Kate is four! She's one of the best Valentine's anyone could ask for! She had a birthday party for the first time this year and really enjoyed it. She wanted to invite everyone she knew from school, Mother's Day Out and bible class, but alas we did not have the room to house all those children and being February, the weather did not allow for an outdoor party. She had a fine time despite the small number of children.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Birthday Kate!!
Kate is four! She's one of the best Valentine's anyone could ask for! She had a birthday party for the first time this year and really enjoyed it. She wanted to invite everyone she knew from school, Mother's Day Out and bible class, but alas we did not have the room to house all those children and being February, the weather did not allow for an outdoor party. She had a fine time despite the small number of children.
Friday, December 02, 2011
Another donation of Hair!
After much fussing and fighting with Claire's hair and my suggestion that she get her hair cut and donate her hair to Locks of Love, Claire finally said okay! I had purchased a Living Social deal for a hair cut at Claire's favorite hair cutting place as they cater to kids. We haven't been in forever because they're expensive and the results have been less than great the last few times we've went. I've been cutting the kids hair at home with equal or better results. But I figured this would be pretty straight forward. What could go wrong? Famous last words.
Measuring. Apparently not doing a good job at it! She said we needed to make two pony tales because Claire's hair was so thick.
Cutting. I want to yell "STOP!" I had a bad feeling from the beginning when she seemed so unsure. I should have just walked out, but Claire was so happy.
Two pony tails in her hand. One is long enough for Locks of Love, the other is not. Boo!!! The good news is they are plenty long for Pantene's Beautiful Lengths hair donation program, so we are donating them after all!
After what seemed like the world's longest hair cut and more frustration on my part (I kid you not, the hair stylist wasted another 2-3 inches in trying to get it even and even then it's still shorter on one side than the other), Claire was finished. When I first saw this picture I thought Claire looked a lot like Eleanor! She likes her hair, although she's upset it's shorter on one side as well. She wants me to fix it, but at this point, we're just going to let it go. Her hair grows pretty fast and at least for the next few months we shouldn't have the same brushing, washing hair issues that we've had for a while now.
Before! Every time I see this picture, I cry a little bit.
Cutting. I want to yell "STOP!" I had a bad feeling from the beginning when she seemed so unsure. I should have just walked out, but Claire was so happy.
Two pony tails in her hand. One is long enough for Locks of Love, the other is not. Boo!!! The good news is they are plenty long for Pantene's Beautiful Lengths hair donation program, so we are donating them after all!
After what seemed like the world's longest hair cut and more frustration on my part (I kid you not, the hair stylist wasted another 2-3 inches in trying to get it even and even then it's still shorter on one side than the other), Claire was finished. When I first saw this picture I thought Claire looked a lot like Eleanor! She likes her hair, although she's upset it's shorter on one side as well. She wants me to fix it, but at this point, we're just going to let it go. Her hair grows pretty fast and at least for the next few months we shouldn't have the same brushing, washing hair issues that we've had for a while now.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Is this a blog about the fair or what?
Well it is, but I've been busy okay?? Since we entered well over 50 items this year, I will just point out some highlights. Just for the record, we did not receive ribbons for every thing that we entered. I also did not win Homemaker of the year, but I did get a lot of red ribbons. Next year if I can turn those into blue, I may finally win that prize. Then again . . .
Here I am in the Home Arts building with my dear friend Kunni. She is one of the superintendents of the Home Arts building. She's grooming me to take over some day in the distant future. She's won homemaker of the year. She's coaching me on what I need to do to accomplish that too. She's the best.
Me-Fabric tote bag-2nd place.
Eleanor-no bake cookies-First!
Me-Alice in Wonderland dress I made for Eleanor. Entered it as a dress, not a costume-first!
Ben-Computer altered photo-first!
Me-Fall/Winter Attendant's Dress-First and champion in bridal wear.
Adult Costume-first and Champion with a grand champion ribbon thrown in for good measure for the Adult Leisure wear category.
Me-Children's costume birth-7-First and champion with Grand champion ribbon thrown in for Children's everyday wear. Yes, Claire wishes she could wear this everyday. She has the hair for it!
Eleanor-garment made by child 12 and younger-first place plus champion for special classes-her first purple ribbon!!
Me-child's skirt-first
Trent-Banana cupcakes with Caramel frosting-3rd!
Me-smocking-bishop birth-6x-second. Gathers too tight, but they liked my cast on flowers.
Me-Black and White photo-humor-first. My first blue ribbon in photography ever. None of my other pictures even placed.
Me-crocheted Barbie dress-first!
Me-felted bag-2nd. The first time I've felted!
Ben-7 layer chocolate cake-2nd!
Me-Old MacDonald-first for hand puppet. Cow-first for animal best representing the fair.
Me-Old MacDonald's friends-2nd in group of animals 3-5 items.
Macy-blueberry preserves-First! This is against adults, they don't have a kids division! First time ever making preserves.
Eleanor-Lego scene-first. If you look closely you can see it's an outdoor theater and they are watching Harry Potter which is also Lego.
Claire-Mr. and Mrs. Snowman drawing-Honorable mention.
And finally my placemat. It won the most votes for senior day! I lost to the most over all vote prize by one vote, but I'm okay with that. The winner was truly deserving. As I've said in the past, never under estimate the power of a Washington Redskins' fan. Oh and I also won for most placemats made-198 total. :) Next year Christmas stockings for soldiers. Feel free to send any fun fabrics you may have collecting dust my way!
Here I am in the Home Arts building with my dear friend Kunni. She is one of the superintendents of the Home Arts building. She's grooming me to take over some day in the distant future. She's won homemaker of the year. She's coaching me on what I need to do to accomplish that too. She's the best.
Me-Fabric tote bag-2nd place.
Eleanor-no bake cookies-First!
Me-Alice in Wonderland dress I made for Eleanor. Entered it as a dress, not a costume-first!
Ben-Computer altered photo-first!
Me-Fall/Winter Attendant's Dress-First and champion in bridal wear.
Adult Costume-first and Champion with a grand champion ribbon thrown in for good measure for the Adult Leisure wear category.
Me-Children's costume birth-7-First and champion with Grand champion ribbon thrown in for Children's everyday wear. Yes, Claire wishes she could wear this everyday. She has the hair for it!
Eleanor-garment made by child 12 and younger-first place plus champion for special classes-her first purple ribbon!!
Me-child's skirt-first
Trent-Banana cupcakes with Caramel frosting-3rd!
Me-smocking-bishop birth-6x-second. Gathers too tight, but they liked my cast on flowers.
Me-Black and White photo-humor-first. My first blue ribbon in photography ever. None of my other pictures even placed.
Me-crocheted Barbie dress-first!
Me-felted bag-2nd. The first time I've felted!
Ben-7 layer chocolate cake-2nd!
Me-Old MacDonald-first for hand puppet. Cow-first for animal best representing the fair.
Me-Old MacDonald's friends-2nd in group of animals 3-5 items.
Macy-blueberry preserves-First! This is against adults, they don't have a kids division! First time ever making preserves.
Eleanor-Lego scene-first. If you look closely you can see it's an outdoor theater and they are watching Harry Potter which is also Lego.
Claire-Mr. and Mrs. Snowman drawing-Honorable mention.
And finally my placemat. It won the most votes for senior day! I lost to the most over all vote prize by one vote, but I'm okay with that. The winner was truly deserving. As I've said in the past, never under estimate the power of a Washington Redskins' fan. Oh and I also won for most placemats made-198 total. :) Next year Christmas stockings for soldiers. Feel free to send any fun fabrics you may have collecting dust my way!
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Old MacDonald Had a Farm . . .
The Fair started today. Yes, despite my lack of posting, I have been busy sewing a few things here or there. I will post with my entries and ribbons after I find out on Monday. I didn't have time to take pictures of everything and I deleted some due lack of sleep. Anyway back to what I was saying-the Fair started today. That means entries were all due today as well. I would like to share one special group of items I entered in the Animals, Dolls and Toys division.
Meet my friend Old MacDonald and his farm. Are these not the cutest things you have ever seen? When I saw the patterns for these fun puppets on-line a while ago on Craft Gossip I knew I had to make them. Larissa at Just Another Day in Paradise provides the pattern and instructions here. The problem is I decided at 9:00 pm last night, I really needed to make them for the fair. Well I actually had been planning on making them, but life had gotten in the way and they were pushed to the back burner. I had the energy and the time so I went to work. 6 hours later you see the above results.
Here's Old MacDonald. The only think I wish I could add is a green hat. I'm pretty sure that Old MacDonald drives a John Deere and would wear one of their hats. Larissa doesn't have a pattern for a hat. If you visit her site, you'll see I embellished a bit on Old MacDonald. I had to for the fair judges and all!
Here's the back. You might notice I don' t have a cat puppet. That's because I had maxed out my entries in the Animals, Dolls and Toys division and I either had to cut another cat out (I had one ready to go already) so I could enter two puppets as a pair or leave it out. By 3:00am I decided that I needed the sleep more than I needed another ribbon.
Did I mentioned I embellished a bit on Old Mac Donald? Case in point-my Old MacDonald is wearing Levis-red tab and all. The pocket stitching is a bit off only because I didn't draw my lines first and I was having trouble seeing well by 3:00am.
I also love how the back of this horse looks.
So there you have it. One project done. I plan to give these to Kate's preschool teacher when school starts in September. I hope the kids have as much fun playing with them as I did making them. Now to go get some sleep. Did I mention I didn't get to bed until after 3:00 am? :)
Meet my friend Old MacDonald and his farm. Are these not the cutest things you have ever seen? When I saw the patterns for these fun puppets on-line a while ago on Craft Gossip I knew I had to make them. Larissa at Just Another Day in Paradise provides the pattern and instructions here. The problem is I decided at 9:00 pm last night, I really needed to make them for the fair. Well I actually had been planning on making them, but life had gotten in the way and they were pushed to the back burner. I had the energy and the time so I went to work. 6 hours later you see the above results.
Here's Old MacDonald. The only think I wish I could add is a green hat. I'm pretty sure that Old MacDonald drives a John Deere and would wear one of their hats. Larissa doesn't have a pattern for a hat. If you visit her site, you'll see I embellished a bit on Old MacDonald. I had to for the fair judges and all!
Here's the back. You might notice I don' t have a cat puppet. That's because I had maxed out my entries in the Animals, Dolls and Toys division and I either had to cut another cat out (I had one ready to go already) so I could enter two puppets as a pair or leave it out. By 3:00am I decided that I needed the sleep more than I needed another ribbon.
Did I mentioned I embellished a bit on Old Mac Donald? Case in point-my Old MacDonald is wearing Levis-red tab and all. The pocket stitching is a bit off only because I didn't draw my lines first and I was having trouble seeing well by 3:00am.
I also love how the back of this horse looks.
So there you have it. One project done. I plan to give these to Kate's preschool teacher when school starts in September. I hope the kids have as much fun playing with them as I did making them. Now to go get some sleep. Did I mention I didn't get to bed until after 3:00 am? :)
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