My baby and me!

Miss SassyPants and I were playing with the new Hipstamatic app on my phone yesterday.

I love the way these pictures look.  Everything these days is trying to look vintage.  You have to buy really expensive stuff to look old! Funny huh?

This is me.

This is my new orange nail polish. Like it? Can you tell we were bored?  Big sisters and big brother were gone, so it was just us. We pulled out the bubbles and had a good time.  I had forgotten how much fun blowing bubbles was.  Sometimes it's nice to pretend to be a kid again.

Baby washclothes

I made some awesome baby washclothes! These are so soft!!!

These are very easy to make.  Flannel is on one side and chenille on the back.  Just cut them in a 6 1/2 inch square and sew together with right sides together.  Leave a small opening to turn right side out.  Then I topstitched all the way around the border to close the opening and give it a nice finish.

I think I may make some of these for me!  An adult can have a nice cozy washclothes, right? Maybe I will package 5 of them together and sell for $10. Sound reasonable? These are very soft! I've said that already, haven't I. Oh well.  I do tend to repeat myself! :-)

Making more burp cloths

I have made several of these burp cloths for friends of mine, and they love them!

I think the shape is one thing they love.  I know I could not live without burp cloths when mine were little.  I made this several different ways before I found the right combination. I tried using flannel on the front and back, I also used cloth diaper material on the back.  Then I tried terry cloth on the back and flannel on the front.  We had a winner!

The flannel that is out now is so much cuter than what I had when my first one was little.  It gets cuter every year.

The template I used is http://www.newconceptions.com/.  Just go under their free patterns to find the template.  Super easy! 

Finished the Central Park baby quilt!

Woohoo! I finished the Central Park baby quilt!

It's for my neighbor's niece.  They don't know the gender of the baby, so this Kate Spain fabric is perfect!

I am very pleased with how this one turned out.  I think it is one of my favorites.  I decided to try a pieced backing this time.

Not too bad for a first time. I love the crinkly look.  It is very soft and snuggly.  This one is a little hard to pass on. I think I say that with every quilt!

The pattern I used is this one.  I just left off the circles and changed the border a bit.  There are so many great patterns on Moda Bake Shop.  I could spend hours there!  It would take years for me to make everything I want to. 

Birth photos website

Yes, as a doula I love to read birth stories and see photos of birth.  I found this website tonight, and it is wonderful!  http://www.dfwbirthphotographer.com/home/ Lynsey Stone is so talented.  She captures all the different emotions felt during a birth.  Her work is very real.  There are some pictures that leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.  Then there are those that stike a very deep chord inside those who have been through a tough labor.  One thing I love is that almost every woman wears the exact same expression the first time they see their baby.  It is a look of utter disbelief and joy.  Every first time mom that is a client of mine, I tell the same thing.  Even though you know there is a baby inside you, when you first see the baby there will be a moment of shock.  They all smile sweetly at me thinking I am a lunatic.  Until they have their baby.  Then they laugh and say I was right.  Nothing can compare you for that first sight of your baby.  It is magical. So enjoy looking through Lynsey Stone's website.  I hope it will bring back some magical memories for you.

WIP for Miss SassyPants

I am working on a tunic for Miss SassyPants. The top band is knitted.

As you can tell it is not quite finished.  Only a few more inches! Yay!

Once the top of the bodice is done I am going to make the bottom out of this fabric.  Too cute huh?  It's going to have an empire waist.  I'm not sure yet how much it is going to flair.  I may gather it so it has a lot of swirl.  But then I may keep it more tapered.  What do you think?

Once I finish Miss SassyPants in the green, I am going to make one for Sweetie Pie out of the blue.  So they will be a little different, but close.  I am a sucker for sisters wearing matching clothes.  I know they will hate me for it one day.  But maybe the fact that I made it for them will make it not so bad.

And this is just for laughs.

One of my daughters got  my phone and took this nice picture for me.  Made me laugh! Thought you might could use a laugh too.

Berry and Peach Picking

My other half had Wed off work, so we decided to take the kids to The Fruit and Berry Patch in Halls for a little fun. The girls were so excited! That is one of their favorite places to go.

Miss SassyPants was so excited at picking blackberries.  We picked more than Daddy did, so that was awesome for her! We won't tell her that he let us win.

Next we went to the peach trees.  They were beautiful!

Sweetie Pie was pretty good at finding pretty peaches. Say that 3 times fast!!!  Too bad she gets her height from me, so she was limited.

Daddy's little helper. Ain't she cute?!?

This is my favortie picture.  I have this app on my phone that lets you take pictures that look like they were taken on an old camera.  Reminds me of the pictures of my sister and I when we were little. 

Caught snacking in the field!

Yep, her too. Caught!

And last we visited the goats.  They were quite happy to see us.  Talking up a storm!

This one just had to come and say "Byyyeeeee". Yeah I know. That was a little corny. But it was funny!