Projects that is! I finally finished Liz's hat and scarf and am planning a trip to the post office this afternoon to send them off. Thankfully Rexburg misses the memo every spring that it needs to start warming up, so she's still got a couple months of cold weather to make good use of them. I am almost loving how they both turned out, the purple yarn I used is absolutly beautful and works so well with the plain gray. Just in case you are wondering, yes, I did redo the hat. Took it completely apart and restarted it. I didn't want to have to spend the time and energy trying to figure out how to do earflaps and make it snugger and figured it would be easier to just redo the whole thing. I am happy enough with it that it's being sent off but I could have done the top a bit different. Oh well, she likes the pictures I sent her so that's that.
Please ignore the duck in the corner, I was hoping it wouldn't get it in the picture, but oh well. If you want a close up of the hat and scarf, click the picture and a window with it supersized will show up.
My mom came and visited us last week while my dad was at a potato conference in TriCities. Before she came, she asked me several times what kind of projects we would be doing while she was here. She wanted to start a quilt that she gave me the pattern and supplies for last(08) Christmas. It is still sitting in my sewing cupboard, untouched, because I've been trying in vain to finish Jackson's quilt(which, by the way, is where all my crafty energy will be spent until it is done). As it turns out, she managed to get sick before she came and was tempted to just stay home, but because she only gets to see us about 3 or 4 times a year, decided to suck it up and come anyways. Unfortunatly, about 2 days before she came, the boys and I got sick as well, so we pretty much did nothing for 2 of the 3 1/2 days she was here(she got here Monday afternoon and left Friday morning). She was finally feeling better by Thursday and decided she wanted to make me a skirt(my closet is sorely lacking many items, skirts and jeans being the biggest deficit) but she didn't have any material to make on with and the material in my sewing closet was either not enough yardage or I had nothing in my clothes closet that would match the finished project. So, with skirt fabric in mind, we finally decided to squeeze into my too small car(Racheal couldn't buckle up, which is a huge no-no in my car, because of the boys carseats) around 5pm(I was ready to go by about 3) and trekked off to Joann fabric, the only fabric store in The Valley that carries fabric for a variety of projects. I kept coming back to this one print I found, but I still kept looking for something I liked better and was more versitile but still pretty. I think we spent wasted about and hour in there looking for the perfect skirt material and this is what I decided on.
And again with the duck! I need a better backdrop :)
Pretty, isn't it? I have most of the colors already in my closet, so it was perfect. I really wanted to wear it on Sunday, but it was a tad too big, needs to be hemmed and I really need to get myself a decent slip to wear under it (can you say static cling?). By the time we were done in Joann, we were all exhausted and hungry, but we still needed to go to WalMart for some stuff. Mom decided that the boys' toy area needed some help and bought us some really nice storage containers.
Baskets for shoes and diapers in the bookcase and the rubbermaid drawers aren't much but they really do a lot for the areas they are in. The box on top was what all the toys were previously spewing out of. That mat has been in the boys room for a while and it would never stay in place, so this is the best place for it, especially since their cars and trucks are already here.
Now, I am not an interior designer or anything, but so far what I've done has worked pretty well. Unfortunatly in my hopes of keeping the mess somewhat contained to the corner, my boys have, of course, decided they don't want to play in the corner, so the mess ends up everywhere. You don't even want to know what the rest of the living room looked like when I took these quick pictures. I actually cleaned up the toy corner really fast before hand so it looks pretty good right now. We will see how long that lasts. They've already found the cleanliness and are undoing it as I type. Oh well, that's just life when you've got very active boys. Anyways, it's lunchtime and I'm hearing some whining, so I'd better go get back to real life. Until next time and I hope you find your crafty side and make something fabulous!!
Oh and PS I seriously need some help with my background. Not so sure I'm loving it anymore and can't find anything I like! I need tips on either how to make my own or where to find free ones I'll love. Cutest Blog on the Blog is ok, but I need a few more hours in my day(which I just don't have, I have a hard time carving out a few minutes to get on here in the first place) to find a better site. Please help if you can! You all have such cute blogs I want to join your ranks!!
