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DIY Kids Feelings Book

2012-03-07T07:00:00.000-07:00

"What are you feeling?" "What are you feeling? Don't keep it bottled up inside...." We love that Signing Time song. Especially Reid who loves to watch our collection of Signing Time DVD's from Grandma. Our third bedroom was an office/craft room/huge giant junk drawer before we cleaned it out and made it into the nursery for the baby. While purging and going through everything I

38 and a half-ish

2012-03-05T10:10:00.000-07:00

It's official. I am totally and completely antsy. I have done a 180 from being totally great with her staying in there for as long as she wants, to going nuts waiting to meet her already. I'm still glad I got ready when I did because I've been tired and even a little sick this past week. By the end of the week though I had enough energy to work on some things and keep busy. Like

Image 3D Viewer Reel Giveaway

2012-03-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hi friends! I have a REALLY cool giveaway for you this weekend. I mean...maybe even my favorite ever so far. Do you remember these view master things from the 80's? I vaguely remember having a Rainbow Brite one...maybe. Or my friend did. Anyway... Image 3D turns YOUR images into a viewer reel. How COOL is that? You can do family photos, favorite photos from the past

Under the Sea Birthday Party - Part Two

2012-03-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, I shared the invites and goody bags for Owen's Under the Sea Birthday party. Today, I'll share the rest. First...the decor. I used all inexpensive things, crepe paper streamers, plastic table clothes, butcher paper, and card stock. I mean, I probably only spent about $7-8 on decorations all together. It just took a bit more time to put it together. Left to right: - I

Under The Sea Birthday Party - Part One

2012-02-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

At the end of January, Owen turned seven. At first we agreed that there would be no friend party this year and that we would take a family trip to the aquarium instead. But after getting invited to all his friends' birthday parties, he changed his mind. Kind of last minute I might add. I only let him invite his five closest friends, so it was a smaller party, but it was still lots of fun.

Heart Beep

2012-02-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

Thank you, thank you for your kind words and great name suggestions yesterday. You guys are the best. There were some names we haven't considered and a few that I think deserve a second look. Hopefully after we meet her "we'll know." Now that we are mostly ready, I've been enjoying slowing down a bit and taking better care of myself, but in the same turn I am also getting anxious. Up until

Nesting...Feathered

2012-02-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

I'm a list maker. I don't use fancy gadgets or phones to make them either. No...I write, and re-write, and re-write lists in simple single subject notebooks. All my blog and sewing project ideas, recipes, reminders to pay bills, etc. For some reason it works for me. I had this really loooong "Before Baby Bucket List." Some of it is not even listed here because some of these items really

Nesting: Scrappy Baby Hair Accessories

2012-02-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

The doctor said no change. I wasn't too surprised. I'm glad too because I have a few things on my before baby bucket list I still need to cross off. But onto today. Today is my last project post for the series! I took one day aside this week and had a little hair accessory making marathon for our girl. I have a feeling it won't be my last. It was so fun to just pull out scraps to see

Nesting: DIY Maternity Photo Shoot

2012-02-23T07:00:00.000-07:00

So, I had plans to share a different post today. I just needed to snap a few photos, but dark clouds hung over the sky most of the day. So...tomorrow I guess. Today, instead, I thought it might be fun to share how I did my own maternity photo shoot earlier this week. I wanted to get some pictures in before I got too uncomfortable and well...before I have the baby since that could

Nesting with You & Mie

2012-02-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Wednesday! I'm really excited to have Cherie here from You & Mie. This girl is a new blogger with crazy good sewing ability and a great eye for style. Just click over to her beautiful site to see what I mean. She has been participating in the the at home Project Run & Play contest but I think she should have been a contestant. Seriously, check out her "signature look" post. This

Nesting: Kid Art Onsies...Sibling Gifts

2012-02-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

First of all....thank you for your sweet, sweet comments yesterday and the throughout this whole series really. It's been fun getting ready for this baby with all of you. Congrats to all of you that are expecting as well. I just feel so blessed to be apart of this community of bloggers with you. Now...Today's project involves your kids. The ones you already have that is {and if you don't,

Nesting Giveaway Megan Nielsen Patterns

2012-02-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Presidents' Day! 36 weeks To celebrate I get to giveaway one pattern from Megan Nielsen Patterns! Have you checked her out? You should. She has great maternity and nursing wear patterns as well as some for every woman, pregnant or not. Megan let me pick a pattern to test for all of you for the giveaway. So I hopped over to her site... I wanted something that I could wear

Nesting: Sweet and Simple Swaddling Blankets

2012-02-18T07:00:00.000-07:00

This project is a cinch. It's not really a tutorial...just an idea that I have found that works for me. I like to swaddle my babies. I think they sleep better as newborns in a nice tight, snug swaddle. Owen, my oldest stayed in the swaddle phase for a few weeks. Then he started busting out of them and waking himself up with his spastic arm movements. It took a long time for him to learn

Nesting: Embellished Leggings

2012-02-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned before, I've been sewing a nice big stack of leggings. I kind of went nuts and made a few for each stage from newborn through 9 months. This is only half of them too. They just don't all coordinate and look as pretty together so I didn't picture them. :) I mostly like to keep leggings plain. They go under things for the most part anyway. But it's nice to have a few touches

Nesting: Suspender Dress

2012-02-16T07:00:00.000-07:00

I have a bit of an announcement to make. I am going to extend my Nesting series for another week! I just had so many baby projects piling up in the queue and even another last minute addition to my guest post list that I couldn't resist adding another week. Most of next week will be my own stuff but I do have one more amazing sewing giveaway in the works, so stick around. Now onto today's

Nesting with Sew a Straight Line

2012-02-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Wednesday! Today I am happy to have Sabra from Sew a Straight Line here! Sabra, as the name of her blog implies, is a sewing master. I don't think there is anything this woman can't sew. She also has a sense of humor that I just love and she's a beautiful mom to four cute kids. I love reading her blog and always come away from it laughing, uplifted, or inspired...or all three. :)

Nesting with See Kate Sew

2012-02-14T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Valentine's Day! I think it's fitting that I share a blogger that I love with all of you. You probably already know her...Kate from See Kate Sew. This girl just rocked Project Run and Play with her adorable outfits. She sews such stylish, unique clothing and she does it with personality and spunk. It's so fun to read her blog which is full of beautiful photography to boot. She

Nesting: Simple Baby Shift Dress

2012-02-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

I've noticed, now that I'm paying attention to the girl clothes in the stores, that dresses tend to err toward the busy side. I was in Target the other day and found a few cute outfits/dresses. Upon closer inspection, there would be an elephant plastered to the side, or the coordinating onsie would say something like "giggle" on it. And ruffles... ruffles were everywhere to be found. Now, I'm

I {heart} winners!

2012-02-12T22:50:00.001-07:00

We've finally been getting into the Valentine's Day spirit around here. We kicked off our weekend with some personal pan sized heart shaped pizzas for our traditional pizza and a movie night we hold each Friday. Nothing says "I love you" like artichoke hearts on your pizza in this house. For my favorite pizza dough recipe go here. We also did some decorating. We cut out a million

Nesting Giveaway with Paper Coterie and Two Girls Patterns

2012-02-11T07:00:00.000-07:00

Are you ready for some super awesome giveaways this weekend? And it's not just for those who are having babies. Paper Coterie is giving away one of their Expecting Baby books and Two Girls Patterns is giving away SIX crochet patterns from their shop! If you don't know Two Girls Patterns...well, here is what you're missing. Check these cable knit crochet boots out! Don't you just

Nesting with MaryJanes and Galoshes

2012-02-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday! Oh I can't tell you how happy I am that it's Friday. My oldest is out of school. It's a good day! It's also a good day because Taylor from MaryJanes and Galoshes is here! Taylor is a beautiful crafter {just check out her tutorial links}, is the queen of great hair accessories, has great beauty tips and her photography is so pretty!...which is what she is sharing with us

Nesting with Simple Simon & Company

2012-02-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

For this lovely Thursday I'm having the ladies from Simple Simon & Co. over! Elizabeth and LiZ are a sister-in-law blogging duo who wow me every week with their fantastic sewing projects - these girls really know how to sew!, beautiful photography, and incredible creativity. If I could describe them in one word, it would be classy. They are seriously classy chicks and it shines in everything

Nesting: Ruched Onsies

2012-02-08T07:00:00.000-07:00

Ready for a five minute project? Not one of those projects that "say" they'll take five minutes but they end up taking 20-30. No no. Really five minutes to make one of these... You might have seen a sneak peak at these babies when I posted about the easy baby skirts yesterday. ;) All right...let's get to it. All you need is a onsie, a 2-3 inch strip of 1/4 inch wide elastic, and

Nesting: Easy Baby Skirts

2012-02-07T07:00:00.000-07:00

So, today's project is .....EASY. Hence why it's in the title: These skirts are easy to make, easy to wear, and incredibly easy on the pocketbook. I am sure there are a hundred tutorials on skirts like this, but I'll show you what I did anyway. Here we go... You take a T-shirt. {I show two different ones in the tutorial because I made each one a little differently.} Again, I almost

Nesting with Sewing in No Mans Land

2012-02-06T07:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday! Today, we have Kelly from Sewing in No Mans Land with us. This beautiful mom is an amazing sewer with a slew of great patterns on her site. And her photography, nothing short of stunning and professional. Every shot. I love visiting her site, because I always leave amazed and inspired. Today she's sharing a very useful sewing project for her sweet little Chloe whom she had