my friend jessica is having a baby boy soon. her shower is tonight. in a minute i’ll post pictures of the cute cake pops we (me and bridgette) made for her shower. for now, this post is about her new baby boy’s robot.
making stuff with needles and thread
paci clip mayhem
on sunday night, i got the bright idea to make a bunch of pacifier clips for future gifts. i got them cut, ironed, backed with interfacing, serged around the edges and was ready to attach the clips and velcro, when suddenly my sewing machine tension got way out of whack. on monday, i took it […]
fact: robots <3 cupcakes.
i have had this idea for a painting for annababy’s room in my head for a very very long time. only, it would require i dig out my painting stuff. take inventory. go to michaels and get the colors that i needed. set up shop somewhere in a house that has been taken over by […]
addison’s doll
anna’s friend addison turned one last week and we were invited to her giant birthday extravaganza on saturday. i used my babysitter time with claire to go to joann fabrics and search high and low for the proper fabrics for miss addison. she’s a black and white and hot pink kind of girl, so i […]
my waxy valentine
i don’t know what possessed me to do this. i saw the cute ice cube trays at ikea. i had seen the idea on blogs. we have approximately 517 used crayons in our house. so, i decided to make heart crayons for isaac’s valentines for his preschool class. it took a little bit of trial […]
christmas bird.
i used the pattern i made for the bird in anna’s mobile to make this ornament yesterday.
a-n-n-a flannel letters
made these awhile back to hang in the anna baby’s room. i had been on the search for some letters for her name, but couldn’t decide what i wanted to do. i saw a tutorial for a whole alphabet of these letters that i had filed away for a rainy day. then it hit me… […]
anna baby’s quilt
yesterday was my birthday. isaac finally went to school in the morning (after a week off from illness). and anna slept for 2.5 straight hours yesterday morning. glorious. anyhow, it freed me up to make some really great progress on her quilt. enough that i was compelled to stay up late last night and finish […]