tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44692086821676215642024-03-14T07:36:51.988-05:00Life with EvieBonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-55557501230896888052011-11-26T21:58:00.000-06:002011-11-26T21:58:54.876-06:00Basic steps for how to alter a t-shirt<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am going to attempt to do a mini-tutorial to show how I went about altering some basic boy t-shirts to a more flattering girl shirt to do freezer stenciling on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started with a plain white Hanes t-shirt in size M(6-8). I looked for basic girls shirts in a multi pack but couldn't find any, so I had to settle for the boys version. But to make them into a cute girly shirt I wanted to alter them a little so they weren't so big and boxy. This shirt was for a friend's little girl who just turned 7. Luckily I have some cute bigger size shirts stashed for Evie in totes, so I grabbed an Old Navy size small which is around a 6/7 I think. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I started by cutting the sleeves off as close to the seems as I could, then I laid the other shirt over and cut along the sides about 1/2 to 3/4 inch away to give a little room for growth. I left the length because it was only a little longer than I wanted it and it made it a lot faster!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xH8ELxrRS5tqDS1T0pMEx6T7XcQXTnV4MJTjzmIPR9GWCFMMVJycGL3na7HGst6K0i6KwWW3YRR6RgF_pDjusRffZLvXpPH0pITJJJhjjAb8YJiFSi5TySJvWlK0OA49n567S7liHVOH/s1600/PB220004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xH8ELxrRS5tqDS1T0pMEx6T7XcQXTnV4MJTjzmIPR9GWCFMMVJycGL3na7HGst6K0i6KwWW3YRR6RgF_pDjusRffZLvXpPH0pITJJJhjjAb8YJiFSi5TySJvWlK0OA49n567S7liHVOH/s320/PB220004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Next, I took the sleeves, one at a time, and pinned them back onto the shoulder putting right sides together. I started with the center and then went out towards each end. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvaQ6Mcr7bYlOKnmkTnmz4O87AsrzU9Q07ajN5fqQKosWinNubgGHGMo8qCqWiz40RxxbUDyiXdlI6_lkUKev7pEKbpW6JfxQRiMNFxJSKLT9_J4qxm33qPbwwVG8Wl5osJc31K5hB4pt/s1600/PB220005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvaQ6Mcr7bYlOKnmkTnmz4O87AsrzU9Q07ajN5fqQKosWinNubgGHGMo8qCqWiz40RxxbUDyiXdlI6_lkUKev7pEKbpW6JfxQRiMNFxJSKLT9_J4qxm33qPbwwVG8Wl5osJc31K5hB4pt/s320/PB220005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I used my serger and reattached it. I repeated this on the other sleeve and then I flipped the shirt right sides together (sorry I forgot to take a picture) and pinned the sleeves and sides together, making sure that the end of the sleeve and the bottom shirt hem were lined up. I serged these too, starting at the sleeve and finishing at the bottom hem.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1iniOYu5n-gple4z0FcxqS55ja0EVmZPZB6_5uxN6KWjm9w8_4Yyiq8HjF-oJv9-TbEW9I-XWmqLAAkkWjHf_e1R2OyQzOU3ZgTCDU-zlhPinAMrR0ad54uiPeSJFW2YI6UJGdJIPrxH/s1600/PB220006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1iniOYu5n-gple4z0FcxqS55ja0EVmZPZB6_5uxN6KWjm9w8_4Yyiq8HjF-oJv9-TbEW9I-XWmqLAAkkWjHf_e1R2OyQzOU3ZgTCDU-zlhPinAMrR0ad54uiPeSJFW2YI6UJGdJIPrxH/s320/PB220006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> There are a few different ways you can take care of the ends of the serger thread. You can tie them off, snip them and use fray check or, like I did below, thread them back into the serged edge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4NAnfhRlK65Q858e8rGFgc3MZFwA8f7CvFMj308afiJlZY9ih-hyoD0OxsGWFkt9uf9FZXfAe6vPbO9yYFVQorICzo8RfE2O4vWjmxu6RDeoTXFQlATfoIcsrMcsaAZyB-PQD_1HObgd/s1600/PB220007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4NAnfhRlK65Q858e8rGFgc3MZFwA8f7CvFMj308afiJlZY9ih-hyoD0OxsGWFkt9uf9FZXfAe6vPbO9yYFVQorICzo8RfE2O4vWjmxu6RDeoTXFQlATfoIcsrMcsaAZyB-PQD_1HObgd/s320/PB220007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLaMJusBHhrDDELjJxg6Y5dn7Me3kIGWzVgRYY7t61gYPPm5GbFVhJhEs4L-1ItEUxw8JPjuSXEvwq-LTkIa9WkyvAPESgC1UQ5P22SSnUsCJBH94AAdbNwhOeyA05-pAdtEh1kzWP_W0/s1600/PB220008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLaMJusBHhrDDELjJxg6Y5dn7Me3kIGWzVgRYY7t61gYPPm5GbFVhJhEs4L-1ItEUxw8JPjuSXEvwq-LTkIa9WkyvAPESgC1UQ5P22SSnUsCJBH94AAdbNwhOeyA05-pAdtEh1kzWP_W0/s320/PB220008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then, I had Evie model it over her pj's. This is what happens when I say "smile at the camera"! If there are any distractions she smiles while looking at them instead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDtixm5y14_FKqVWJnonKFSkAKkuLDWhNEd3uP9_xzfMzYCdUzDHRsOwWl87T2rx_AjllTQxX3mk2NpZfEs1WoESRr79IY0CnCHyw6aHCxlrEahLiJk-5hjjJ2wyyUId6_SZpi7i3eXCa/s1600/PB220009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDtixm5y14_FKqVWJnonKFSkAKkuLDWhNEd3uP9_xzfMzYCdUzDHRsOwWl87T2rx_AjllTQxX3mk2NpZfEs1WoESRr79IY0CnCHyw6aHCxlrEahLiJk-5hjjJ2wyyUId6_SZpi7i3eXCa/s320/PB220009.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And, I couldn't help showing off the pretty black sparkly M! I LOVE the glitter topcoat... maybe more than the one I used on the <a href="http://eviesmommy.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-freezer-stencil-shirts-im-addicted.html">Kenzie onsie</a> (though this picture doesn't do it justice). I'm so bummed that they are clearing them out at Hancock's... well, not about the price I guess :) But I'm going to have to go grab whatever they have left!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu4vwsUQ4zwDXq91tIm9-DRdCA8r6-_2mV3XGygHBjc4z4R7NWsDM86LcMZbQMlxJhn-wqi8XFcQ2TtaSJii4kkTrany0zy6YYxZicVdSYbxUZJJIuF7dnhoriHeSZluBLNT89vKKWfwi/s1600/PB220012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu4vwsUQ4zwDXq91tIm9-DRdCA8r6-_2mV3XGygHBjc4z4R7NWsDM86LcMZbQMlxJhn-wqi8XFcQ2TtaSJii4kkTrany0zy6YYxZicVdSYbxUZJJIuF7dnhoriHeSZluBLNT89vKKWfwi/s320/PB220012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">So, that's it! I have a few shirts that I need to use this on - like the XL shirt from my 1st July 4th 5k run. GIGANTIC! And poor Evie doesn't have a freezer stencil shirt yet either!</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Note: If you don't have a serger, you will want to use a stretch stitch if possible. I'm not sure how a zig zag would work for side seems. If you shorten any of the hems, my suggestion is to get a double needle, they are incredibly easy to use and give the shirt that nice finished look AND they stretch like a zig zag stitch so they are great for knit fabric. <a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/05/sewing-tips-basic-stitches-plus-double.html">Here</a> is a great tutorial on different stitches and using a double needle.</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-50662148972603672112011-11-24T00:19:00.000-06:002011-11-24T00:19:50.220-06:00ThanksgivingWhat is Thanksgiving? <br />
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I would guess that the first images that pop in your head would have to do with turkeys, pumpkins, lots of food, family gatherings, maybe football (if you are like my husband!)... but what does it really mean? Why do we celebrate it? It is so hard sometimes to focus on the intended meaning behind many holidays here in the United States. With all the materialism and media influence over time, things seem to shift WAY off course. <br />
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according to Dictionary.com,<br />
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<h2 class="me"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanksgiving Day is</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="pg"><span id="hotword"><em> </em></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span name="hotword">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">national</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">holiday</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">celebrated</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">as</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">day</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">feasting</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">giving</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">thanks</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">for</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #0055bb; cursor: pointer;">divine</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">favors</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">goodness,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">observed</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">on</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">fourth</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">Thursday</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">November</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">U.S.</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">Canada</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">on</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">second</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">Monday</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">October.</span></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>thanks·giv·ing </strong><span class="show_spellpr" style="display: inline;"><span class="prondelim">[</span><span class="pron"><span style="font-size: x-small;">thangks-<span class="boldface"><strong>giv</strong></span>-ing</span></span><span class="prondelim">] </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="pbk"><span class="pg"><span id="hotword"><strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">noun</span> </span></em></strong></span></span><br />
<div class="luna-Ent"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">1.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">act</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">giving</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">thanks;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">grateful</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">acknowledgment</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">benefits</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">favors,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">especially</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">God.</span> </span></span></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">2.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">an</span> </span>expression<span id="hotword"> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">thanks,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">especially</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">God.</span> </span></span></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">3.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">public</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">celebration</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">acknowledgment</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">divine</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">favor</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">kindness.</span> </span></span></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">4.</span> </span></span><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">a</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">day</span> </span>set<span id="hotword"> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">apart</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">for</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">giving</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">thanks</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">God.</span> </span></span></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="dnindex"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">5.</span> </span></span><span class="labset"><span id="hotword">( </span><em><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">initial</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">capital</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">letter</span> </span></span><img alt="" border="0" class="luna-Img" src="http://sp.dictionary.com/dictstatic/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" /></em><span id="hotword">) </span></span><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Thanksgiving+Day" jquery1322113497703="50" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Thanksgiving Day.</a> </span></div><div class="luna-Ent"></div><div class="luna-Ent"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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We've got the "day of feasting" part down, no question there! But what about the "giving thanks"? I know I could be better at it. I am a Christian and so I believe that every good thing comes from God... <br />
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<div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">I am so thankful for...</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">God</span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">He is the reason, for everything good in my life</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>My Husband</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">my best friend and #1 cheerleader</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">My amazing daughter, Evie</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">she is the best teacher God has given me </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">and filled with so much love it never</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">ceases to amaze me!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">My family</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">My church</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">Especially my women's group (Titus2)</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;">these girls are such an amazing support group</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">There are so many other things that I am truly thankful for! I pray that you would be reminded of all the blessings in your life today and every day! </span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">There is always at least one thing to be thankful for every day! </span></strong></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-77350305262654061822011-11-22T19:40:00.000-06:002011-11-22T19:40:30.673-06:00Camo isn't just for boys!<div style="text-align: center;">Am I the only person who has a habit of starting a project meant for a gift and then not always getting it completed, thus leaving me with cut out pieces of various things that I have to try to find new homes for? Well, this happened out of one of those projects. I don't even remember who the original recipient was anymore. It had been for a new baby boy though, so after a certain point the size 0-3 month pants and hat were no longer going to work. I started with digital camouflage fleece cut out for an infant hat and pants, then I had an idea to turn it into an outfit for my new niece (whose oldest brother is a HUGE camo fan). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sewed up the pants and hat. Added a black fleece flower on the hat and black fleece "ruffle" on the bottom of the pants, to make them girly. Then I moved on to the onsie...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I cut out a freezer stencil for military id tags and mixed up some fabric paints to come up with a shiny metal look for the front tag (turned out PERFECT) and an avocado green for the back tag.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6t7nuIzyrWI5w4pe4PSx7HfYgP7n5bd_bVn-ttyscegHGTaIVvLywJxwm7Dr-cWvrSzsGinFax98CpPe2Er1N-4zJyrgWFDTW82tkjpgklUdPk2keafsSFxPEUDURfspj_P0liB3vsfDD/s1600/P1060760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6t7nuIzyrWI5w4pe4PSx7HfYgP7n5bd_bVn-ttyscegHGTaIVvLywJxwm7Dr-cWvrSzsGinFax98CpPe2Er1N-4zJyrgWFDTW82tkjpgklUdPk2keafsSFxPEUDURfspj_P0liB3vsfDD/s320/P1060760.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then for the chain, I used the back of one of my small paint brushes as a stamp for the ball part and then a teeny tiny brush to make the thin connections. I folded up the neckline so the chain disappears underneath. Viola!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6Pva99kDkdiXIPVtKM5zksY09UvVyV671FBg5mz-1cgPiZiq1y5zr75h_oijym66qnNWK7pRGq64TAZDG_0DRtGOyT8k0JlYn7UOI65QfzbRatX10E4AJk382FDaceYQFGbMWBgAib4R/s1600/P1060762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6Pva99kDkdiXIPVtKM5zksY09UvVyV671FBg5mz-1cgPiZiq1y5zr75h_oijym66qnNWK7pRGq64TAZDG_0DRtGOyT8k0JlYn7UOI65QfzbRatX10E4AJk382FDaceYQFGbMWBgAib4R/s320/P1060762.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, originally had the idea to use some tiny typewriter font letter stamps I had but I couldn't get the paint to transfer right so I had to freehand the lettering. I put her first and middle name on line 1, birthday on line 2 and then line 3 is the work "destined" in Hebrew, which is the spiritual connotation for the name Kenzie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcxlD2nS6iv8zGJ5VqwCFeezXmvSBE1CSCpRHxA4-OdkknM54hRs-PDefRBluz4bKvxThX5KawvgbacAg53mkUMBfYHKQt2wyI3Yo0a9NeW-Sto8mftoCNu-FjKLtFL6i77d7i8uyoqcr/s1600/P1060769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcxlD2nS6iv8zGJ5VqwCFeezXmvSBE1CSCpRHxA4-OdkknM54hRs-PDefRBluz4bKvxThX5KawvgbacAg53mkUMBfYHKQt2wyI3Yo0a9NeW-Sto8mftoCNu-FjKLtFL6i77d7i8uyoqcr/s320/P1060769.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Ta-da! In this picture the hat kind of looks like one of those bucket helmets (probably not what they are really called).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAm3LmYhs07mm2wBo7shfgOQ-fTkg7432hBce0GunOmYow0DccaGwPjDscFCo7_iQ3hLsgW5vzH1YSK4UBwtS7S1eVpKACbdcPB2CozwxVS76fJvlYFMobd8YkPXrR1S8QzEl4pZPCj9CG/s1600/P1060764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAm3LmYhs07mm2wBo7shfgOQ-fTkg7432hBce0GunOmYow0DccaGwPjDscFCo7_iQ3hLsgW5vzH1YSK4UBwtS7S1eVpKACbdcPB2CozwxVS76fJvlYFMobd8YkPXrR1S8QzEl4pZPCj9CG/s320/P1060764.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have also been tinkering around with homemade labels... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR73swU4pPz1f59-AKZI4MEgf9e-6z8QpOT_2v1733uNpxpSVD5__N_yPY8UhVoyABZ5kwGo9uxt-SB372-l3Pno59sBwYX1nchBT1NxxMdbDfhLzaa9l9Y5WQHGDU8EecxNbRoXp3Sut/s1600/P1060767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR73swU4pPz1f59-AKZI4MEgf9e-6z8QpOT_2v1733uNpxpSVD5__N_yPY8UhVoyABZ5kwGo9uxt-SB372-l3Pno59sBwYX1nchBT1NxxMdbDfhLzaa9l9Y5WQHGDU8EecxNbRoXp3Sut/s320/P1060767.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fun, no?! Yes!</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-80860517048064842272011-11-21T16:41:00.000-06:002011-11-21T16:41:41.413-06:00More Freezer Stencil Shirts (I'm addicted!)<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;">Sorry this has taken me so long to get out here! I had the pictures of these shirts started a long time ago but I couldn't show them until the recipients actually GOT them! We had a new niece born at the end of September and I had gotten a bunch of clothes to send out to my sister in law for her but they also have two older boys age 6 and 3 so I wanted to be able to include something for them in the box too without it being to heavy. So, I came up with these shirts! I was just going to put their first initial on them but after some thought decided to add the rest of the name in smaller letters.</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;">The oldest nephew's was easy to come up with. He LOVES camouflage, I think he would be content if his entire wardrobe consisted of nothing else! So, I used the "stencil" font and then I hand painted the design. I was really happy about how it turned out. Except, I did find that when painting in a larger area on knit fabric the fabric will stretch a little and end up not as flat and even. I tried to fix this by putting paper over top and ironing it to coax it back into place and ended up with a very slight wave in the I which may go away (or get worse I suppose) after washing.</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Tlgv2V8-a-ivJeiX79q0ZDEV9ls4uTBtHRtbQQ7mntTWv4iDIXaf2aKCxrRdiLpuHlSLGVG6jui9DHQDIVDQ-I8oxLOBCO-NaJOIEG3M16T0MvJGYb8R1ZYVQVe75dN6GjxEVbBBhAPP/s1600/P1060836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Tlgv2V8-a-ivJeiX79q0ZDEV9ls4uTBtHRtbQQ7mntTWv4iDIXaf2aKCxrRdiLpuHlSLGVG6jui9DHQDIVDQ-I8oxLOBCO-NaJOIEG3M16T0MvJGYb8R1ZYVQVe75dN6GjxEVbBBhAPP/s320/P1060836.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxk_h_tTCdx7z8aotkm05PzaY6HpdmoeKRV8OFX4xe-gkfQbZMGc5Lm_Y3T5rJJkkvvINYVMTRaXhKWlgSwQHddqoT4uUNBwzeQx4lLdVSEvRRuJUwfPbXfm06YKq5rz4GRws626wAQ7x/s1600/P1060935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxk_h_tTCdx7z8aotkm05PzaY6HpdmoeKRV8OFX4xe-gkfQbZMGc5Lm_Y3T5rJJkkvvINYVMTRaXhKWlgSwQHddqoT4uUNBwzeQx4lLdVSEvRRuJUwfPbXfm06YKq5rz4GRws626wAQ7x/s320/P1060935.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;"> The next was a lot harder. I had planned on just making them unique to each child by the paint within the stencil boarders only, no extra designs. Judah loves green, so I started with that but then got stuck... I just couldn't come up with anything I thought he would like much and didn't want him to feel like Isaiah's was "cooler". I put his on hold and worked on baby girl's then when I came back to it the only thing I wanted to do was have it yellow instead of green.... well I tested the cover up of yellow over green on my fancy paint palette and as you can see, not so great. Then I decided to test a "primer" of the cream color and it seemed to block it out so I started layering. </div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g6UTor0Yt5SKdMGMKZFFQPdvY1nt-b0o-vMv8PmuXWWBNDnRUQOZQlQE90w-bhXPsFVGi6V0LpUfxGgUcWHH8Ighh0avdwsCXf64cE8bl5FdNfXOxvq3UdW996gQA1iJaIFIo88oKcUL/s1600/P1060901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_g6UTor0Yt5SKdMGMKZFFQPdvY1nt-b0o-vMv8PmuXWWBNDnRUQOZQlQE90w-bhXPsFVGi6V0LpUfxGgUcWHH8Ighh0avdwsCXf64cE8bl5FdNfXOxvq3UdW996gQA1iJaIFIo88oKcUL/s320/P1060901.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border: currentColor; text-align: center;"> Cream and then the bright yellow.</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMDRaCsxBIxapTGxC-9LHMbvB4iaK809OMA8rtgsDPQznW1TFbEZkntqKIgNrn66dhx6Gc6SXNK1OQCXN7Yypmor_54XRX5ufG74cSiK1JNHSF2e0EW2hxwGxa1zRtrmDWhYyv7ZxAjGh/s1600/P1060904.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMDRaCsxBIxapTGxC-9LHMbvB4iaK809OMA8rtgsDPQznW1TFbEZkntqKIgNrn66dhx6Gc6SXNK1OQCXN7Yypmor_54XRX5ufG74cSiK1JNHSF2e0EW2hxwGxa1zRtrmDWhYyv7ZxAjGh/s320/P1060904.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And this is what I came up with for the construction vehicle lover :) SO much for my original plan *sigh* I'm learning to be flexible though.</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYH9djBqzsFcKYolS9jDquoRXk2ye-ceHlMq0ctqP6wXsjuKaSkBms9pt-J_zjqEvrRlOfBJOPwUD5uhGI928Jsisc2kAmqel7Q_SPEZc-7Tb1tSrQYsts9pfh-rVNRKnMWrIY6Yi8qD5N/s1600/P1060938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYH9djBqzsFcKYolS9jDquoRXk2ye-ceHlMq0ctqP6wXsjuKaSkBms9pt-J_zjqEvrRlOfBJOPwUD5uhGI928Jsisc2kAmqel7Q_SPEZc-7Tb1tSrQYsts9pfh-rVNRKnMWrIY6Yi8qD5N/s320/P1060938.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;">Then my favorite font for girly letters is the "curlz". So, I did purple and then finished it with a glitter topcoat (which you can't see very well here) but believe you me, it was ADORABLE!</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvHKKAd-8fz9ywtIJxz2tk4sd5RjMUoNXF0_J13tgjUswDuhoT6D6nup4IXe_zJr1hje4V5qIAi2fHZmMr-HA5BuWbQEpNlQdBzhsy_5OtqhutU2SmzjHCYJxIwK869FRH6NKBRStCAVW/s1600/P1060941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvHKKAd-8fz9ywtIJxz2tk4sd5RjMUoNXF0_J13tgjUswDuhoT6D6nup4IXe_zJr1hje4V5qIAi2fHZmMr-HA5BuWbQEpNlQdBzhsy_5OtqhutU2SmzjHCYJxIwK869FRH6NKBRStCAVW/s320/P1060941.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZRRpY-8MeuFZVRSov_3V1ZIMGmnJkKtBy7IL83aZETXEssIkBXpxC5PClBfkYdRKbG9sUfo16ZiCiILfJ2Oq1L24enWLx3UClL59h_6aCYp7a7xpk-2JCsMzQUy0yxN3Lqltshqd1QWr/s1600/P1060940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZRRpY-8MeuFZVRSov_3V1ZIMGmnJkKtBy7IL83aZETXEssIkBXpxC5PClBfkYdRKbG9sUfo16ZiCiILfJ2Oq1L24enWLx3UClL59h_6aCYp7a7xpk-2JCsMzQUy0yxN3Lqltshqd1QWr/s320/P1060940.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't believe me? You will after this picture! </div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-CFyA-XfSUeL9u-RuhwUDVOqYktGJWrhOwN9SfwSR0Utdteo5ViFC32lGMWZVOjHrtrmDN4xT-EobaGOOirOWYGcTpAvahBb-u24gDXaA3z-qHvYBZeq3Cip0OeFl9iFlEJO1qrV4hDS/s1600/Kenzie+shirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-CFyA-XfSUeL9u-RuhwUDVOqYktGJWrhOwN9SfwSR0Utdteo5ViFC32lGMWZVOjHrtrmDN4xT-EobaGOOirOWYGcTpAvahBb-u24gDXaA3z-qHvYBZeq3Cip0OeFl9iFlEJO1qrV4hDS/s320/Kenzie+shirt.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border: currentColor; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-73367675208934869292011-11-20T22:44:00.000-06:002011-11-20T22:44:13.475-06:00First real snow of the year!<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Imagine our wondering eyes November 9th when we woke up to over 3 inches of lovely white! Evie exclaimed "SNOW! Snow, snow, snow... YAY winter!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We hurried through our breakfast but by the time we got outside it had warmed up so much that it was pretty sloshy but she REALLY wanted to build a snowman. So, I thought 'why not THREE snowmen?' A little family :) She thought it was great! Carrot stick noses, stick arms and black beans for eyes and mouths!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwE1KJ4-NNU6nau4_yq7uOzfCyxARmhu3QnvZxcWxSDoC7Wg2coL-7DA3qqVHD6ZEv19FeD3oDswc29oZdrj0uQbSy_XaGsAbA2DheTNcIHj1jEgGzu4XJJP5g7JdFw11oTeReligpDsd/s1600/P1070050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwE1KJ4-NNU6nau4_yq7uOzfCyxARmhu3QnvZxcWxSDoC7Wg2coL-7DA3qqVHD6ZEv19FeD3oDswc29oZdrj0uQbSy_XaGsAbA2DheTNcIHj1jEgGzu4XJJP5g7JdFw11oTeReligpDsd/s320/P1070050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A line of snow angels</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HnhXETC3KFHYsMttDfNQFrBnSHt8QpCqRPp3_abu2jakaLecnUMH3lnZz1_D7u1EWvYj_TrA4V4lBjOEmcI1zObHWXRAJKcumfNp4se95mx8FCI8bn-tk3xgRV7RS3YKeCu0fu1zN3-O/s1600/P1070044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2HnhXETC3KFHYsMttDfNQFrBnSHt8QpCqRPp3_abu2jakaLecnUMH3lnZz1_D7u1EWvYj_TrA4V4lBjOEmcI1zObHWXRAJKcumfNp4se95mx8FCI8bn-tk3xgRV7RS3YKeCu0fu1zN3-O/s320/P1070044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Got the jeep stuck... didn't have snow tires on yet ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3V4TcjtSgABU7-mYbv13N3yZjaWzNbn9GSSRGUCLmQ3UoPKnXGT6-_AOzlcNPIkbtnU-8QPYSEOz7wC1U_oebWj_MFrRIOiQQ-e-5BWHxTLYW0XbAgun7zjxDwovNbJXAWAh5fstKLfe/s1600/P1070045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3V4TcjtSgABU7-mYbv13N3yZjaWzNbn9GSSRGUCLmQ3UoPKnXGT6-_AOzlcNPIkbtnU-8QPYSEOz7wC1U_oebWj_MFrRIOiQQ-e-5BWHxTLYW0XbAgun7zjxDwovNbJXAWAh5fstKLfe/s320/P1070045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> By later that day the family had thinned up a lot and didn't take long to disappear after that... but they'll be back, the next time it snows!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHutyC3se-xYs_gfiLxhYyXENXkNU65P7W1IX-CgxKuf_51JzYBS90zOOpi0yPSPMxXTJbaVQpnApbVEUrYrleVfVzotFI8mkNdi0BtHur1-0yeU7X6j7MIqPCxBnNQ9-QKUxBDy5stP-9/s1600/P1070048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHutyC3se-xYs_gfiLxhYyXENXkNU65P7W1IX-CgxKuf_51JzYBS90zOOpi0yPSPMxXTJbaVQpnApbVEUrYrleVfVzotFI8mkNdi0BtHur1-0yeU7X6j7MIqPCxBnNQ9-QKUxBDy5stP-9/s320/P1070048.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-80415391919721833822011-11-18T17:55:00.000-06:002011-11-18T17:55:37.924-06:00Prince Ky and Princess Evie<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ky comes to our house on Tuesdays. Most of the time they just play but every once in a while I have crafts for them to do. We paint, we color, we did sticky faces on little pie pumpkins... this time Evie wanted to be prince and princess so I had an idea. We had some paper crowns left from her birthday party back in February and so I got those out for them to color on and then I embellished them with gold puffy paint and fake jewels. Evie also decided that Ky needed a sword and a shield so I pulled out the cereal boxes that I had been saving and went to work. 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the egg factory and off to the right is the rooster keeping an eye on us so we don't get too close to his ladies! He was crowing every 30 seconds while we were standing there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitj5NenZmPTG2obuv2ejakwOMLkwrRRAJoCgbBW0imK2fa97edA_LKqkfq0Nmu1KGw2mM-OvAQfj90cwPR5_733r9YmlmERQexN44ia3zS_tZqaNg-Vt4TCdnY0eLgu2DeksiH1odENNuV/s1600/P1060957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitj5NenZmPTG2obuv2ejakwOMLkwrRRAJoCgbBW0imK2fa97edA_LKqkfq0Nmu1KGw2mM-OvAQfj90cwPR5_733r9YmlmERQexN44ia3zS_tZqaNg-Vt4TCdnY0eLgu2DeksiH1odENNuV/s320/P1060957.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Caught him in the middle of a "cocka doodle doo"!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8haoz5qlepLLeP2uHt9WJjEx-w4jWilmVrT2o7HsAXnFeLQNbTRV0z8DcLtTes9MLm3CI4_q5UolMzdZrhI9IYJqlN0z34BOQ8bCZFi5u4tymnqU1zy1axDPmkTArJnlQILHG60Oot8pG/s1600/P1060958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8haoz5qlepLLeP2uHt9WJjEx-w4jWilmVrT2o7HsAXnFeLQNbTRV0z8DcLtTes9MLm3CI4_q5UolMzdZrhI9IYJqlN0z34BOQ8bCZFi5u4tymnqU1zy1axDPmkTArJnlQILHG60Oot8pG/s320/P1060958.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwItJuArxGTwCBp-H_7RTcuJ94p7FShQc2-uyuveHbn2yU3CRtEp1PsY0SjS51bdtl79ewi5RLXPHF3pES7T7dGfSQKRzr-xH5FXUFSJ5DU_gqH1Z9Dy675sC3idkf9x8IgCOeYWHws22/s1600/P1060961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwItJuArxGTwCBp-H_7RTcuJ94p7FShQc2-uyuveHbn2yU3CRtEp1PsY0SjS51bdtl79ewi5RLXPHF3pES7T7dGfSQKRzr-xH5FXUFSJ5DU_gqH1Z9Dy675sC3idkf9x8IgCOeYWHws22/s320/P1060961.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">While mom and I were perusing the pumpkins and gourds, Evie got chilly so Becky asked if she could take her out to feed a gourd to one of the cows. Sure! I didn't know cows ate gourds but I guess it makes sense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15yhgCRO1R1CyE7KujgLm9OVEymnOjgFx0gwYPGCqhcww5NRGfUBTfKnRX4UC7PRevxS2g1Hcn4znqKu-zOvlC_cMoqcgnWVLkblT0jk5LH_PQ68F7fencTdJres4jvPP8VpafhRoGqDL/s1600/P1060963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15yhgCRO1R1CyE7KujgLm9OVEymnOjgFx0gwYPGCqhcww5NRGfUBTfKnRX4UC7PRevxS2g1Hcn4znqKu-zOvlC_cMoqcgnWVLkblT0jk5LH_PQ68F7fencTdJres4jvPP8VpafhRoGqDL/s320/P1060963.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Becky did this one because Evie was a bit unsure and dropped the gourd before Jenny the cow had a good hold on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBXkW7JI2AgpUxUqxG05ZDqfkC67xUBdDm-VPOYnkMS086Y0vPsXK-m4dfzNEtaq_w1tWgQhXnRdnR_UhFqbgGADFQOYafCSFtcALvjEcY0nONNNSEroVojr2PyPrZeWr0p5xYdVw2Yfj/s1600/P1060964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBXkW7JI2AgpUxUqxG05ZDqfkC67xUBdDm-VPOYnkMS086Y0vPsXK-m4dfzNEtaq_w1tWgQhXnRdnR_UhFqbgGADFQOYafCSFtcALvjEcY0nONNNSEroVojr2PyPrZeWr0p5xYdVw2Yfj/s320/P1060964.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Trying to pet her... Evie is facinated by all kinds of animals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr-S8AfzB40n0xG-9rqyEnkREmF-sEufXhpxX4GCq4eJN5kGkHvjGMQlkxm2F3PR_KZrrNnAubh7TzfWpIfGeLhiTeudUEeUQON6z7wNKkyNk1P8nYds4aR9uz1VMyBBual-sDo5B4m4w/s1600/P1060965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfr-S8AfzB40n0xG-9rqyEnkREmF-sEufXhpxX4GCq4eJN5kGkHvjGMQlkxm2F3PR_KZrrNnAubh7TzfWpIfGeLhiTeudUEeUQON6z7wNKkyNk1P8nYds4aR9uz1VMyBBual-sDo5B4m4w/s320/P1060965.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> She looks so small next to that giant Jenny cow! This time she got it in her mouth good before she took her hand away. Such a brave little girl!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9dJP8P0Qej02AZQ_4kkMzhIcKgDbplHYt3uhyr3yFzuI2Iuy7ha8OEPWM-y6u_aSi8W6eG_U45b4KqYt8ie8BfyztPDEMgheZlfX7UKImLaLUwAYJ8g4kaK2t4DFh_ucg6kdTxHToP-L/s1600/P1060970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9dJP8P0Qej02AZQ_4kkMzhIcKgDbplHYt3uhyr3yFzuI2Iuy7ha8OEPWM-y6u_aSi8W6eG_U45b4KqYt8ie8BfyztPDEMgheZlfX7UKImLaLUwAYJ8g4kaK2t4DFh_ucg6kdTxHToP-L/s320/P1060970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> They didn't come any closer and backed away when Evie tried to go to them. Then Becky said, maybe that's enough for now... I think she was getting concerned that Evie would get squished if she went in between them, which she seemed to have no fear of doing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAsniM7cBQJ_XMm2-8UY96JJWyrWmVgtRZKVtF0C_OkdLBVUrDOyAFNG3Snq0d-KMoUAmOgPiTo8ga9kTlOeL-jUoPiVmAbBzG7HZ751D9gF8-k7lEULsljxzEcczie9AdlpSXav2g2eH/s1600/P1060973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAsniM7cBQJ_XMm2-8UY96JJWyrWmVgtRZKVtF0C_OkdLBVUrDOyAFNG3Snq0d-KMoUAmOgPiTo8ga9kTlOeL-jUoPiVmAbBzG7HZ751D9gF8-k7lEULsljxzEcczie9AdlpSXav2g2eH/s320/P1060973.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Her display barn for all the fall goodies! I bet it was bursting at the seems before we went the weekend right before Halloween.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQRaLMAqrQZw8r2eSv-bUXO-8MJ59cN6J1D7H9Mb13wMstI568J4JQDwDMYWJOF6PjLaGcr0u18xut9hHG8Ah-ggF2wapUTzGzCd25QeZg-9KRELuTEhwdKqzVHuAGULLh3ipwA3Epc-f/s1600/P1060976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQRaLMAqrQZw8r2eSv-bUXO-8MJ59cN6J1D7H9Mb13wMstI568J4JQDwDMYWJOF6PjLaGcr0u18xut9hHG8Ah-ggF2wapUTzGzCd25QeZg-9KRELuTEhwdKqzVHuAGULLh3ipwA3Epc-f/s320/P1060976.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Love these Cinderella pumpkins! Becky said that they are really good for baking with too, not just to look at ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwihyphenhyphens35i0Ub-mtP5MSKDrGiG9MDYRznAK8DLmwTZx8Tn69DRlwoucGBiDIFSMG7A4OEfJKMCoFbdZFHym1Vlf8udDND1G996z7gy7z5manmiPIg62APgp99-Twny39M6L-bUyxINrtIp/s1600/P1060978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwihyphenhyphens35i0Ub-mtP5MSKDrGiG9MDYRznAK8DLmwTZx8Tn69DRlwoucGBiDIFSMG7A4OEfJKMCoFbdZFHym1Vlf8udDND1G996z7gy7z5manmiPIg62APgp99-Twny39M6L-bUyxINrtIp/s320/P1060978.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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We had had mini blinds on the window in there since I replaced the towels I hung up when we first moved in and so I got rid of them because really they are not the best coverage for a room that you are naked in. Anyhow, after it was repainted I got a tension rod to put inside the frame and stuck this brown curtain panel in there "temporarily". I forgot to get a before picture because I have been meaning to cut and hem this curtain for over a year now so once I decided to do it, I just got going! To give you and idea of how long the curtain was before, the top section in this picture is for my bathroom. We had installed a towel bar below the window and instead of holding our towels, it was holding the train from the curtain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-3wSV5stCF9HH6i1CyfGXvXYYGjIGXLAz6CKR8PHZgIjhUJnoblDx3tsrmvY0MMktp3oB266vL4XAYEKJd_HwhWe684OnadhyphenhyphenX9QObRK6eCt61uLI0LxQuXz6vDt4sSu1nap3jQYvyA9/s1600/P1060852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-3wSV5stCF9HH6i1CyfGXvXYYGjIGXLAz6CKR8PHZgIjhUJnoblDx3tsrmvY0MMktp3oB266vL4XAYEKJd_HwhWe684OnadhyphenhyphenX9QObRK6eCt61uLI0LxQuXz6vDt4sSu1nap3jQYvyA9/s320/P1060852.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ppLaphwxtAHzRfzzxaI4U9JNslTRzhFxbGKOCVKiRhZHaNfkychtgzDoiriaj9Z9BvN9XwFXYDSRdqdrGU7MLuzJV-KHzANuH7DqjkI1LGk5P2oGOQkJOoFGB2xOdL5H2dLiu9HXvEvE/s1600/P1060853.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>I basically, measured the height inside the window frame and added a generous seam allowance. 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> So nice to have that crossed off my to do list FINALLY!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-85537810511298844762011-10-16T00:06:00.000-05:002011-10-16T00:06:15.668-05:00Freezer Stencil Shirt and Layered Dress-Up Skirt<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm so excited! I know its been a long time since my last post but usually when I come back, I don't have any fun projects to share! This time, I have been a crafting MACHINE! I can't share all of the goodies just yet because I want the recipients to see them first when they receive them! But, this one I has already been received so let's check it out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I knew I wanted to do a freezer stencil shirt with the bday girl's first initial and then I was thinking dress up... sooooo, I started with the shirt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had just gotten a pack of plain white tshirts but they were really boxy, not girly at all, so after I did the stencil I grabbed a cute xs old navy shirt in Evie's garage sale totes (having all those different sizes sure comes in handy!), turned the white tshirt inside out, laid it on top and cut, cut, cut! I moved the sleeves in, made them smaller and narrowed the sides and shortened it a tad. This was one of the times that I was super glad that a couple years ago for my birthday/mother's day the hubby got me a serger! I serged up all the seams and then used my double needle that came with my sewing machine to do the bottom hem. I got brave enough to try the double needle for the first time after seeing Ashley's tips <a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/05/sewing-tips-basic-stitches-plus-double.html">here</a>. The one that came with my machine was not very wide, so I got a 4.0/75 at the fabric store today for the next time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">For the skirt, I had some different dressy fabric remnants a friend had given me so, I used them to make a layered ruffly skirt. For the skirt, I just took about 3x the waist measurement so it would gather more and be fuller, then I think the longest layer was around 14 inches and then the middle layer (tulle) was a few inches shorter and the pink fabric (?) was just barely shorter than that. I serged the fabrics together and folded it over about an inch for the waist and I serged the bottom of all the layers too. I also had some fun pink ribbon/embellishment that I attached to the tulle layer to make it fun!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">And, the sweet girl <3 we've been having some beautiful weather, though this week its getting a bit cooler</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdF-K3q-CnlbqvSL6_gAyOLltY4xrhUdDaWB3OfvJPfhyIMUu91jWLamUk-f9hhh2W4wXkCFVUWMA1pPt28OAnF7OaLGzpEFpypzDnBXPPRLDOsg2heQKjSts0fT7QNDaiMn5D8l1y6L5/s1600/P1060776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdF-K3q-CnlbqvSL6_gAyOLltY4xrhUdDaWB3OfvJPfhyIMUu91jWLamUk-f9hhh2W4wXkCFVUWMA1pPt28OAnF7OaLGzpEFpypzDnBXPPRLDOsg2heQKjSts0fT7QNDaiMn5D8l1y6L5/s320/P1060776.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> And, D got the Christmas lights put up too, so now just have to try to wait...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiit2_22zTWqHZd78SMonPvjCKhp_JBcg_3wDImoUEWSXdkzX_cYioB8JZCTynttU9R9D-oen0vfT2-3gybZzkh9y3GUjjO9piGCsausKupQZh4Bt9iPvk62IFDxljnjxjkj7ggAdPfP4LU/s1600/P1060783.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiit2_22zTWqHZd78SMonPvjCKhp_JBcg_3wDImoUEWSXdkzX_cYioB8JZCTynttU9R9D-oen0vfT2-3gybZzkh9y3GUjjO9piGCsausKupQZh4Bt9iPvk62IFDxljnjxjkj7ggAdPfP4LU/s320/P1060783.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, what do you think? It was for the 6 year old daughter of the couple who host our church community group. I gave it to her the night we had our group when the kiddos (who are mostly little girls) spend most of the evening playing dress up, and that night "L" wore it first, then the other gal who is about the same age, "M", came down wearing the whole thing too. I think that means they like it :)</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-44011647451794109382011-09-19T16:28:00.001-05:002011-10-15T22:45:07.476-05:00The Reveal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Are you just bursting with excitement and anticipation? I KNEW it! Remember this fabric from the previous post?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4aJ4g9QHwkLOo4mbM3lA-1Q39ECCztMVuoyAbSxpS4WqNLfr0EpT8nmnp9hnszZhEC6ouHH0T6fiSrai1tTVxO6FEcBWEY6-utSMGHkQMElxCwR0m1qd5cX8VVCE4C1FoHJCk-DBpPQy/s1600/P1060627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4aJ4g9QHwkLOo4mbM3lA-1Q39ECCztMVuoyAbSxpS4WqNLfr0EpT8nmnp9hnszZhEC6ouHH0T6fiSrai1tTVxO6FEcBWEY6-utSMGHkQMElxCwR0m1qd5cX8VVCE4C1FoHJCk-DBpPQy/s320/P1060627.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I told you when I picked it up that I had an idea for a refashion. My idea was to make matching mommy, Evie pj pants! Cute, right? Well, I had made some toddler pants before but I never really loved how they turned out... then earlier this year I found <a href="http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-and-pattern-kid-pants.html">this tutorial</a> from Dana at the awesome/inspiring blog <a href="http://www.dana-made-it.com/">MADE</a>. (If you've never visited her blog, I highly recommend it!) When I found her tutorial on how to make your own pattern and steps for sewing some cute kid pants that look store bought, I thought "hey, now that looks pretty simple", so I jumped right in and made a pair. Ok, that's totally a BIG LIE! I think originally, I found the tutorial back at the beginning of summer and was going to do the shorts version... you know, for summer. I had already drawn up the patterns for the pants and for long shorts (because they look so stinkin' cute on Evie) and a few days ago, I pulled out the pj set, tried the bottoms on me which fit besides being "high waters" (that's Iowa lingo for short pants) and then set about fitting the pattern pieces on the shirt for Evie's pants. Because this is a woman's medium set, I had to go with the long short pattern and decided to make them a bit longer - capri length - I would add a ruffle at the bottom in a complimenting color. I also, figured that since my pants are too short anyways, that for another project I will shorten them and add a ruffle as well for the matching set I was hoping for originally. Eventually ;)<br />
The pants came together really quickly. It started to slow down a bit when I got into figuring out how I wanted to do the ruffle at the bottom. I chose red cotton and cut strips that were about 2x as wide as the bottom of the leg to be able to ruffle. They were also twice as tall as I wanted so I could fold them over (you could also just do a hem on the bottom and use less fabric). Then, I decided to pleat them instead of gathering the ruffle (truth be told, I just don't like gathering fabric). After making the fabric into tubes I measured out how much extra I had, about 4 inches flat (or 8 inches total) and divided it into 8 different pleats of about an inch each, then pinned and did a basting stitch to hold it in place so I could pin and sew it to the leg, then I topstitched it down. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Done, right? Well, maybe not... I have a bunch of 24 month long sleeve carters onsies that I had gotten when Evie was 2 to make cute shirts for her... yeah, didn't get done. So, after making such cute jammie pants, I thought "these need a cute shirt to match, then she'll have a set!" I grabbed one of the onsies tried it on her (sadly they still fit even though she is going to be 4 in less than 5 months, they are actually way longer than her torso) marked the length and then hacked it off with my rotary cutter. Then after a couple tries got a bottom hem done that matches the sleeve hems. Though, next time I am going to use a double needle... I found <a href="http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/05/sewing-tips-basic-stitches-plus-double.html">this tutorial</a> for using double needles for knit fabric too late this time! My original idea was to do an applique with some of the frog fabric and maybe a heart from the red fabric, but after cutting them out and trying to get them arranged on the shirt, I just thought they looked<strike> stupid</strike> ok, so we don't use that word, but they looked bad. Definitely not like something I would pay money for. So, back to the drawing board. Then, I thought what about painting something on the shirt to match? I drew up a larger image of the frog's head as decided by myself and my husband then I jumped on the computer and did some searches for using acrylic paint on fabric and found that it is generally said that it will be stiff and crack unless you use a fabric tempering medium to mix in... well, I am on a tight budget so was hoping to use things I already have. I have a variety of "puffy fabric paint" and some craft acrylic paint too. I didn't have the green in the fabric paint so I decided to do a test run on a scrap t-shirt of white puff paint mixed with green craft paint... it worked :) </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>Next, I traced the outline on the onsie t-shirt with a fabric marker and my laptop screen as a tracing table.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pretty cute, no? Yes :) So, the next morning, I show this to Evie. The conversation goes something like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me: "What do you think?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Evie: "Good."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me: "What do you think of it with the pants?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Evie: looks it over, then "it needs legs. It's supposed to match those ones (on the pants)"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me: wishing I hadn't drawn attention to it "so I need to paint a body on it too?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Evie: "yes"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me: back to the drawing board. Literally.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzTj3tX_lYqaxZQqBPKtWZkeZskYcub_u4NTZhrSghY3vRIkVMhl_ZeQ-klPslbt1UkeYoPoA-fzLIXId8RkJTCUws0IbRTpuiJDft49JRnYIXEruBb_Gu07mWNKblHKIUF3irklwN_SM/s1600/P9160513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzTj3tX_lYqaxZQqBPKtWZkeZskYcub_u4NTZhrSghY3vRIkVMhl_ZeQ-klPslbt1UkeYoPoA-fzLIXId8RkJTCUws0IbRTpuiJDft49JRnYIXEruBb_Gu07mWNKblHKIUF3irklwN_SM/s320/P9160513.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-22864659480294709462011-09-18T00:39:00.000-05:002011-09-18T00:39:47.471-05:00I am so excited!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I finally completed an entire project! It seems like lately, I just have a bunch of partially done sewing projects. Sometimes because things aren't going like I want them to, sometimes because it gets to unknown territory and my lack of confidence keeps me from moving ahead. Whatever the reason, it leaves me feeling frustrated and unable to create cute homemade items that don't necessarily look homemade but like something that someone would actually pay money for. Anyhow, I still have to get the girly to model the entire outfit so I can get pictures to post but I will give you a sneak peak at what I started with before the refashion took place. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxs6RUy7kGFA-xHsZ9oy0K8a980t4StzgfFt5wlcLRpSYGakbXEbqs_2GAx9C-lc1Bq2prE5tq3fhP1sZpwYkm6RqbIJnal4uNLtT68cd3viEGDGt34z1hHeuuiscmTozU7ti3Sfxp1qo3/s1600/P1060627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxs6RUy7kGFA-xHsZ9oy0K8a980t4StzgfFt5wlcLRpSYGakbXEbqs_2GAx9C-lc1Bq2prE5tq3fhP1sZpwYkm6RqbIJnal4uNLtT68cd3viEGDGt34z1hHeuuiscmTozU7ti3Sfxp1qo3/s320/P1060627.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Isn't this froggy fabric cute? I saw this set for $1 at a garage sale early this summer and though the pants are usually too short for me, I thought maybe I could do a refashion. I just want to make a note that I am really proud of myself for getting a refashion done the same year I bought the fabric :) I am also pretty excited that I went a different direction with part of it than originally planned too! I can't wait to share it with you!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">So, do you have any guesses what I did with it?</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-77944748158141985112011-08-27T18:36:00.000-05:002011-08-27T18:36:14.605-05:00I love a good deal! (or I'm a cheapskate!)I have never been one to (want to) pay full price for clothes. I think it comes partly from growing up in a blue collar family of 6 and partly from being super poor in college because I hadn't been very wise in my finances. I just don't like to spend money. And I have never been a huge fan of shopping (which definitely shows in my wardrobe). Anyhow, after Evie was born and I was staying a home with her, I decided to try garage sale shopping when they started the spring after she was born. I will tell you that Ankeny has some killer sales with nice clothes at really cheap prices (they have really overpriced ones too). It didn't take me long to be addicted to getting great deals! Every week I would plan ahead searching Craigslist for Ankeny garage sales, got my list all together with directions and a game plan then set out with my little passenger in search of great deals. It became my way of "creating" more money for us by not spending so much on her clothes. Truth be told, a lot of the time I became more attached to the 2nd hand clothes than to the brand new ones I did buy. I just don't see the point of buying brand new clothes that will either get ruined or she will only wear once. Even Evie got into the spirit of finding good deals and the summer after she turned 1 she started finding items that she wanted me to buy for her too :) There was a tiny baby she found for 10 cents and a pull behind fisher price puppy for 50 cents and then people started giving her things that she found to keep herself busy while I browsed because "she was so cute!" My husband used to joke that I should be a personal garage sale shopper for people because I found such great stuff :)<br />
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My most recent venture today was pretty small because it is getting to the end of the season but I did find a Gap down winter jacket for $5! And a pair of classic teva sandals for $1 and a couple other pieces for 50 cents each.<br />
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So we are pretty set for the next size. I have 2 tubs of 4t clothes from garage sales, plus the coat and a jean jacket and shoes (including some pink low top converse in perfect shape, a couple pairs of cloth mary janes, classic crocs and mary jane crocs). There are like 6 stacks of long sleeve shirts, then holiday shirts for Halloween/Christmas, jeans, colored corderoys, sweaters, sweatshirst, skirts and dresses, tights, knit pants. One of my favorites is an adorable purple sweater dress <3 hopefully I can get her to wear some dresses this year!<br />
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I also have a partial tub of 4T summer clothes (in the background) and I have to admit there are probably close to 10 swim suits in there... but at 50 cents a piece for new looking suits I had trouble turning them down :) Then I also have a tub full of 5T/6/xs stuff that was just too great of a deal and too cute to pass up! Seriously, old navy 5slim girlfriend jeans for 50 cents? Um, yes please!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This summer I have also had fun shopping for my sis-in-law who is due with her 3rd baby at the end of September (she has 2 boys already). After we found out it was a girl (yay!) I started keeping my eye out for good deals, because they live in Washington and we either have to take them with us when we go visit (hopefully) in October or ship them. Boy, did I find some <strike>good </strike>great deals! All this for less than $25! There are 3 jammies, 2 sleep sacks, 6 2 pc outfits, 2 4pc outfits, 8 pairs knit pants, 12 onsies, hooded zip up sweater, 6 shirts, 1 dress, insulated bib overalls, jeanskirt overall, pink polka dot sweater vest, a load of itty bitty socks, soft purple blanket, a few burp cloths, 2 or 3 pairs of jeans, 4 bibs, 4 tiny pairs of shoes, haba wood ring rattle, old navy black puffy vest (new looking for 50 cents!), camo columbia fleece pullover (also 50 cents) and some Cars jammies. The last 3 are for our nephews but for 1.25 total I couldn't resist! Now, the trick will be getting everything out to Washington! My mother in law is going out right before the sheduled c-section so I might try to send some with her if she has room. Then we are waiting to see if we can afford to go out but hoping to go late October. Paying for the 3rd ticket for Evie really adds up! But we wouldn't have to pay for a place to stay which helps ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-15301160518624158942011-08-25T20:23:00.000-05:002011-08-25T20:23:37.612-05:00A day at the beach... er, I mean park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I meant to post the pics from this sooner but I was hoping our desktop computer would be fixed sooner (its still in the shop) so I wouldn't have to use our ancient laptop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last week we went to a park to meet up with some moms from my Titus2 womens group from church since we took the summer off. It made me excited for our regular meetings to start again after Labor Day. It was a couple of gals from this group that really helped me out by praying for me and sending me Bible verses to meditate on when I was so anxious about leaving Evie for our Bahamas trip back in April. I don't know what I would have done without their counsel. Evie just loves any time she can get together with other kids too so she looks forward to the meetings as much as I do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-14069150637612948842011-08-21T20:54:00.000-05:002011-08-21T20:54:44.130-05:00Trainland USA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today started out like most Sundays in our house, we woke up went to church, had some lunch at our favorite mexican restaurant, took a lovely nap.... then woke up and had a surprise visit from Grandpa Bob and Grandma Joyce on the Harley. They also had a little t-shirt for Evie from <a href="http://www.trainlandusa.com/">Trainland USA</a>, where they had stopped out on their scenic drive to check it out before our trip originally planned for Wednesday of this week. Then, they figured since they were so close, why don't they just swing on over and deliver the shirt :) Well, since it was just after 2pm and they are open until 6pm why don't we all just head over today? Okay, I think we will! It was neat and fun, although not something I would do regularly, and now we have been there, done that, so to speak. Evie's favorite part was a coin operated choo choo ;) </div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chalk drawing with Evie turned into Evie telling me what to draw and picking out the colors. And its probably just me, but I love this "family portrait"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then, the artist in me clawed its way out and I spent a good portion of the time doing this and it turned out pretty good. Then, it rained later that day. Boooo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade pie filling, cherry on the left and rhubarb(from my patch) on the right. Basic recipe would be about 2 1/2 c of rhubarb or 1 sm bag of frozen pie cherries (about 2-3 cups I think), mix together 1 cup sugar with 5 tablespoons of flour then mix into fruit and cook on low heat with lid on stirring often to keep sugar from burning until liquid from fruit mixes with sugar/flour and thickens... its not an exact science :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trial run of hand pies made from uncooked tortillas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">almost forgot to take a picture before they were gone! it turned out okay with the tortilla, i think it was just so flat pressed that it didn't have any of the normal flakiness of regular pie crust even though it was basically the same ingredients. they were still yummy though :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my rhubarb is getting to the end of the season so it is drier and a lot less sweet (even for rhubarb) but it still is yummy with the right amount of sugar ;) and I don't want to waste it so I have started slowly harvesting it, cleaning, cutting and freezing it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To make it easier to use out of the freezer, I lay the pieces out on foil on a cookie sheet in the freezer till frozen and then put in freezer bags.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-87391933585395598322011-06-25T00:02:00.000-05:002011-06-25T00:02:26.786-05:00Oh! For Pete's Sake!Seriously! What is the matter with me?! I can't seem to get this blog running to save my life... but then again, I have always had a problem with consistency in, well lets just say, a lot of areas. One week (or day) I've got everything under control and my "plan" is going perfectly. Then the next, I feel like I am barely treading water! I read so many blogs that have such gifted authors and think "I wish I could write like that or make people laugh like that". Maybe the problem really is that I want to be one of those amazing blogger moms that sews every day or at least close to it and then blogs about it but I just can't seem to get it together. So, that's my whine for the moment. And you know what? I feel a little better :)<br />
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I am currently almost through week 3 of the Insanity 60 day workout program, which I talked more about <a href="http://eviesmommy.blogspot.com/2011/06/insanity.html">here</a>. I am a tad frustrated though because even though I am DEFINITELY in much better shape than when I started, I have not had the weight just falling off. (As a disclaimer though, I should mention that I really am not following any sort of "diet" plan and do occassionally have <strike>some </strike>a pint of Ben and Jerry's or make a ginormous batch of cookie dough trying out a recipe of Dana's from <a href="http://www.dana-made-it.com/2011/05/chocolate-chip-cookies-any-day-of-week.html">Made</a>...)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Big Baby" (and as a disclaimer she named it this before Toy Story 3 came out) riding a horse, and when she saw me taking the picture she placed the little grey horse in the foreground :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ky and Evie watching the tractor mow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she loves babies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">she still will go in the baby swings so she can get underdogs </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">snuggling with Uncle Jake watching a movie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cousin Violet and Evie hanging out at Grandpa and Grandma's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">D and my younger brother helping my parents with the wood splitting</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-48299654350202486482011-06-09T00:04:00.001-05:002011-06-13T19:46:56.994-05:00INSANITY!I meant to post about this <strike>yesterday</strike> Monday but I forgot until <strike>this morning</strike> Tuesday, and then I just didn't have time until (what is today? Wednesday?!) ok, yeah, Wednesday. Night. Late night. So, here you go...<br />
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After the reality of swimsuit season set in, seeing that we have been at the pool at least every other day since it opened, I decided that I needed to get busy and do something to feel better about my "baby fat". It has been an up and down battle since Evie was born over 3 years ago. Within a week of her birth, I got down to about 5 lbs more than my weight right when I got pregnant (that means I lost 25 lbs in about 4 days... but then...) But from there it went back up as I didn't find time to workout with a newborn. And now I am about 15 lbs up from that and kind of fluctuated a bit but not really getting much higher. The real problem is that my prepregnancy weight was about 10 lbs higher than I would have liked so now I find myself 30 lbs from my ideal weight and a closet with the clothes I am "going to fit back into" all shoved to the back. So, back to this post. I had looked into the extreme body shaping type programs that are offered in my area thinking that maybe having the accountability of going to a class and paying a significant amount of money for it might keep me in check, but alas they are 2 weeks into the current session and I don't want to wait another 6 to 8 weeks to start doing something. So, I pulled out my <a href="http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/insanity.do?t=san1a1&gclid=CM-t6ovYpKkCFYS8Kgod8hgutg&code=SEMB_GOOGLE_SAN&extcmp=18572555653&ef_id=@gNN7pFbmzcAAMWA:20110607210011:s">Insanity</a> workout DVDs that I had ordered a while back and decided I was going to go for it! So, Monday, I got up did my before weight, measurements and even *yikes!* pictures and then did the day 1 workout - the Fit Test. The Fit Test is about 25 minutes long with warm up and cool down and it is hard! Most of the "test" part of it, I was pushing myself as hard as I could and was gasping for air!<br />
Tuesday when I got out of bed, I was quites sore from pushing myself and using muscles that, let's just say it, don't get used very often! But I powered through my day 2 workout that was about 41 minutes long and felt great! Sweat pouring off every part of me by midway through the warm up! <br />
Wednesday... well, that was another level of sore with some added stiffness in my calf area that made navigating the stairway a bit more treacherous than normal :) After walking around a bit, I started to loosen up (some) and so again headed down to my "insane" workout. And as I write the rest of this post, I am still really sore. Earlier today, I asked D if he remembered how long it took before the stiff type soreness went away. He didn't, so I don't know how long this will last. <br />
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You know, I should just take a minute to do a mini-disclaimer on myself and my ideal workout, etc... this workout is not for everyone - it says that before every workout begins. But, I really like a workout that seems hard to get through, I want to know that the time I have to put into working out is getting me the biggest bang for my buck. I like the challenge of being able to push myself harder every time I do a workout and still feel challenged by it and like it was a hard as the first time I did it. Insanity is that type of workout. Now, I have to say that I also love Billy Blanks and my trusty ol' Tae Bo Live Advanced VHS tapes (not available on DVD, I have looked) but with those workouts you kind of reach a plateau where you don't really get as much out of it once you achieve a certain level of fitness. But, I still love them <3<br />
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Ok, so where was I? Somewhere in the middle of pain and week 1 in my 60 day (really its 9 weeks of 6 workouts a week, so 62 days from start to end) Insanity challenge. I know I don't have a lot of readers but I thought it might help me to have my goal and some points along the way actually written down for me (and others) to see. So here's the plan. After this, I am going to update every time I do the Fit Test and at halfway and the end when I recheck my measurements and weight giving the amount lost. Now, somewhere up above I said that I was about 30 pounds from my "ideal" weight. My goal for this 60 day session is to lose around 18 pounds which would put me back at my prepregnancy weight. Along with that, I am hoping to go down 2 pants sizes and hopefully fit into some of the jeans I wore at the beginning of my pregnancy. I know "stuff" shifts around during pregnancy so I don't know what to expect my body shape to be when I get to that weight. Then, if all goes well, I am going to do another round and hopefully get close to my ideal weight (which I will continue to evaluate as I lose - who knows, it may be more or less). So, there you have it...<br />
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Ready? Set? GO!<br />
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Monday 6/5 Fit Test 1<br />
1. Switch Kicks - 122*<br />
2. Power Jacks - 59<br />
3. Power Knees - 109<br />
4. Power Jumps - 46 hello plyo*<br />
5. Globe Jumps - 10 rotations consisting of 4 jumps each<br />
6. Suicide Jumps - 12*<br />
7. Push-up Jacks - 23 but I need to work on going deeper in my pushup<br />
8. Low Plank Oblique - 64<br />
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the ones I have marked with an * I <strike>hate </strike>feel the most challenged byBonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-19817086775677093722011-06-06T21:01:00.000-05:002011-06-06T21:01:23.517-05:00Thank Goodness for Our Pool Pass!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So it has been wicked hot here in the midwest! Today it was 95 before the heat index which I thought I heard pushed it up over 100! But we didn't notice that much because Evie and I spent the afternoon at the pool :) We have been "swimming" 4 or 5 times already since the pool opened the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. We have 2 aquatic centers here now. The older one has a beach entry for the little ones but then is only separated from the deeper waters by ropes. It has a toddler/kid friendly slide and fountains plus a splash park for when they are doing pool checks every hour. The newer one has a separate kid pool area with 3 different degrees of slides for the younger ones and more fountains and a huge bucket that dumps when it gets full. It also has a lazy river which I took Evie on yesterday when we went and she LOVES it! The rest is like a mini waterpark with quite a few different slides but who cares since I only get to do what Evie does ;)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, I decided that I wanted to get a pool pass and get Evie to the water a lot this summer for a couple of reasons.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. so that we would spend more time doing things outside (even when it is horribly hot like it gets here in Iowa) and, </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. so that she would get more acclimated to the water and maybe not be afraid to go under all the way by the end of the summer.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I didn't realize that I cared about this at all until towards the end of last summer when we went swimming with some friends and Evie's little buddy was diving under and trying to swim. Evie wasn't even wanting to jump off the edge of the pool to me. I didn't like that she was that afraid of getting her head wet and wanted to get her used to being around the water before she got old enough to really be afraid.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So back to this year... so far each time, she has not wanted to go down any of the slides and would not jump to either D or myself from the edge. She likes going in the deeper water and holding on to the edge or us and today while we were over there something happened... she watched as a boy a little bigger than her jumped to what appeared to be his older sister and she caught him! Evie looked at me and said "did you see that? she has her arms out and caught him!" I guess in that moment, something clicked and then she decided she wanted to give it a try after all. So, I was instructed to stand basically at the edge with my arms raised up to catch her. She jumped. I caught her. She thought it was great! So little by little she instructed me to back up a teensy bit until I was about 3-4 feet from the edge. She continued to jump and jump and jump, all the while having a fabulous time! Her face was even going in a little some of the times and she wasn't concerned in the least! BREAKTHROUGH! Then, not only was she jumping to me, she started getting creative! She did spinning jumps and dive-ish jumps, and cannonball jumps! We did that for 20-30 minutes before we had to get out! I was so proud of her and it reminded me of what my mom had said to me this weekend. She told me that by the end of the summer I was going to be wondering what I had been so worried about :) Hmmm, should I be surprised that she was right already? I had been so concerned because my daring daughter was not at all daring in the water, till today! So lesson learned, now I just have to remember that ha ha! I am so excited to see what the rest of the summer brings!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6DYfXZ6ZTsHAzzcvhsVQBAJWk52BLT6r6XF2oGYQNmiKx4sSj0X7C7B93kV3wRTofLL3lqRGF7VInEwLRkztFXqQlkUGo1c0GsVhGlnda_I6-xsqzrkCuKFs2oBK7ubZGd6KuuDksW4X/s1600/evie+at+the+pool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6DYfXZ6ZTsHAzzcvhsVQBAJWk52BLT6r6XF2oGYQNmiKx4sSj0X7C7B93kV3wRTofLL3lqRGF7VInEwLRkztFXqQlkUGo1c0GsVhGlnda_I6-xsqzrkCuKFs2oBK7ubZGd6KuuDksW4X/s320/evie+at+the+pool.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-9756164288348715252011-06-01T23:09:00.000-05:002011-06-01T23:09:39.350-05:00Memorial WeekendI think this was the first Memorial Day weekend in quite a while that we didn't have some sort of travel plans. So we just took it a day at a time and spent some good time together a a family and even with our neighbors.<br />
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We had to stop while we were out running around to watch a goose family having an afternoon snack. If you haven't heard before, Evie is completely obsessed with families of all sorts. Animals, people, rocks, I cringe to say it, but also her poops... yes, even those get titled as "mommy", "baby", or "daddy" based on size. She wants EVERYTHING to have a mommy, daddy and at least one baby.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0zI4WL3K-GXgK2hDSXsBAzfNQ-IC93er9DrmoWD5QYgTvO8HNOeSjHdDpIugaOrgWwIvOmMU0naiTaoBlB1LmYKOlFSVT6wfZcFUmUKPYj3AOzkMFFkDgtbX0zkWjDTvfTv5ygMMLAIo/s1600/P5280133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0zI4WL3K-GXgK2hDSXsBAzfNQ-IC93er9DrmoWD5QYgTvO8HNOeSjHdDpIugaOrgWwIvOmMU0naiTaoBlB1LmYKOlFSVT6wfZcFUmUKPYj3AOzkMFFkDgtbX0zkWjDTvfTv5ygMMLAIo/s320/P5280133.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div> Moving on... Saturday night, we (meaning D) lugged our firebowl to the grass circle in the middle of the cul de sac beside our house. We started at around 7 ish I think with us, and our neighbors with 4 boys 5, 4, 3, and 1 year old. Evie calls them "the kids". "Mom, the kids are outside. I want to go play with the kids." You get the picture :) Then as the night progresses most of the neighbors in that circle were sitting out with us. They roasted marshmallows and were offering some to Evie (who I had told that they had too much sugar for her) so she boldly replies, "No thanks, THEY HAVE TOO MUCH SUGAR." Hello, mortified mom. But, she didn't even whine a little bit about it, she just went on the same as she had. Sooooo, I remembered I had the fixin's for gluten free, no high fructose corn sugar or artificial stuff, smores. These are made with gf graham crackers, ricemallow, and vegan chocolate chips. She was in heaven! Great first smores experience for her (and me)!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPq4vuPcKb38TXbEMG4bNTxCAWZHq-h2bKtD-z8HCrwWYspxq41w6TfqFOnW9tyiFWnkjxFC-sl4TZbfb1Yuc660x2nmr98GEwZ8EZSkgraZcmYVWbI73YXis0FwGtCCnibJAECDxPFHH/s1600/P5280137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPq4vuPcKb38TXbEMG4bNTxCAWZHq-h2bKtD-z8HCrwWYspxq41w6TfqFOnW9tyiFWnkjxFC-sl4TZbfb1Yuc660x2nmr98GEwZ8EZSkgraZcmYVWbI73YXis0FwGtCCnibJAECDxPFHH/s320/P5280137.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div> Here she is with "the biggest kid" aka Atticus :) He is her fave because he interacts with her the most and likes hugs, which she attempts to bestow on all her friends. After it became rediculously late for the kiddos, most had trickled in to bed, but Evie was of course still trying to be social. It was after midnight when she got to bed and we had just left the firebowl with the neighbors who were still up.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1duDB-RpaRG29TJm2VH4wAo_GWP8JvDLpuEZkRTx3cKk8zGkP2Q3RRHjnpLlT2u1oUA6nhY48pOYWGA_0BOCRK-hIQhJy_48wDbiDiREYW_cpp5ngRG4PPUKJ7NhirfInZwTiuVIegaj5/s1600/P5280139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1duDB-RpaRG29TJm2VH4wAo_GWP8JvDLpuEZkRTx3cKk8zGkP2Q3RRHjnpLlT2u1oUA6nhY48pOYWGA_0BOCRK-hIQhJy_48wDbiDiREYW_cpp5ngRG4PPUKJ7NhirfInZwTiuVIegaj5/s320/P5280139.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div> The next day we all took naps after church... Evie was yawning on the way to church. Then we decided to have a fire in our driveway instead so it wouldn't go quite so late. This time, we got the grill out too and did some hotdogs (we love Applegate Farms all beef and Trader Joes mini all beef hotdogs are a favorite of Evie's) and had chips and "the kids'" mom Ruthie made some guacamole, yum! It was a much earlier night to bed, though still late. I was very glad that we had Monday to recuperate some before D had to go back to work.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Anyhow, back to my day with my mom. We had been planning it for a little while but it happened that her Uncle Samuel passed away two days before so we did a little gardening in my mom's garden and then traveled to Amish/Mennonite country to go to the visitation and spend some time with that part of the family (Uncle Samuel was my grandpa's sister's husband...) I actually got to take Evie to see my Mennonite relatives last May. Samuel played the harmonica for us and Evie was a hit as usual :) In the pic below Samuel is the guy at the far end of the table opposite the gal in the bright blue shirt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkdrim9jOucNQk8BFy4qwKsnV-GkpSozLdPnuM5A7henQAg7XebMS4qRywGhlop21klbDMqlL05MjQKln77RbP6ed2-DcfFWZFC9rr4poENuBZfmhxVbP8DijNl21wLHLPfgSI9_oI1dV/s1600/DSCF7042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkdrim9jOucNQk8BFy4qwKsnV-GkpSozLdPnuM5A7henQAg7XebMS4qRywGhlop21klbDMqlL05MjQKln77RbP6ed2-DcfFWZFC9rr4poENuBZfmhxVbP8DijNl21wLHLPfgSI9_oI1dV/s320/DSCF7042.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my mom's cousin Dan (Samuel's son - I think there are 9 kids all together!) Evie had been eying his pedal tractor when we toured the house so he got it out for her to ride around :) His wife is Edie... LOVE her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGC2ye8L0tGnxW6j_-H68wRTNm9G8owbDdZHxQWKdlC3nYXP9GZcpyZW-OllKkIwI4ma12-imjI1d9XeMyy-m-F5g6ULhXruRTvbnCyWn8rsadwjPcm7S-kS-UL5wiiDUBY4FyqVWU189/s1600/DSCF7046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGC2ye8L0tGnxW6j_-H68wRTNm9G8owbDdZHxQWKdlC3nYXP9GZcpyZW-OllKkIwI4ma12-imjI1d9XeMyy-m-F5g6ULhXruRTvbnCyWn8rsadwjPcm7S-kS-UL5wiiDUBY4FyqVWU189/s320/DSCF7046.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Then of course before we left, Evie had to give the big Andy doll a hug and kiss :)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFIlYbgc0MVxFmoai3bdCgdEpFkUhMKB0hI7urc0Tb6jzREfl63n9UEcEQu6XtsiE-NG5FultKNISb8BKjPTPz6VTzR8Gx9q8UiEapSlkA4HdID0YLOPD4UQqBnhwx4sN9_qBrcaXrVva/s1600/DSCF7049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFIlYbgc0MVxFmoai3bdCgdEpFkUhMKB0hI7urc0Tb6jzREfl63n9UEcEQu6XtsiE-NG5FultKNISb8BKjPTPz6VTzR8Gx9q8UiEapSlkA4HdID0YLOPD4UQqBnhwx4sN9_qBrcaXrVva/s320/DSCF7049.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As soon as you get close, you start seeing lots of these. We met some awesome Amish folks and I had a lot of fun talking with extended family that I don't see often. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBngJlzOtKH1RRUK4KwGOmChDbFJC8HAYUsXD15ZvzO59ZCytGldwBgQ2peO8aCmSmp5kwLICwCBYDJEFCjqcd26ONXsp9bRteWKd1CBaZ0x5w-ZPG5xUtq29DyIf83RI1MSQEMYp0fp_N/s1600/P1060088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBngJlzOtKH1RRUK4KwGOmChDbFJC8HAYUsXD15ZvzO59ZCytGldwBgQ2peO8aCmSmp5kwLICwCBYDJEFCjqcd26ONXsp9bRteWKd1CBaZ0x5w-ZPG5xUtq29DyIf83RI1MSQEMYp0fp_N/s320/P1060088.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I saw this sign as we were leaving the area... had to take a picture :)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9ssBEE8rEZNSbgBySCrRElSs37xFdGbUQqiyihro7oEpxz31oRYX-g1iZ2WIRgCUpASBAYRMiP_IsluWLQsKRRZOKsrCP_OnohVfOBn-3Saw80s1g5frhXmCVQesnoLuRCYq0s_kQSyg/s1600/P1060089copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9ssBEE8rEZNSbgBySCrRElSs37xFdGbUQqiyihro7oEpxz31oRYX-g1iZ2WIRgCUpASBAYRMiP_IsluWLQsKRRZOKsrCP_OnohVfOBn-3Saw80s1g5frhXmCVQesnoLuRCYq0s_kQSyg/s320/P1060089copy.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> Then a couple weekends ago we had our friend Matt and his son Dawson over for supper. Dawson is 3 months older than Evie and so they have been buddies as long as they remember!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eW5Hlzldk4WGEPVbVwxwx13pncUx-G8dxoFM8wGA5OSmk5waloBDKEVpeqpwtv_PZtVH79qSfe08qETd5i933g9_VNfMZLGI6zDchouI52bWeQ-g90s-xknacEwRLjamOMfF60MqGWcG/s1600/P1060096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eW5Hlzldk4WGEPVbVwxwx13pncUx-G8dxoFM8wGA5OSmk5waloBDKEVpeqpwtv_PZtVH79qSfe08qETd5i933g9_VNfMZLGI6zDchouI52bWeQ-g90s-xknacEwRLjamOMfF60MqGWcG/s320/P1060096.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> This is Dawson and Evie 2 days after she was born... on Valentine's Day 2008! Neither was very happy about being put down so we could take a picture of how much bigger 3 month old Dawson was than peanut Evie :)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNDoAi0aDZXyPhbnOn30aqyZ6C7ZFJ-YR_ZNmpavK3ZEIc7WFAD1nztA1mTthEYTsEBl-cgccsfWeJwW1Fh70tj8fkjhpc_x-pW4DmXU4QfXzgWmpH4d8SCiJ5D90Ls8jdU7brcRtumE2/s1600/100_2502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNDoAi0aDZXyPhbnOn30aqyZ6C7ZFJ-YR_ZNmpavK3ZEIc7WFAD1nztA1mTthEYTsEBl-cgccsfWeJwW1Fh70tj8fkjhpc_x-pW4DmXU4QfXzgWmpH4d8SCiJ5D90Ls8jdU7brcRtumE2/s320/100_2502.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> And, I had to throw in a picture of our kookie cat Harley Davidson (named for his rumbling purr he had even as a fist sized kitten) He often sleeps on his back like this and when its too bright he covers his face with his paw... for dramatic effect I believe!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0zeC1X_kdPcFSkRYSsNkWmvtJHg6Y6yr3UnRvqSZRdQbIcSLV2HKWiNZBMCGG2iT7rrMiAzKhwOiaM-aV4c5qBvlp98tAMBtgAgVqUQNrbz1CIEuuMuUDrF7u_lTbME8mVgktilLQvO-/s1600/P1060102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0zeC1X_kdPcFSkRYSsNkWmvtJHg6Y6yr3UnRvqSZRdQbIcSLV2HKWiNZBMCGG2iT7rrMiAzKhwOiaM-aV4c5qBvlp98tAMBtgAgVqUQNrbz1CIEuuMuUDrF7u_lTbME8mVgktilLQvO-/s320/P1060102.JPG" t8="true" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> This is Evie's new set of wheels. A craigslist find of mine since I refused to pay almost $300 for one... she has had it for about a week now and I have to say that her driving has improved exponetially. When we first got it she ran into one of our baby evergreen trees around the house, backed into my peony bush, and NEVER looked in the direction she was going... but ALWAYS had a huge smile on her face! She now is quite good at backing it out of the garage without hitting anything and pulls in back into the garage to her temporary parking spot while D can't get past our pile of landscaping rocks... at full speed!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6p3MLfTJ5sVcH4NlLnxh1JNVu1adSd5zcW3UUTysg16_VO-4wspQ6pWc9SaJpWGGcJsGrNGq-KTZw7-Lk4YjLB-yws5dJtrt3kcStnntKLuvjlxu26qNcu2P0_ICziX1TAXoNG_SkGe4v/s1600/P1060108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6p3MLfTJ5sVcH4NlLnxh1JNVu1adSd5zcW3UUTysg16_VO-4wspQ6pWc9SaJpWGGcJsGrNGq-KTZw7-Lk4YjLB-yws5dJtrt3kcStnntKLuvjlxu26qNcu2P0_ICziX1TAXoNG_SkGe4v/s320/P1060108.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> This was a really fun night. I was working on the yard and Evie and D got out the chalk. He started by tracing around her which she loves - she has always been a fan of "draw my hand" on paper, so lifesize was even better. She is the little upside down outline next to where she is standing in the pic, then she had D lay down and he is the blobby on the right side of the drive right next to her. When she drew his eyes she told him "Daddy, you have the biggest eyes in the west!" I think that was a compliment :) Then I was beckoned from my yardwork and became the even bigger blobby on the left (that will teach me to be in snow angel pose)! She was getting ready to add Stinky Baby to the blob family as the pic was taken.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80UX0nTFjhnoMsjuZ7e5MPq5Uc7moKgXHrGAHm2tt2hE4H9DaFQr_tD-Ht6IlOsLffNSBrYm6s3-0GiWJtUgw1hwO2ZFfDM1xn-W-TNRJQXopoiYPV_FTdCd3t155qmQcFVdNmIh_HA-L/s1600/P1060121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi80UX0nTFjhnoMsjuZ7e5MPq5Uc7moKgXHrGAHm2tt2hE4H9DaFQr_tD-Ht6IlOsLffNSBrYm6s3-0GiWJtUgw1hwO2ZFfDM1xn-W-TNRJQXopoiYPV_FTdCd3t155qmQcFVdNmIh_HA-L/s320/P1060121.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> This is my favorite! Because I am a girl, I get eyelashes. Just check out those long lashes!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p_Wdfupf8h4-qW5m4RDjh90ZpduQuIXB1_9ddY44jpsE-NEMj-3Z1fr4LmYTsf8K-plyPi4USeJ3MWv_iCA4CcAxHASumeC1WJG1I_i6yc0RTiLxHx4AUHI5-zpm7H0qVTEBlgfVQetR/s1600/P1060118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0p_Wdfupf8h4-qW5m4RDjh90ZpduQuIXB1_9ddY44jpsE-NEMj-3Z1fr4LmYTsf8K-plyPi4USeJ3MWv_iCA4CcAxHASumeC1WJG1I_i6yc0RTiLxHx4AUHI5-zpm7H0qVTEBlgfVQetR/s320/P1060118.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div>Hmmmm, just realizing that I don't have any of our Memorial Day pics on here yet... I will try to remedy that!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-76824756709287703082011-05-26T17:33:00.001-05:002011-06-13T19:53:12.151-05:00Runaway Life!Man! I feel like life is running away from me right now. I have so many things on my "to do" list that it makes my head spin! Some of those things have been on there for a really long time too! <br />
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We have been working on our lawn a lot when the weather permits. So far, we have heavily overseeded to try to choke out some of the weeds with new grass. I have spent numerous hours pulling our dandelions after we were unable to find a good non toxic solution for killing the weeds. We even looked into the organic and all natural but the natural ingredients still warned against tissue damage if it came in contact with skin/eyes :( And then we also FINALLY ordered river rock and laid our landscape fabric and rock in the areas next to our house that we had plants.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We still have a ton (literally!) of rocks left and so we are going to put some under our back deck and try adding some more to the sides as they settle a bit. I also need to get some organic garden soil to put in my giant planters for my tomato plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The big project inside has been working on the bedrooms. The wood sealer they used when our house was built didn't hold up to any water exposure so I need to reseal all the woodwork in the house basically and have been doing some as we painted the guest bathroom and master bathroom upstairs. We also got rid of Evie's baby bedroom furniture and are looking for new since we are moving her into a bigger bed. I started with her bedroom so she got moved into the guest room and has been sleeping on the queen size bed in there for now. Then after moving her we decided that since that room is a little bigger and her previous room had the bigger closet we would switch her and have the guest room in her old room, then the closet would be bigger for storage. So I have to repaint the walls with a coat of paint to freshen them up and then after the fumes air out we will move her back to that room and then we will repaint the guest room for her... as of now she has been telling us she wants a really dark pink or red, uh oh! Then get her a new bed and dresser, then lastly I will work on our bedroom...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-83074002275324226112011-04-27T10:36:00.000-05:002011-04-27T10:36:17.372-05:00Bahamas! A Picture Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are <strike>some</strike> a lot of pictures from our recent trip to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. It was beautiful and somewhere that we probably would never have gone at our own expense (the least expensive room rate was about $400 per night and this is not an all inclusive type place so everthing was pricey). We were there for 4 nights which was just right. We were ready to come home at the end, especially since Evie was back here with grandma and grandpas. She did awesome too - no separation anxiety at all! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Needless to say, we won't be getting a whole neighborhood of dollhouses but I was excited to start looking for what to get for her and maybe do it for Christmas. I was really wanting to get a wood one instead of plastic so I started looking at <a href="http://www.melissaanddoug.com/">Melissa and Doug</a> and <a href="http://www.plantoysusa.com/">Plan Toys</a> for starters to see prices and options. Here are some of my favorites!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.shopatron.com/products/productdetail/TERRACE+DOLLHOUSE/part_number=7150/705.0.1.1.40983.0.0.0.0?pp=25&">Plan Toys Terrace Dollhouse without furniture $170</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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And my list could go on and on! There are so many adorable dollhouses available if you are willing to spend the money. Once you have the dollhouse, the room sets or doll sets are all between $15 and $20 on average so you can really put some money into it! Just look at the cute little sets!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sent an email to see if it was still available and then started trying to find out which brand it was and how much it cost new... I was stuck because I only found the Melissa and Doug furnished house <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjShYTJnaEPukQFIgq9ocwwQVHEotDEGcLpYA13l2-fsG98RcwawhVENpA3t7uC8J-_BzHzHskt4uQDYfqrEVcyDNFYLHMxwr5fLtepmEfAYM5Z_-XXR-5Mx2ZMhNlflZ-gDMejWTLSsCc/s1600/md+furnished+dollhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjShYTJnaEPukQFIgq9ocwwQVHEotDEGcLpYA13l2-fsG98RcwawhVENpA3t7uC8J-_BzHzHskt4uQDYfqrEVcyDNFYLHMxwr5fLtepmEfAYM5Z_-XXR-5Mx2ZMhNlflZ-gDMejWTLSsCc/s320/md+furnished+dollhouse.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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So that right there was just a crazy amazing deal, but my story is not over yet ;) <br />
Well, Monday night we drove down to pick it up and as we are going to the garage she says "Oh and I found another piece... it is 3 levels now." Um, WHAT?! She had forgotten this piece below:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, for now Evie doesn't know about it and I managed to hide it in the garage because it does need aired out a bit and wiped down from being stored. I am wrestling between giving it to her right away or TRYING to wait until Christmas (yes, I know that is 8 months away) and stocking up on the dolls and furnishings bit by bit until then... </div>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-24405775430912539082011-04-22T15:13:00.000-05:002011-04-22T15:13:33.651-05:00Happy Earth Day and FREE coffee!Just a quick note to let you know (if you didn't already) that for today if you take a reusable cup in to Starbucks you can get a free brewed coffee, tea, or iced tea. Happy Earth Day!<br />
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I surprised my husband at work and delivered a bold roast to him at lunch time!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15700122612926325110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4469208682167621564.post-10689718682578501532011-04-17T21:40:00.001-05:002011-06-13T19:56:08.663-05:00Passport Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So after we got our passports for our Bahamas trip (which we just got back from - more about that later) we decided to get a passport for Evie too. Have you ever tried to take a picture of a 3 year old and told them NOT to smile? Yeah, kinda goes against everything you have taught them to that point :)</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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