUxNKz3-RFizwTlIKhPEWM3yQ1XsL07ZKCDDR_W3Y7Hm1ln9_ksN3RXCvFsSOZtR8Ff_jTI/s320/IMG_5694.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688670100462735266" /></a><br /><br />So in the end I had to scrape every thing off and put it aside to decide on what to do with it now. I have a few ideas and when it is finished I will of course share what I decided on. It will still be an ornament for Alec I'm just not sure how I will go about doing it yet. <br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-813287847533496702011-12-17T12:16:00.000-08:002011-12-17T12:42:10.135-08:00working with vinylSo I've decided that with the coming new year that I should blog what I am doing more. Maybe no one really cares but I think it's a lot of fun to go back and see what I've been working on and with what products I've used. Also, maybe I'll work on some of my stuff a little more and not be so, ummmm.... lazy. It's kind of shameful how few posts I have done in the last couple of years. That's ok though. <br /><br />For Christmas time this year I had all these grand plans of making pillows for my couch and for gifts and a Christmas lap quilt and some sewy gifts, blah blah blah....then I got sick, and when I say sick I mean really sick. I can't even remember the last time I was so ill. My voice was completly gone. I could not sleep for a week and the coughing was so bad. I got lazy, and I mean real lazy so nothing got done. When I started feeling better I decided I wanted to do some of the stuff that I had planned so I axed the pillow ideas because I just did not feel like sitting down and sewing and chose to work with my silhouette sd. I love this machine. Who knew one could love a machine so much. It does so many cool things, the customer service is awesome...even calling me to help me figure out how to open my software on my new Macbook Pro. They also offer a free download once a week and through Christmas right now they are offering a free design a day! Oh happy day! They did come out with a new machine that looks very cool but I am so happy with the sd that I have no plans for the new one unless this one were to ever give up on me. <br /><br />I had bought a bunch of vinyl in Christmas colors from Pick Your Plum and wanted to use that in some of my Christmas decorating this year so this is what I have done.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54bXH5JefZuEnvpgumhKS2XgZ2HH6_brq7jMt9jFukzDLm9s3YwbMRWGPDSAWgKXbuVg9cpv7ruT72PqjQDvdYQVfoysIllhSD7cv8yn5W3DumJaxZU_wCyfvM-1Krp7_fF05Nd5xAJc/s1600/IMG_5657.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54bXH5JefZuEnvpgumhKS2XgZ2HH6_brq7jMt9jFukzDLm9s3YwbMRWGPDSAWgKXbuVg9cpv7ruT72PqjQDvdYQVfoysIllhSD7cv8yn5W3DumJaxZU_wCyfvM-1Krp7_fF05Nd5xAJc/s320/IMG_5657.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687198313026452002" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilwMAujO7P4_jKkxjCbo7JpfczfH_ZwnshKFbNIh8OoPh6AIYorfVworPJ_Ov56JejeL9_R25faUNv4fi1lksqCiAXGCVnvkzjlPTL_yab73J7IYsjSAWfrraFeTmg_0NJ_ve-KhfwbU/s1600/IMG_5656.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilwMAujO7P4_jKkxjCbo7JpfczfH_ZwnshKFbNIh8OoPh6AIYorfVworPJ_Ov56JejeL9_R25faUNv4fi1lksqCiAXGCVnvkzjlPTL_yab73J7IYsjSAWfrraFeTmg_0NJ_ve-KhfwbU/s320/IMG_5656.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687198306223598306" /></a><br /><br />The nice thing about the silhouette is it will use the fonts on your computer! I also put snow flakes on the walls all around. I did forget photos of those but they are the same as the photo that says joy to the world.<br /><br />Well I've gone on enough about this. No affiliation with the silhouette company, just one very happy customer here!<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-18183507373969413892011-12-16T15:37:00.000-08:002011-12-16T17:10:55.637-08:00Dresser re do, not quite done.So I mentioned the dresser re do. Here's a little background on this dresser I decided to paint. It belonged to my great-grandfather. He bought it when my grandmother was a child if I remember correctly. Normally I would not paint some thing like this and I would let it be but in my younger days I had decided to sand it and try staining in only to find out it was not a wood you would really want to do that with so it has sat in my closet in shame for years holding some of mine and Dans clothes. The quality compared to todays furniture is superior but back then this was not quality furniture. So when we re did the house and finished every thing but our closet we sat for like 2 years with it unfinished. Finally I was searching Pinterest one day and saw people painting old furniture and it just clicked, I could do that with that dresser and paint it my favorite color! Blue! I love blue, most of my house is blue, almost my whole wardrobe is blue. I have decided to paint all my bedroom furniture different shades of blue, except for my bed of course. This is my solution to the horrid wall color I painted. I thought I would like it and I do not but with these blue pieces it will be cool. So this is the first piece I have done, my great-grand fathers dresser. The rest will be done in the spring because I am not freezing my butt off anymore for this, just saying. I am so pleased with the turn out. It needs some major touch up, or some sanding to distress it but I have all winter to decide.<br />So, did I get a before picture, you betcha, did I get one with all the drawers in it...of course not, only a normal person would think of some thing like that and as you know I am far from normal. So here is a before of the dresser and the drawers already outside getting ready to be roughed up for painting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASFfGfi7u-Oxzk8tBE4iig9cHU5kSHnigPAv6rBJ0fy3lcx3bY9cojfcBSd0QOMmCEihCggs-d8OZr3uzSlEy-Zujv7ibGSIkEhm-4gZHCYmOH6RUEHQBE0gzA6ypysNXVTw8tY5zjuE/s1600/IMG_5683.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASFfGfi7u-Oxzk8tBE4iig9cHU5kSHnigPAv6rBJ0fy3lcx3bY9cojfcBSd0QOMmCEihCggs-d8OZr3uzSlEy-Zujv7ibGSIkEhm-4gZHCYmOH6RUEHQBE0gzA6ypysNXVTw8tY5zjuE/s320/IMG_5683.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686896682569305538" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG16T_0tofVDQDKhePAiImf7qrZ4yin7FqtkEnDyHeuPgcySgWf5VXUXs94GrRwajagflL0xrjdGkVepEyvuZoNhy5JqRsosiwMtq-JzOhdUjBUjCNV5rsN_yDNm3CDYgoq1vwpDH6bVY/s1600/IMG_5682.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG16T_0tofVDQDKhePAiImf7qrZ4yin7FqtkEnDyHeuPgcySgWf5VXUXs94GrRwajagflL0xrjdGkVepEyvuZoNhy5JqRsosiwMtq-JzOhdUjBUjCNV5rsN_yDNm3CDYgoq1vwpDH6bVY/s320/IMG_5682.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686896665394363538" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUeBamnDjEoHUjJ8x9T8SL66o9kFybmCmiNnBtgnTR1tKr4MQ7DGO6unj0LhNpvovee4S7qzDT6GO_s4mrIMEDkhSTPmBGL6Bf8CGp9_OFrfirGFSx34-vzYSNeOsowsVcSFFkZngf4k/s1600/IMG_5681.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUeBamnDjEoHUjJ8x9T8SL66o9kFybmCmiNnBtgnTR1tKr4MQ7DGO6unj0LhNpvovee4S7qzDT6GO_s4mrIMEDkhSTPmBGL6Bf8CGp9_OFrfirGFSx34-vzYSNeOsowsVcSFFkZngf4k/s320/IMG_5681.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686896657918693234" /></a><br /><br />Here is it in place in the bedroom. As you can see it still needs drawer pulls that I will order. I will put some vintage ones that are similar to what was on it before. I think I found some I will like. We really like how it turned out. I love the color and it looks good with the wall. Who knows, by spring I may decide to repaint the walls but for now I am pleased.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto0vRuj9-KuT_bmTPHQlmCn8piA5j5h8nAY7ud-K8Wni9UxcJ0l62Wwn854YOpOxB9JNqxfaPmurnWfdZB50VDl1fD5G0Po6njnRTVbJN1t2Owzpg3l29KvFgyGHaC59JpmHxfQYFN24/s1600/IMG_5691.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto0vRuj9-KuT_bmTPHQlmCn8piA5j5h8nAY7ud-K8Wni9UxcJ0l62Wwn854YOpOxB9JNqxfaPmurnWfdZB50VDl1fD5G0Po6njnRTVbJN1t2Owzpg3l29KvFgyGHaC59JpmHxfQYFN24/s320/IMG_5691.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686897807196967858" /></a><br /><br />I hope you like it!<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-75013890044855562272011-12-13T09:44:00.000-08:002011-12-13T10:07:26.924-08:00A total treat for you!Ok, so maybe just my excitement to share with you what I have found buried deep, deep, deep with in my master bedroom closet. <br />Here's the scoop. Me and Dan started some major home remodeling a,most 3 years ago...(yes honey, as much as you would like to say it hasn't been that long, it totally has!). You know how it goes...you work your butt off and get tired and right when you are almost done you decided to stop and get back to it later...meanwhile 2 years has passed. I finally decided it was time to empty out master bed room closet and get the new floor in there. We went through every thing and took a lot to Good Will and gave a big box to our daughter of sheets and things she will need eventually and organized. Here is every thing we took from the closet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeraPS2FPpGIcQqXslLz0x0zsEedIeflTO60MFgUbFlW05eBQUho8LO6fJ-9HztkC-oYlTLJ-maO-OryM4gvhuU3Flv1Zyr5g8UOm4gNMkiQQmZk0SjAJX2YemkU9nHyjNGFxtuRZAWW8/s1600/IMG_5654.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeraPS2FPpGIcQqXslLz0x0zsEedIeflTO60MFgUbFlW05eBQUho8LO6fJ-9HztkC-oYlTLJ-maO-OryM4gvhuU3Flv1Zyr5g8UOm4gNMkiQQmZk0SjAJX2YemkU9nHyjNGFxtuRZAWW8/s320/IMG_5654.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685672108665748178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDnov0IOA0IQp00oiw7nI0PG-gSzsIl3-an4zN5Br6KBkTFRxAgogsPfg3djJdXMXwNwNEJJBL6MEltPW-QcIjUvJ3YC1De7xDI1A9VkZjGlD7lWZu4ZHscJsbLFrnaWJg67WycqBRhY/s1600/IMG_5652.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDnov0IOA0IQp00oiw7nI0PG-gSzsIl3-an4zN5Br6KBkTFRxAgogsPfg3djJdXMXwNwNEJJBL6MEltPW-QcIjUvJ3YC1De7xDI1A9VkZjGlD7lWZu4ZHscJsbLFrnaWJg67WycqBRhY/s320/IMG_5652.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685672067732377330" /></a><br /><br />I am not joking with these photos. I didn't even know we had that many clothes between me and Dan.<br /><br />So on to the exciting part. I was going through a box and saving Dan's old baseball shirts and basket ball jerseys for when Alec is older and totally found this!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjNVx14yGoihMp4rCZDHQsZIFWIabZ6YpaZ80vaV_scBl71emN_iXloBQutPnQ-hwO-D-n94I3cz77GSpHu8jbS-9ZFPWSyYEiCNSJTMtYE5PGKPgpGw6wgqLF5CYd9-s1Affwg4Rz8A/s1600/IMG_5685.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYjNVx14yGoihMp4rCZDHQsZIFWIabZ6YpaZ80vaV_scBl71emN_iXloBQutPnQ-hwO-D-n94I3cz77GSpHu8jbS-9ZFPWSyYEiCNSJTMtYE5PGKPgpGw6wgqLF5CYd9-s1Affwg4Rz8A/s320/IMG_5685.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685673364466557938" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8GRAdcUP5ZN4D-YNQjFO6nO3vtOh83xJNAqP08KLOkDLGYb-aoQWreBdhyphenhypheno9lWzIRJMuMHgIIKJB0sygObrEfEC6hth6GOsfAnfY47XEqKy5duJ28orcNugVUF-qJCRP4VRQCuLJ-t0/s1600/IMG_5684.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8GRAdcUP5ZN4D-YNQjFO6nO3vtOh83xJNAqP08KLOkDLGYb-aoQWreBdhyphenhypheno9lWzIRJMuMHgIIKJB0sygObrEfEC6hth6GOsfAnfY47XEqKy5duJ28orcNugVUF-qJCRP4VRQCuLJ-t0/s320/IMG_5684.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685673362802751794" /></a><br /><br />This is a quilt I started about 16 years ago! Before I even knew what a quilt was and at this point I had only ever attempted to sew an apron at the age of 9 and a t-shirt in home ec in high school. I do admit that Dan wore that shirt while we were dating. He's such a good man! <br />I just took some clothes scraps and knew I wanted to depict my family and our first garden in our new house. I do not remember what I wanted in that other blank white block. I even started hand quilting it! Can you believe it! I am going to finish this. I think I will pull the layers apart and put a better backing on it. I'm not sure what is on the back right now. Seems like a cheap muslin to me. I'm thinking of using the white block to show off what I can do now but to toot my own horn I'm pretty pleased with how it is put together! So this is on my list for 2012 and I'd like to hang it in my room when completed.<br /><br />I have more to share on the room finishing but will do that in another post. Here's a hint...I'm painting and it involves furniture! I have before pics and I should be done with the painting today.<br /><br />Off to work on some Christmas ornaments just for fun. I have been in such a dumpy slump lately so I've been trying to get in here to work on some things and have been some what successful. I'll share that later as well!<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-6108117772157536332011-11-22T08:20:00.000-08:002011-11-22T08:49:42.476-08:00Belated postHi! <br /><br />I'm sharing a post on the pillows I made for *ahem* Halloween.... I know! We are way past Halloween and into the jolly Holiday season now. I'm behind, nothing new there. In fact, if it were on time you may question weather it was even me posting correct? Anyways I made 2 of these as gifts for my mom for her October birthday and 1 for Susan and 1 for myself just because I enjoyed doing them and they turned out very cool. I used my silhouette sd to cut the designs and bought the designs from the silhouette store. Can I just gush about how awesome the silhouette is? It is fantastic and a must for me now. So much fun to make things using it and it cuts so precise it is amazing. So here are my Halloween pillows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVQlAWaq7ysLz32xnii55d0z1gEp_fKpGhJObFSHLP4HvFacPK9R8qEgVrtTlIfK9RkCRhEEc6l9C3_fiBIEOu0LwGpFEBByO_VwfeyHT98xC9olBUW4yvoV613icUl40MPdsD_eX1tI/s1600/moms+camera+036.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVQlAWaq7ysLz32xnii55d0z1gEp_fKpGhJObFSHLP4HvFacPK9R8qEgVrtTlIfK9RkCRhEEc6l9C3_fiBIEOu0LwGpFEBByO_VwfeyHT98xC9olBUW4yvoV613icUl40MPdsD_eX1tI/s320/moms+camera+036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677857480386460370" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7KpgLJKA7N_UasDJv4VjjxWX80-_y5sw_a4woLa5ixDbHTnvYQBacZLRqj0qfk1c65X6Xr45Ckix27wWTQ_zub1IIXs6foSZB6hVBqomTS18wWVxXD0z5YTc5spLNUMPT7kIabNwkgw/s1600/moms+camera+038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7KpgLJKA7N_UasDJv4VjjxWX80-_y5sw_a4woLa5ixDbHTnvYQBacZLRqj0qfk1c65X6Xr45Ckix27wWTQ_zub1IIXs6foSZB6hVBqomTS18wWVxXD0z5YTc5spLNUMPT7kIabNwkgw/s320/moms+camera+038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677857971086212850" /></a><br /><br />These 2 above were the gifts for my mom. She really liked them as did every one else that saw them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jGn7DMmT68tSe9vxQi5UQgk4-OVG0CnmojaZnqaujv7C-pcj8H-GvqZZlC20UeWqsls7cqu7Nc33K2ZoYDZLiDbwoN-M98yzmdwT1U4iBwuTFpN4ApTD-6O54Yg55jRw684LtVRy5jk/s1600/moms+camera+021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jGn7DMmT68tSe9vxQi5UQgk4-OVG0CnmojaZnqaujv7C-pcj8H-GvqZZlC20UeWqsls7cqu7Nc33K2ZoYDZLiDbwoN-M98yzmdwT1U4iBwuTFpN4ApTD-6O54Yg55jRw684LtVRy5jk/s320/moms+camera+021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677858706400907794" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatiPpaNIcdBlIqVfSY3lhtspb59gdh4Y58uvSEZ64TmhSKqcr-jXtZLLLV-iG5cgtTI0dleBDkzRN6Z0Ban1WramUP5WD6q8YN1APoYQQ-y_TTrcxJZIrdj90a6DUOygh-cOBXRrgJ8M/s1600/moms+camera+022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatiPpaNIcdBlIqVfSY3lhtspb59gdh4Y58uvSEZ64TmhSKqcr-jXtZLLLV-iG5cgtTI0dleBDkzRN6Z0Ban1WramUP5WD6q8YN1APoYQQ-y_TTrcxJZIrdj90a6DUOygh-cOBXRrgJ8M/s320/moms+camera+022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677859154152624546" /></a><br /><br />The 2 about are ones I made for my living room couch for lounging on. Nothing special about them. I just picked a fabric that I really liked and wanted to showcase. By the way, these are still in my living room and it is 2 days until Thanksgiving....just saying...<br /><br />I apparently forgot to take a photo of the 2 I made for me and Susan. Oh well, they are almost identical to the ones I made for my mom. These will be getting put up on Thanksgiving when I decorate the house for Christmas. What will take their place you ask? well Christmas ones that I plan to make soon of course. I have every thing ready to go except I'm having trouble finding a Christmas fabric I want to use so hopefully I will find some soon. (Should i mention I haven't really looked that hard yet?...nah) I will try to share those before Christmas.<br /><br />Lastly I do have an outfit I made for the little guy to share. Sadly he has already outgrown the onesie and will only be able to wear the pants for another week or two a the most. The next pair will be made 2 sizes larger so he doesn't grow out of them so fast. It's amazing how long he is getting and how fast. He is now in 9 month onesies and is not yet 4 months old.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05IxSiKru0GiMZvM67wwCI87gvPzkI2iwGYIH0g_kIo1pIV3FhsDcN3Ojfr7_GPmD1_O__DwUsH2KvTm3CmVmyemxZ_8WGQW2c9p5XlfC5JR26xRnhZGWHQLcCbs4xAc5YQYGkDtMO9A/s1600/moms+camera+074.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05IxSiKru0GiMZvM67wwCI87gvPzkI2iwGYIH0g_kIo1pIV3FhsDcN3Ojfr7_GPmD1_O__DwUsH2KvTm3CmVmyemxZ_8WGQW2c9p5XlfC5JR26xRnhZGWHQLcCbs4xAc5YQYGkDtMO9A/s320/moms+camera+074.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677861100330898818" /></a><br /><br />Adorable right!<br /><br />I don't have a photo of him wearing it but I do have a adorable photo of him to share.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcP4FVq3r-y_ug-RjOq6A1BurnLsHRdYdKwgVLh7OsZB6_cHbbGyvB27EK4tTxZmnJgLKdNmYuHjclTmFeHV68BXmZh1c6FY3kzAL_B3Zzs0XPXkOK-WO9k1c3QMYhFL75GmPO6BfPkE/s1600/alecs+first+snow+1009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcP4FVq3r-y_ug-RjOq6A1BurnLsHRdYdKwgVLh7OsZB6_cHbbGyvB27EK4tTxZmnJgLKdNmYuHjclTmFeHV68BXmZh1c6FY3kzAL_B3Zzs0XPXkOK-WO9k1c3QMYhFL75GmPO6BfPkE/s320/alecs+first+snow+1009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677861898521232610" /></a><br /><br />Alec's first snow! Taken on November 4Th.<br /><br />I have been terribly unproductive on my projects lately. I don't know if it's the weather or what but my get up and go got up and went a few weeks ago. Let me know if you've seen it!<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-25258053065451319902011-09-26T19:02:00.000-07:002011-09-26T19:43:58.060-07:00The Very Hungry Caterpillar....Hi there! Surprised to see me 3 days in a row? Yeah, me too. I have 2 finishes to show you today. That's ok....I'll wait while you pick your jaw up off the floor.....<br /><br />When my daughter told use she was pregnant I, of course knew I would be making a baby quilt for the little bundle but I had no idea what kind. I looked through my baby quilt books but nothing really caught my eye so what's a girl to do? Well this girl went to the fabric store and started looking around and what did I find but the coolest Very Hungry Caterpillar fabrics. I loved them and purchased a little of all of them. I then spent weeks looking at photos online of what others have done with the fabrics. I saw nothing inspiring and nothing I liked so I decided I needed to come up with my own idea. I bought the book, because if you can believe it, I had never even seen the book before. I picked a line from the book and opened my newest favorite quilting book Word Play Quilts by Tonya Ricucci. It's a great book! I had a lot of fun making this quilt and I love how it turned out. It's a little busy but then the fabric is and it should really catch the baby's eye.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOYeoiCjQAuVqiiUkx0Gs7RTnCccvDiFmLbuh0KJSuqiYKbKnI77xF_8omvuv4KXnY8PNFwbH4Kmyuja1frz2e46xiHwoDOO-ON3WZ2fqWtU0NXn1OgRV5K6cD6pMkCceJFcGsMQuxuE/s1600/upload+9-26-2011+011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOYeoiCjQAuVqiiUkx0Gs7RTnCccvDiFmLbuh0KJSuqiYKbKnI77xF_8omvuv4KXnY8PNFwbH4Kmyuja1frz2e46xiHwoDOO-ON3WZ2fqWtU0NXn1OgRV5K6cD6pMkCceJFcGsMQuxuE/s320/upload+9-26-2011+011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656857408093522562" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCHcMFuZRxABAwp6XCW6mswegGiz4hhGPUIBGpT76UpOGg-n9UhiPLBnbBzvMM5sqqYHLAUDdA27ZWTPOQSs2CducQmWJQ8LoljAtt6vU29_9LHVPorb_RM_irgwyRZ38bhLbVo2-JBc/s1600/upload+9-26-2011+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCHcMFuZRxABAwp6XCW6mswegGiz4hhGPUIBGpT76UpOGg-n9UhiPLBnbBzvMM5sqqYHLAUDdA27ZWTPOQSs2CducQmWJQ8LoljAtt6vU29_9LHVPorb_RM_irgwyRZ38bhLbVo2-JBc/s320/upload+9-26-2011+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656858080862749842" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvUWVfmvDl0O5CumwOC1P8cghi2EpSvbsvOSX9Fg2UGrN1PcQ14QTm82o0u-0tnMxiGoXWEQR6YqrD2TNEbz5jH3arJnKX_ENaONq5sycwP7zXtg5hNP7AfdYbiAa_hooVNnyFm27o7k/s1600/upload+9-26-2011+014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvUWVfmvDl0O5CumwOC1P8cghi2EpSvbsvOSX9Fg2UGrN1PcQ14QTm82o0u-0tnMxiGoXWEQR6YqrD2TNEbz5jH3arJnKX_ENaONq5sycwP7zXtg5hNP7AfdYbiAa_hooVNnyFm27o7k/s320/upload+9-26-2011+014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656860521984216818" /></a><br /><br />The other project I finished is a baby body pillow. I first made one for a young friend who had a baby girl about 4 months ago. She told me that the pillow was a god send and that the baby will not sleep with out it by her side and with it she goes right to sleep so I thought my grand baby should have one too. Yes I am about 6 weeks late but it got made today and turned out cute!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoFOIKNAPADi_xM1TooRHzEmocIHmjYQH-rNK4TpzOC2q4_RQ_V_pCPZtDh-aJCZKKawJfe8YxPRF5RVOtXfh9kjPvhyphenhyphenf3cQW4s8aXaZh-gew45N5DtWPtg4MVKfhZBFqgWYEIOvzqQM/s1600/upload+9-26-2011+024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoFOIKNAPADi_xM1TooRHzEmocIHmjYQH-rNK4TpzOC2q4_RQ_V_pCPZtDh-aJCZKKawJfe8YxPRF5RVOtXfh9kjPvhyphenhyphenf3cQW4s8aXaZh-gew45N5DtWPtg4MVKfhZBFqgWYEIOvzqQM/s320/upload+9-26-2011+024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656862131790984178" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmuxotWSfpSXDW-e6U6DpGXOPqjic1XX9Vhox6vuuyGVWwJSyW1KizlqAbZyuD0ZxO7VQBna8PpkTnZy61f8P5NZIhMtThfoQQ6Mns584wao7H-b482ZDaGOXt8h5AxvzrD4krLz0EMo/s1600/upload+9-26-2011+025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmuxotWSfpSXDW-e6U6DpGXOPqjic1XX9Vhox6vuuyGVWwJSyW1KizlqAbZyuD0ZxO7VQBna8PpkTnZy61f8P5NZIhMtThfoQQ6Mns584wao7H-b482ZDaGOXt8h5AxvzrD4krLz0EMo/s320/upload+9-26-2011+025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656863438112596642" /></a><br /><br />And of course a photo of it in use!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtyPTSiG-PyfeIkOyLsIbVJLuxsXD3u8MlNbfPOG4Dpy0jB2SrnplCO87wq14marN4hmsInimH46_YQoKYhhd57LGmmrAPbtSpTdcy7GWqmDvxluNyGt5Ib0rIW6_6S5QeZ7NOZ0ggdk/s1600/upload+9-26-2011+028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtyPTSiG-PyfeIkOyLsIbVJLuxsXD3u8MlNbfPOG4Dpy0jB2SrnplCO87wq14marN4hmsInimH46_YQoKYhhd57LGmmrAPbtSpTdcy7GWqmDvxluNyGt5Ib0rIW6_6S5QeZ7NOZ0ggdk/s320/upload+9-26-2011+028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656864217744593746" /></a><br /><br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-77974236237099739842011-09-25T09:53:00.000-07:002011-09-25T10:12:14.551-07:00I just don't get it!Maybe some one can let me in on the secret.<br /><br />I have been spending some time this spring and summer helping my mom do some craft shows to try to sell her home made cards. These cards are beautiful! Each one hand made even down to the papers on some of them. They are creative and each one is a little work of art. Unfortunately she has not been selling well at the craft shows but I think she needs to be at art shows. Her stuff is just too high end for a regular craft show. Anyways, back to what I don't get....<br /><br />The last show we did, in the booth next to us was a woman who knitted and crochet wash clothes, sweaters, slippers, baby blankets and these<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGT62Vrez8d-ABWjfW88YBPuO7CDRlgtjEy7S7c7ZBjB6_ItX421P3MMfvFUgUiNNGhinm06QBNc3Kpcx9uF57xbOq3ZAYpyM2k286S18c5sBToP5SGhKsNI3W1oWWz1HnbvnjHQ5tFE/s1600/towels-crochet-topsSM.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGT62Vrez8d-ABWjfW88YBPuO7CDRlgtjEy7S7c7ZBjB6_ItX421P3MMfvFUgUiNNGhinm06QBNc3Kpcx9uF57xbOq3ZAYpyM2k286S18c5sBToP5SGhKsNI3W1oWWz1HnbvnjHQ5tFE/s320/towels-crochet-topsSM.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656343917532891890" /></a><br />(<a href="http://http://pinterest.com/pin/234323133/">source</a>)<br /><br />These things sold like hot cakes! People were crawling all over her booth buying these in huge stacks!<br /><br />I just don't get it. I find these to be some of the ugliest things ever. Maybe some one can shed some light as to why people love these. I must be missing some thing!<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-19230988300702094162011-09-24T19:27:00.000-07:002011-09-24T20:15:16.420-07:00It's been awhile....I know. It's been quite awhile since I've posted but I have a good reason. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCnSRBQTtCaAwQDSvD70W_6ICydd1cAztVxiK_QuMwIRKOkSPcVwhRuhBEq_5Fop9j46QJOjZusVr93rO0oKrH9zRJ626TNzDYRnQmpRgtNOHKsxe6jiglvIHiq-hHcaM7TdqResOBeA/s1600/Family+pics+9-11+111.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCnSRBQTtCaAwQDSvD70W_6ICydd1cAztVxiK_QuMwIRKOkSPcVwhRuhBEq_5Fop9j46QJOjZusVr93rO0oKrH9zRJ626TNzDYRnQmpRgtNOHKsxe6jiglvIHiq-hHcaM7TdqResOBeA/s320/Family+pics+9-11+111.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656118935518800194" /></a><br /><br />Isn't he precious?! I've been spending all of my extra time with him. Our first grand baby. He's so awesome, we just love him. I have not gotten any sewing done these last few months. I haven't even finished his quilt yet. Bad grandma I know. I do need to re pin the quilt sandwich together because of a large wrinkle that I thankfully found before starting the quilting. I will fix that and get it quilted soon then I have a whole list of things I want to make. The list should keep me going for awhile. In the mean time I just wanted to post these photos to share how beautiful Alec Daniel is.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpCvEJ1T-Jkovldx1g_lnNfcY3VTRgRBjnpeuls5SrmySnERC-9TK3ykEW1LamBvHC85-ljdfjpwldoAfHucmy3ytXl6qa53EhurQufv2D0mzw2sOBGAtt-847kWrPWIbsuob87Y3xWM/s1600/Family+pics+9-11+056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpCvEJ1T-Jkovldx1g_lnNfcY3VTRgRBjnpeuls5SrmySnERC-9TK3ykEW1LamBvHC85-ljdfjpwldoAfHucmy3ytXl6qa53EhurQufv2D0mzw2sOBGAtt-847kWrPWIbsuob87Y3xWM/s320/Family+pics+9-11+056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656121454728053458" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TQhxuWP1J6xLD-ddJ9MRO6y6tdN9oQaDnxWO9NgEp-iNMpVsvaBmSnqDJzJvnVgrsPR9n2OD6mz13rphjhlwYmTYMBwJR_gHMf7CTHpOZWIJgDbyD4SA-aN7jvG3WgnWVY5XrKGUa_c/s1600/Family+pics+9-11+063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-TQhxuWP1J6xLD-ddJ9MRO6y6tdN9oQaDnxWO9NgEp-iNMpVsvaBmSnqDJzJvnVgrsPR9n2OD6mz13rphjhlwYmTYMBwJR_gHMf7CTHpOZWIJgDbyD4SA-aN7jvG3WgnWVY5XrKGUa_c/s320/Family+pics+9-11+063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656121994996841266" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WBmLzKqyx7OivOcNdYbLbMMv6J4bZfumJ-ieFXogVK6fQyId9u1oFJ6Qwqc8l01-KMdjAOpsDhahXnFWtIl1SpB90LCZemfPOTjBZFDQtn-FT-XG01PNynwxWe8f-nUj7tK5kMiYMYU/s1600/Family+pics+9-11+128.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WBmLzKqyx7OivOcNdYbLbMMv6J4bZfumJ-ieFXogVK6fQyId9u1oFJ6Qwqc8l01-KMdjAOpsDhahXnFWtIl1SpB90LCZemfPOTjBZFDQtn-FT-XG01PNynwxWe8f-nUj7tK5kMiYMYU/s320/Family+pics+9-11+128.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656122486694911378" /></a><br /><br />The happy family.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Uj2CswbCfyc58Q9aivsBI1mI2nic9Dr0f101-J9BAn9OHohmS92-7QyXXWLxGWpjKH2W66tvux-t8eBizYBddorzIVLPPAmcHBjWpuqbAlesy_uqr1OuFtx7r3-qwIhxVRrfHqLqINI/s1600/Family+pics+9-11+136.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Uj2CswbCfyc58Q9aivsBI1mI2nic9Dr0f101-J9BAn9OHohmS92-7QyXXWLxGWpjKH2W66tvux-t8eBizYBddorzIVLPPAmcHBjWpuqbAlesy_uqr1OuFtx7r3-qwIhxVRrfHqLqINI/s320/Family+pics+9-11+136.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656123256576212802" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXslyHbR3LJkaJDm6Ls3uX48-8LQ1ejG8W1gNJw2eibdivFvkY570qOLEQ8mI4gouJ9crQyOnnl_C0ObVxCriovAk6jv_tcZ7oMwD_PV2vn4aliEaCgXli4ZxGqlr14yo4IkGPl9ca5sk/s1600/Family+pics+9-11+138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXslyHbR3LJkaJDm6Ls3uX48-8LQ1ejG8W1gNJw2eibdivFvkY570qOLEQ8mI4gouJ9crQyOnnl_C0ObVxCriovAk6jv_tcZ7oMwD_PV2vn4aliEaCgXli4ZxGqlr14yo4IkGPl9ca5sk/s320/Family+pics+9-11+138.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656124170269694130" /></a><br /><br />Soon I will share some finished projects.<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-63068218315344196192011-06-02T09:13:00.000-07:002011-06-02T09:46:28.506-07:00Hello!Hello! I wanted to do a post on decorations I made for Susan's graduation party. Yep, you heard me correctly, Susan had graduated high school! Now in a few months she will move into the next phase of her life, motherhood. In the beginning of August she will have baby boy Alec Daniel and can you believe I am blocked on his quilt..... I know! I really need to get moving on it. I didn't even get Susan's graduation quilt done yet.....I know! So here is a picture of the beautiful graduate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOF65Kq3uZwaSBdXa_-RKff5ynJ_AvHSoakQouL9kLlzg0M2Gd5Y0CyHmV4MTgdNF5FnPNp9X48Yxtmvcb2EKlFv0YcHqge0hcuzxhyohFqN0TvIG4iDONIc1XAcU8ACxa-NxM6WzO6g/s1600/GRADUATION+253.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOF65Kq3uZwaSBdXa_-RKff5ynJ_AvHSoakQouL9kLlzg0M2Gd5Y0CyHmV4MTgdNF5FnPNp9X48Yxtmvcb2EKlFv0YcHqge0hcuzxhyohFqN0TvIG4iDONIc1XAcU8ACxa-NxM6WzO6g/s320/GRADUATION+253.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613657595025369266" /></a><br /><br />This is Susan with one of her closest friends Katie. We just love Katie and she has been such a good friend to Susan. I made her a quilt for her graduation gift and she loved it! I was so glad too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDE3jqMNTTnvxvSU62iW237pewMceAia-Z59N9U5Zxspakm_VMedCftBTTQu9RjBIG5oTf9hDxcSfl9wAxhMLxmlHYDHz8OwkkLtzCS72-La1ima62L0cdagCNtuawwc3bKTqAk3i504/s1600/GRADUATION+249.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDE3jqMNTTnvxvSU62iW237pewMceAia-Z59N9U5Zxspakm_VMedCftBTTQu9RjBIG5oTf9hDxcSfl9wAxhMLxmlHYDHz8OwkkLtzCS72-La1ima62L0cdagCNtuawwc3bKTqAk3i504/s320/GRADUATION+249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613658154416604546" /></a><br /><br />So on to the party decorations. I got these from a tutorial on the blog <a href="http://www.dana-made-it.com/">Made</a>. I love this blog and check it every day. These decorations were a big hit! I even made some ruffled streamers for our friends that live across the street for their little girls 5th birthday party.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMe3rLghYGI0i-mutag_wfh24D1sgf7JoG9VYseaH_UXnNxThG-rLanjlDgxDLyusoytAYWv5xRQ9ma3XPZpEEa-q453djhPbB_JW7ERnxiQPuXHacJDTeqry1yKBCIbhpelR-ZHX_20/s1600/GRADUATION+275.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMe3rLghYGI0i-mutag_wfh24D1sgf7JoG9VYseaH_UXnNxThG-rLanjlDgxDLyusoytAYWv5xRQ9ma3XPZpEEa-q453djhPbB_JW7ERnxiQPuXHacJDTeqry1yKBCIbhpelR-ZHX_20/s320/GRADUATION+275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613660575736976450" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHDgMzgPASzhCpw_q2Drd3HjyVjYfFlWkP9Cp25o2ltivUz4PoI6fnW1CAZZ3Fa26lYGNyrxYRjXqmCWqT2hvu1yp797Pvn0gP6k68i93e0R95b4OyP4ZW_b5fkgriEggRr1Kr7VifIw/s1600/GRADUATION+273.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEHDgMzgPASzhCpw_q2Drd3HjyVjYfFlWkP9Cp25o2ltivUz4PoI6fnW1CAZZ3Fa26lYGNyrxYRjXqmCWqT2hvu1yp797Pvn0gP6k68i93e0R95b4OyP4ZW_b5fkgriEggRr1Kr7VifIw/s320/GRADUATION+273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613660574745701026" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OjFcbEDHVGCYYFnoU3gDe-FPw1tZgTQ1Bf8meh33T4nAmbr2PMgYoOxldEbV6v-UJYeCUcKK1MDTwAQZggfNlx2FWJIeX4bQcGdFBBhiCUFeHWi0XXRxtOWFpkctgXjBt3o3nWOU9UQ/s1600/GRADUATION+272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OjFcbEDHVGCYYFnoU3gDe-FPw1tZgTQ1Bf8meh33T4nAmbr2PMgYoOxldEbV6v-UJYeCUcKK1MDTwAQZggfNlx2FWJIeX4bQcGdFBBhiCUFeHWi0XXRxtOWFpkctgXjBt3o3nWOU9UQ/s320/GRADUATION+272.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613660568577299282" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZQkfvnCWuNUjADueRBRCmWrDCrPVTqjZqBhltUOR1knsKmKtEJX-nq0AymE6P0phcbfODi5c5ZYv25nRvciqBOacbmEDythI4QMIXpURac9d2tErdMxloFxptM59tmDG0fM2usXU09g/s1600/GRADUATION+271.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZQkfvnCWuNUjADueRBRCmWrDCrPVTqjZqBhltUOR1knsKmKtEJX-nq0AymE6P0phcbfODi5c5ZYv25nRvciqBOacbmEDythI4QMIXpURac9d2tErdMxloFxptM59tmDG0fM2usXU09g/s320/GRADUATION+271.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613660560835448994" /></a><br /><br />I love how it turned out. Susan took all the decoration pictures and she did such a nice job. She takes great photos!<br /><br />Here are the streamers I made for the birthday party.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4atWzrwDMSH8W4MSbT6n-AS28yOW3YNfzvHcjJt7RXVk_VeqxPWB5tg3VaIJtKF7yUf5vaj3ii1YtXe1zSS9VqAZYgesWceuPxHqxFbJRT0_mDUf-uZCqLkHkOUKXUbfjns_KFfJdEI/s1600/GRADUATION+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4atWzrwDMSH8W4MSbT6n-AS28yOW3YNfzvHcjJt7RXVk_VeqxPWB5tg3VaIJtKF7yUf5vaj3ii1YtXe1zSS9VqAZYgesWceuPxHqxFbJRT0_mDUf-uZCqLkHkOUKXUbfjns_KFfJdEI/s320/GRADUATION+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613661683609491234" /></a><br /><br />I love the color combo on it. they loved them too and they were perfect for her rainbow theme.<br /><br />Here are the photos we put out for Susan's party.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkO2gEF9isuIttnuAPC_VAk6ZzdXi9FmTUJOVavncV62OHYXXT9ffYugkIj5l0wrOZBL35TIpiksvZW-qZGXl27R2dmlNR0QnJuu2srzXuLJlolzt__E-n6W_PRYZg8pphkf1hp5Sxic/s1600/GRADUATION+265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkO2gEF9isuIttnuAPC_VAk6ZzdXi9FmTUJOVavncV62OHYXXT9ffYugkIj5l0wrOZBL35TIpiksvZW-qZGXl27R2dmlNR0QnJuu2srzXuLJlolzt__E-n6W_PRYZg8pphkf1hp5Sxic/s320/GRADUATION+265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613662783232648546" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFTqZIcqFmu0oNxQX3WnmP-iVes7CnGHzft06OE_DEPV-2P3JuwwgGv28swdGCOsMWADhJ0Erge8VsJ-pMzXXVB320o8p1TzQneI1EaC7N9XuL8u_3wCreUWM78aOOoyac52z2ESa0hQ/s1600/GRADUATION+264.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFTqZIcqFmu0oNxQX3WnmP-iVes7CnGHzft06OE_DEPV-2P3JuwwgGv28swdGCOsMWADhJ0Erge8VsJ-pMzXXVB320o8p1TzQneI1EaC7N9XuL8u_3wCreUWM78aOOoyac52z2ESa0hQ/s320/GRADUATION+264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613662781015737826" /></a><br /><br />So that is it! We did it! Ummmm, I mean they did it YAY!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UXVq0X7TzVHvw_3_4JZqBoBSKK5TMFyw4oYAa4c8b-fzuMpxt7cV_G7z4kOWo97wIh-w3gRl39Rf_kNQNdZ2ciNBLjUYtXe66ALyd_sLvcrqTWFITr02ZUT47BknX6QHAmMxt3WOmBg/s1600/GRADUATION+230.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UXVq0X7TzVHvw_3_4JZqBoBSKK5TMFyw4oYAa4c8b-fzuMpxt7cV_G7z4kOWo97wIh-w3gRl39Rf_kNQNdZ2ciNBLjUYtXe66ALyd_sLvcrqTWFITr02ZUT47BknX6QHAmMxt3WOmBg/s320/GRADUATION+230.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613664127159106338" /></a><br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848005495623065395.post-63515133707033386102011-05-01T09:15:00.000-07:002011-05-01T09:43:04.203-07:00Sewing along......kindaWell, I have been reminded by my dear husband almost daily that I have not yet blown him away on my blog with a list of sewing I have done. Yes, he's a smart alec! There is a reason though. I've been working on a graduation quilt so have not been able to make any baby items yet. I will share some photos on what I have been doing though. <br /><br />I had a baby quilt to make for a friend who is due in the next 2 weeks. I got it done in time for the shower and was able to make this super adorable pillow to go with it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4WCCAEoHNBeXkjXKhyH80ry7W1pLeln5iUTHBrc9Is7iIgkl0OBVk6kCd8bLUHg6SLCf48sXKPo8wmWiecbowQV3Tm1xw0gA60Z2T9ez09C2_aQDeQKUy8c-fbhzJpLVaQG4_LffA4I/s1600/prom+ect+4-30-11+058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4WCCAEoHNBeXkjXKhyH80ry7W1pLeln5iUTHBrc9Is7iIgkl0OBVk6kCd8bLUHg6SLCf48sXKPo8wmWiecbowQV3Tm1xw0gA60Z2T9ez09C2_aQDeQKUy8c-fbhzJpLVaQG4_LffA4I/s320/prom+ect+4-30-11+058.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601783901379342802" /></a><br /><br />This kid has such a long name it turned into a baby body pillow!<br /><br />This is the quilt I made. It's one I designed myself. Pretty simple really.........<br />Well darn. It would seem I forgot to take a photo of that quilt. I don't know how that happened!<br /><br />In between those quilts I did finish 2 ufo's from my pile. They were pinned and ready for quilting so why I put them away, who knows.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLsRjsQrrn1zelpuBOC3GI4YPU3CQ-9cmly85cJuQYaLcqwObWNhGzbKw61g2ZbivsHwq-APueMIPQ661ulhSwQ4cYFqoFSBHoGsKZ-EeKppZvEUyQNDxtHdL-a9UkEcIUc9_AixMdhE/s1600/3+27+11+902.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLsRjsQrrn1zelpuBOC3GI4YPU3CQ-9cmly85cJuQYaLcqwObWNhGzbKw61g2ZbivsHwq-APueMIPQ661ulhSwQ4cYFqoFSBHoGsKZ-EeKppZvEUyQNDxtHdL-a9UkEcIUc9_AixMdhE/s320/3+27+11+902.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601786151104070002" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWziE7rZl4MqqiBbpp52CMgpB2hEcnFQLcoOHdckBqNP-cX-rg1S16DLuhYzme9sAdiq_ru6GG6QMUKeAGxi9LWGW9US70FD_bvtgpjXdewBGP3Z4iF7Z1jtstEUjbKq9b9-GRgvUt4ZE/s1600/3+27+11+906.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWziE7rZl4MqqiBbpp52CMgpB2hEcnFQLcoOHdckBqNP-cX-rg1S16DLuhYzme9sAdiq_ru6GG6QMUKeAGxi9LWGW9US70FD_bvtgpjXdewBGP3Z4iF7Z1jtstEUjbKq9b9-GRgvUt4ZE/s320/3+27+11+906.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601786149408128258" /></a><br /><br />I'm very happy with them. They turned out great!<br /><br />I did take time out to make some thing for me to go with the cute new retro rocking chair I bought.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HjJpi8QfEIP8o6EIKtRNjC85oG9NYtBA2CFPpyAoPcbvuvQdeAGlsQzbR_xRAgn3WFk024EBOSDrZhK6s_qItu-tz1aW2zd4nZ05rSQBgU8yjxBdyH1mkSolt6u_D7T9664nDreUfCY/s1600/prom+ect+4-30-11+106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HjJpi8QfEIP8o6EIKtRNjC85oG9NYtBA2CFPpyAoPcbvuvQdeAGlsQzbR_xRAgn3WFk024EBOSDrZhK6s_qItu-tz1aW2zd4nZ05rSQBgU8yjxBdyH1mkSolt6u_D7T9664nDreUfCY/s320/prom+ect+4-30-11+106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601787045335695762" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIPxLEs7AQbPlmDOgZvFCoYz2630zpUA7eJSw5Wgah3w4Gjz0opivCdPOjTJWV4VJuF8I46AsJs-x1vUPT7ydkHnFPceuyyOvdIYHfAfepL-_qwqDSqa6Lp2JmVB2gtMiMNYeMrrTqko/s1600/prom+ect+4-30-11+104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtIPxLEs7AQbPlmDOgZvFCoYz2630zpUA7eJSw5Wgah3w4Gjz0opivCdPOjTJWV4VJuF8I46AsJs-x1vUPT7ydkHnFPceuyyOvdIYHfAfepL-_qwqDSqa6Lp2JmVB2gtMiMNYeMrrTqko/s320/prom+ect+4-30-11+104.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601787039808054626" /></a><br /><br />These are front and back views.<br /><br />Easter around here was just lovely. The weather was beautiful. Dan and Chris spent the day outside, I cooked and Susan made these.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVazdaN_aiOYs6feSzEdZ6dJjW7Sku-QgywH5bqbfmLSaNXJncerRg9AU-31WzBU0YNtY8_hHjkHfs_fMNzycim5b7nfSnXMYoD_QI0exNzHHfcmQq5gJ17dwObS1LeT9c8n68Oa2kWg/s1600/prom+ect+4-30-11+064.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVazdaN_aiOYs6feSzEdZ6dJjW7Sku-QgywH5bqbfmLSaNXJncerRg9AU-31WzBU0YNtY8_hHjkHfs_fMNzycim5b7nfSnXMYoD_QI0exNzHHfcmQq5gJ17dwObS1LeT9c8n68Oa2kWg/s320/prom+ect+4-30-11+064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601787865487094786" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTDLbdwOwNTU_kD7si5z6Whny4SIKMNQBl5vKAAHpbnHjs8684pXk16DxjOj976ZpKy30h7nJedjgcufR_gdwBE7y0reKIzTqsYUa_PbFOZU3FP50Zhou_YJj-zxkdpTnvANQqhm6_Es/s1600/prom+ect+4-30-11+062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTDLbdwOwNTU_kD7si5z6Whny4SIKMNQBl5vKAAHpbnHjs8684pXk16DxjOj976ZpKy30h7nJedjgcufR_gdwBE7y0reKIzTqsYUa_PbFOZU3FP50Zhou_YJj-zxkdpTnvANQqhm6_Es/s320/prom+ect+4-30-11+062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601787862141426386" /></a><br /><br />Yes, it's a boy and his name is Alec Daniel. Susan loved making these. I showed her how to work the Cricut. How to make a stencil and how to work with the fabric paints and she was off and running. I'm sure she will make more in the next few months. In the mean time she is graduating in 4 weeks! <br /><br />Well, I'm off. There is more to share but this is long enough so it will be shared in another post.<br /><br />Bye!Jaayimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08347713941215617395noreply@blogger.com2