Can you tell?

What's on my brain? Yep I have a head full of tiny booties, hats and sweaters. Plus I am super excited that I soon will be taking a class on how to knit socks! I personally hate wearing socks but that doesnt mean I dont want to make a housefull of them.

(Guess what everyone is getting for Christmas!)

Stay tuned for a birthday week recap, lots of pictures to come.

(To see the flickr credits please check my flickr page right here)

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25th Birthday To Me! I am going to take a few days off and celebrate in style (even though I started yesterday!)

Photo found on flickr (isnt that amazing?!?!)

Opinions needed

So I am on an appliqué kick. I think most of you already know this but anyway I am on a serious kick and the appliqués seem to be doing well at one of the stores I sell my totes at so I am working on creating a whole bunch more and that is where I need your help and opinions. I have started a list of things I could create as appliqués I want things that are cute but still adult like I guess, not too cutesy (do I make sense?) So here is what I compiled, some I know have been overused already but I need to know what you all think. Plus I would love other suggestions things you would love to see on a tote.

And here comes the overly long list *smile*

Dress
Shoes
Flip flops
Side view silhouette (most likely will be Leila’s head)
Cupcake
Piece of cake
Pie
Apple
Pear
Teapot
Coffee cup
Cassette tape
Spool of thread
Needle and thread
Knitting needles and yarn
Button
Stack of books

I am also going to pull up some of my old McCall Needlework magazines and probably pull some funky inspired designs from there.

Alright give me your 2 cents or a whole dollar I will take any advice you want to give!

I think I am rubbing off

Leila likes to take my camera hostage. She does now on a regular basis. Just within the last few weeks she has figured out that by clicking a certain button noises will happen and sometimes a flash may go off. This alone provides hours of entertainment. This is one of her recent photos yep she and I both I guess have a thing for laundry *smile* As I was telling a friend last week I dont know what it is but pictures of laundry drying on a line always make me knees go weak.

Ken and I have decided that once I get my digital SLR this digital will be hers. I hope that as she grows she continues to love art as much as me and whatever medium she is drawn too I just hope she keeps up with it.

What a difference.

I am a bad momma. There I said it. I don’t have a baby book. When I was pregnant with Leila I didn’t take monthly shots of my growing belly (and I dont plan to this time around either). I have only had her pictures taken once at a studio. And while I took pictures of her constantly I didn’t take those monthly pictures so she could see how big she grew. I don’t write her monthly or even yearly letters. Yep I am a bad momma. To redeem myself though I have done one thing that I hope to continue with Leila yearly until she is 18 and that is to take her to the country road I lived by my whole life and take a picture of her each year. My idea is to be able to give her a visual timeline of how much she has grown through the years so she can have it as a display for her graduation party. I am hoping that no matter where we move or live that at least once a year we can go back to that road for a few minutes and capture her in that year in that moment. So there you have it, hopefully I am no longer a bad momma, maybe just a “she doesn’t always get it right but at least she tries” momma.

2007

2008

My little Dolittle

We got a pleasant surprise visiting my parents this past weekend, they had a handful of kittens staying with them. My parents must be known within the cat population because they always seem to get strays which they feed and play with until the cat goes on its way. Well, this momma cat was no different and must have heard about the welcoming place with food to boot and off she came with her 6 super friendly kittens. Well actually 4 of the 6 were really friendly the other 2 were slightly shyer. Leila was in heaven. Just a few weeks earlier she got to see her first kitten up close and personal at my grandparents home (another stray cat friendly home) and while the kitten was friendly it didn’t really like to be held by a gentle but excited 2 year old.

This time she was in luck the kittens came straight up to her and she carried them around the next 3 days.

She fed them by hand.

And actually told them to say AHHH as she was feeding them.

She had shadows all weekend if she wasn’t holding one there was another right behind her getting ready to be picked up.

She did have one slight mishap when she confused the kitten’s tail with a yo-yo but that was quickly addressed and playing began again.

She also let me take tons of pictures of her with the kittens. This one I think being my favorite of the weekend.

If you want to have Leila overload cuteness feel free to go over to my flickr account.

Summer Loving

I recently had signed up for a recycle swap. Basically we were supposed to create something with recycled materials. I have been insanely inspired lately by this blogger and wanted to create something similar to her vibe. This tote was made out of a table linen, some vintage sheets, and some old pants. Nice huh? Plus I couldnt choose from two different sheets so I appliqued both sides of the bag!


This may be the last thing I sew for awhile though, it was a nightmare to get my sewing machine to work correctly and since money is tight I may have to wait to get it serviced. Sounds like I may have to pull out my trusty first machine and hope I remember how the settings work!