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Halloween
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Monday... Monday... Monday

I'm not a fan of Mondays but they seem to go by very fast for me. I"m still recovering from a busy weekend of chasing my son around. I've been more tired with this second pregnancy than expected. I only have three more months to go and I'm still no where near ready for this baby to arrive. Oh what to do...maybe have a piece of cake?

Cindy, your hugs and bright smile will be missed...

Cindy with my son Orion

Using my new crafting space


I've been crafting away these past couple of weeks and I have some new things to share with you. First is another lovely creature I finished and this one is made out of fleece. My son loved her and would not give her back for the longest time.


Another project I worked on was some hair clips. I have all these wonderful fabric covered buttons and wanted to do something cute with them. So I poked around for some inspiration and came up with these hair clips. They make great gifts for little girls or babies on the way.

Something new for a change...

I started working on a new plush design a couple weeks ago. So far I've completed three of these bunny looking "animals" and I have a few more I'm working on at the moment. I'm still playing around with the design and I have no idea what to call them yet. My son seems to like the grey one with the yellow patch around it's eye. He shook his head "no" when I tried to hand him the other two. I'll have more to share very soon.

Morning

Normally I don't blog about what I eat for breakfast, but today I felt like sharing. I've been eating a lot healthier. Lately I've been on this kick of only wanting to eat Honey Nut Cheerios with sliced bananas. Its so yummy and so good for me and my little "bean". My husband is very happy about me only craving healthy stuff. He's really into eating organic foods and I'm not sure how I feel about going in that direction. I'm very picky about what I eat. Enjoy the goodness below...you should try it sometime.

Very cool trade...

So I did a trade with a lovely lady by the name of Sandi D, who I came across on Flickr. She makes these really great baby sets! She sent me the cutest set for my new addition and also made this super cute pear onesie for my son. He looks so cute in it. Thanks again Sandi!!

Baby #2! Already?....

16 weeks

Um...I figured I would wait as long as possible before my husband and I shared the wonderful and surprising news that we are expecting our second baby! I'm 16 weeks (4 months) and I'm so happy to be over my morning sickness. We had no plans on having another baby for a few years, but God works in funny ways, so I see this as a big blessing and Orion will have a little sidekick to play with :). Its crazy to think that my kids will be a year and a half apart, but I hope down the road they will be the best of friends. I don't look forward to getting big again and waddling my butt around town this winter, but hopefully all goes well. We don't know what we're having yet, but I'll keep you posted.

It's been a while...

So I finally found some time to write a blog entry. These past couple months have been pretty eventful (good things). We bought our first home...a condo and we are all moved in and finally settling in nicely. I have a CRAFT ROOM!!!, which is so awesome and I started working on some new owls, which will be up in my shop this week. Soon I'll have some pics up of our new place. Well I'm going to keep this short, but I'll have more to share very soon.

Sylvia Owl

I finally had some time to make a new owl. More will be coming soon!

Party Time

Over the weekend we celebrated my son's 1st birthday. It was a lot of fun and he managed to get cake in my hair. I just can't believe he's one already.

Packages!!

I finally received a package from my Fabric Button Swap partner Jasna. She's from Germany and makes some beautiful things. She sent me some really cute buttons that I can't wait to use for some projects I have in mind. She also sent me this pretty heart she made filled with wild lavender, it smells so good. Jasna is a very talented and sweet crafter, I hope to keep in touch with her.

Other Projects

Things have been really busy for us lately. I did have a little time to work on some small crafty projects. No worries though, I haven't forgotten about my owls, I plan to make some new ones this weekend. There will be some shop updates coming soon. Below is a pincushion I finished the other night and the other pic is a Sashiko embroidery piece that I've been working on.

Fabric Buttons...

I made some more fabric buttons over the weekend .....

New Stuff

So I've been pretty crafty this week and I tried something new...fabric covered buttons! They are so easy to make and a great way to use fabric scraps. I even signed up for a Fabric Button Swap, which I'm pretty excited about. I've never done one, so it should be interesting to see what I get back. Below are some pics of my buttons. I plan to sell these at an upcoming craft show.

Father's Day....

So Father's Day was yesterday and it was the first official one for my husband. The whole day consisted of our son saying "Daa Dee" and then pointing to something that was not his dad. It was very funny and kept us entertained for a long time. I have to say that watching my son and hubby together is so sweet. They are so alike in many ways and it's such a blessing that Orion has a really awesome daddy.

Something cute to clean up that mess!

It was such a busy weekend, but I managed to get some bibs done.

Spree Hugabee

I finally finished another Hugabee and I named this one Spree. She's available in my shop. More to come very soon!