Bootie Happy

It seems like booties are all I have been making lately. I did manage to get a pair for my little one made before she is born so I'm happy about that. I still have a couple more pairs to make for friends and family along with a huge list of other things to make before the baby comes. We'll see if I get to the list. For now, here are some pics of the latest booties.

For these I used THIS PATTERN which is super easy and very cute. I like the brown and pink.

For these I came up with a pattern similar to the pattern I made when Iris was born. I changed it quite a bit and am pretty pleased with the results.

So until I get working on that list, I will just keep making booties. They are so easy to work on while watching TV at night and I can usually have a pair done in an hour or two. Although, during this pregnancy my right hand and arm have been giving me trouble and it's been kinda hard to do stuff. Takes a little longer. So some stuff on my list might have to wait till I have the baby and I can do things a little easier.

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The Princess and The Frog

For Halloween this year we decided to do The Princess and the Frog. Such a natural thing for the both of them. Donevan hops around like a frog all day long and Iris already thinks she is a princess so it was just another princess dress for her. Her dress was a little harder to make than I anticipated, but it turned out so cute. And I love how the frog turned out too. Getting pictures of them was the hardest part of the whole process!

They got to wear them to the Ward Chili Cook-off and Costume party and went Trick-or-Treating around the church and then again at Story Time at the library and got more treats around the library. So much fun!

Happy Halloween!!

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A Few Random Things

For those of you that have not given up on me posting anything, this is for you.

I have so many friends and family members that are having babies this year, that my usual gift of baby booties has reached an incredible number. I love making them so I am glad to have the opportunity to make so many. I tried out a couple new patterns on a few of them. I used THIS pattern for these booties. I liked how they turned out, but it's probably a pattern I won't use again too much.

These I made from a pattern I designed earlier this year for my niece. I misplaced the pattern for a couple months and came across it and decided to see if I could make sense of what I wrote down. I didn't do too bad, but there are still a lot of changes I need to make before it is understandable to anyone else.

What do you do when one child has a pumpkin shirt and the other child really wants to wear a pumpkin shirt too and you don't have another pumpkin shirt? If you're like me, you go to the closet of craft supplies, find something orange, and get creative. The first orange thing that I saw was a zipper. I've seen a lot of things made out of zippers lately so I figured it would work. I think it's perfect, especially for a girl who likes sparkly things and pumpkins. Not too bad for having 20 minutes to make it before we had to leave.

I made another Pod Swaddler for a baby shower gift. I need to make a couple of these for myself before #3 comes. I wish I had some when Donevan was a baby because he loved to be wrapped up tight. I liked the old fabric that I found in my mom's stash and thought I was pretty neutral and could be used for a boy or girl.

I wrapped up Iris' doll to give you an idea of what it looks like all done up.

And I just wanted to throw these little guys in. We wanted to get in Halloween spirit. I discovered I really like bananas frozen. Iris mostly just picks off the white chocolate, but they are such yummy treats! And really easy.

Let me know what you think!

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More Booties

I finally got on the ball and got a few things done that I've wanted to for a while now. Two of my friends just recently had baby boys so I thought I better get these made while they are still babies. I now have a baby a month being born to friends and family for the next few months. I better get going on more...

These were fun. I made a pair similar to these when she had her first boy. I made up my own pattern, but in the last three years, it got lost somewhere. So I tried it again. I like these better I think. I am still tweaking the pattern a little, but if anyone is interested in trying it out just to see if it's even understandable by anyone beside myself I could email it to you.

These I made from THIS PATTERN. I thought they looked so cozy. It was a very easy pattern and I had them done in no time. Perfect for keeping those little piggies warm.

I still have a couple things that I want to get on here, but haven't taken pictures of so I will have to get on that. It just makes me feel better about getting SOMEthing on here.

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Super Slacker

So...where do I start. I have been really bad about blogging lately. The weather has been so nice and I am outside so much with the kids. We have done a TON of work to our backyard this year and we have our own little park back there. The kids love it.

And then we went on vacation and I have a beautiful garden that I just want to spend all my time in. Anyways...I haven't posted for a long time.

And technically I am really not posting too much now. At least picture-wise. I haven't taken any pictures of the stuff I've made. But I do have some other stuff in the works so I will remember to take pictures of those.

I was in charge of our ward's Christmas Craft Night at church last night. I am so glad it's over, but am so looking forward to next year's. We did 6 different crafts and had a quilt set up for anyone to work on. Again...super slacker didn't take a single picture of all the wonderful ladies crafting the night away. I remembered to TAKE my camera, I just didn't use it. You would think as a professional photographer that things like that would come a little easier to me. I was just so caught up in all the good times everyone was having and all the amazing things they were making. I didn't have time to make any of the crafts myself after helping everyone, but I plan too and will then take photos.

While getting all the crafts ready for the big night, I borrowed a friend's Cricut (thank you Cami) and fell in love. I really want one now. She also has Sure Cuts Alot 2 which basically makes it so you don't have to have all those cartridges. Awesome!! I had so much fun. Looks like I need to start selling some of my crafts or something to earn some money for one of those.

Well, like I said, this post is nothing exciting, but I just wanted to get something different on here. Amazing things to come. I promise!

I want one!

I would really like to win something like this. So many things you can do and you don't have to buy cartridges! So go check out this blog and try to win one, or don't, then I have a better chance of winning!

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One More Pair

I made another pair of cute booties for a friend who just had a baby girl. Lots of babies being born. I was going to use the pattern that I made myself but I can't find where I wrote it down, so I'll have to sit down and make another pair, writing it down as I go. I got this pattern from HERE and it was pretty easy. I'll probably be using it again. I was pleased with how they looked. Very sweet.