Sigh...

Somehow another week has escaped. Today is Friday and I can't believe that with each passing day my little baby girl is growing up. She talks and talks and talks. She tries really hard to hold her head up and is just a joy to be around.

Let's see here...what have I found that is lovely and worthy of showing off?

It's been nice...

The last two nights Dan and I have been able to sleep in the same bed AT THE SAME TIME! haha That hasn't happened in a while, well except for when my mom took care of her for us. I am so glad that she is allowing this to happen but it makes me sad that she is already growing up so fast. I look at how big she is compared to when she was first born, it's incredible how much she's changed.

I am tired so I am going to see if E will let me sleep....... Good night, God bless.

Evelynn 1-14-10:

Evelynn 3-4-10:

Goodies:

Tuesday Dan and I were going to take E to the store to get something or another and as we were about to head out the door work called. He was under the impression that he had 20 minutes before he had to be at work but they told him nope, that they wanted him there 10 minutes ago. Since the baby was all ready to go I took Dan to work and E and I went to Hastings. I got a coffee drink and we sat and read magazines about quilting. When we were bored of that we went out. Evelynn has officially had her first thrift shopping experience! * applause* She was asleep for most of it which was fine. I took some pictures of a few of the things we picked up:

This is some pretty fabric that I found. It probably should have gone into the wash that I just did but I guess it can wait for next week.

I found three packs of thread for $1.25 each. I am a little bummed that they spools aren't all complete but a little bit of joy is better than no joy at all!

This right here is very special to me. I am trying to decide if I should give them both to my best friend or if I should keep one and give her one that way we remember each other since she lives so far away. Thoughts from the peanut gallery? They pretty much called out to me and said to buy them for her, I said how much are you? They informed me that they were so cheap I couldn't afford NOT to buy them! :D

I also got this cute sign for E but for some reason by blog is making it side-ways and I can't seem to figure out why or how to make it switch back to normal. Oh well, enjoy it anyway.

Day four:

Ta-da!

I'm so proud of me. Honestly when I look at it I see a bit of a hedgehog resemblance! haha I still love it just the same. I was thinking that I might make one for my grandma because her birthday is coming up, however on second thought I think I remember my mom saying that she wasn't going to be sewing anymore. I will have to check. Either way I think it would make her smile.

It does look pretty good considering I only half read her instructions and then didn't even follow them. She has you sew the top first where as I did the bottom. I'm not sure if it matters or not but that's just how I roll.

I'm not sure if I am going to start another project tonight or not, Dan gets off work in 30 minutes so it would have to either be a quick one or one that I could finish right when he gets home. I will check the massive folder of crafts that I set aside for this month.

This is the back:

An angle shot:

A side shot:

Here is the link to the tutorial:

http://www.prudentbaby.com/2010/02/porcupine-pin-cushion.html

I haven't added the face on to mine yet because I wanted Dan to help me pick the colors.

**Oreofairy** This little guy or gal does not have a name or a gender, would you kindly ask your children if they could help him or her out? They are the best I know at naming. :)

Day two and three:

So I am a slacker on posting my pictures. I let Kelli borrow my sewing machine so I was not able to so many of the cool projects that I have found. Instead I just tried to do the first day's project again. I did it smaller and in a different color. It still isn't turning out like Elsie's which is fine but I don't like it completely how it is. Something needs to change and I will keep working on it until I can get it how I want it.

Here is it:

The lighting is terrible, I know. I am STILL trying to figure out my camera after all these years!

Here is Kelli wearing it holding my Mouse:

Kelli brought back the sewing machine in the evening and by that time I didn't feel much like starting a big project. I started making a cute porcupine pin cushion but Dan and that baby distracted my with crying, dinner, nursing, and then television. Silly family taking me away from my crafts. I love that I didn't have any brown felt so I had Dan pick from the colors that I did have (they were left over from the Advent String of Lights I did a while back), he chose a dark blue piece of felt with light blue for the stitching.

Here is what I got done yesterday:

I will post a picture of the final product later on.

Day one:

This is call a Mod Flower Hairpiece and I am so proud of me for doing it. When I first made it I didn't really like it because I messed up but the more I look at it the more I love what I've done.

We don't have a printer at home so I was not able to use her template for the blossom. After I finished making it husband came home and showed my how to copy it onto paper from the monitor. I'm excited to try it again now that I know what to expect. For the obvious reasons I was not expecting much from the first try.

It is so exciting to know that I will be creative this whole month...no matter what! haha

Here is the link to the tutorial. It is really cute:

http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/02/diy-jr-mod-flower-hairpiece-.html

The supplies. I ended up not using that button but didn't decided that until after I took the picture and didn't feel like taking another. :P

Me! With a cute hairpiece...

New idea for the month of March:

Everyday for the entire month of March I will do a craft of some sort. That includes continuing a craft previously started by the day prior or starting a new project.

I am very excited to try this out. I will of course have pictures posted and if I got the idea from someone else I will of course give credit where credit it due.

I will now commence making a Mod Flower Hairpiece that I saw on A Beautiful Mess. Elsie is a brilliant woman. < 3