Sew Sew

Isn't she sweet? I was feeding her a PB&J sandwich the other day and I found her like this when I walked back into the dining room. She was a little sweet, sticky mess!

I have been doing a ton of sewing lately. I usually see fabric I like, buy it and throw it in a stack 'til I figure out what to do with it!

This little top is some lightweight denim someone gave me and the plaid is some leftover from a previous project. I plan on putting a hot pink monogram on the chest.
( Sara Kate is definitely no model! I couldn't get her to model the other outfits!)


I made SK and Ani matching dresses like this.




Layered ruffle pants are really popular right now. They turned out super cute! I really don't like the fabric I used for the top. It's really cheap and wrinkley. I 'll probably make it again with some better fabric and applique and monogram it.



This is Ani a matching sis dress. Blessed Be the Name trunk show has this dress style in their fall line. My pattern had a collar on it, but I ditched the collar and added a bodice lining. I plan on making SK one with the same fabric BBTN used in their catalog. ( I like to subscribe to all the trunk show catalogs and get ideas from them!)



This is for Anleigh, I made SK a matching dress out of this back in the spring.


And lastly, these shirts. I have had several of you ask about them. I would love to start a little business selling them, but I really need a heat press to apply the graphics for maximum quality.
I'm afraid some may not be satisfied with the quality after they are washed because they are not professionally done. My kids wear them alot and they usually wash well. And I love the fact that I can customize them to match about anything! If you are ever interested in trying one let me know and we'll talk.
Me and the kids are leaving to go to my parents tomorrow. Please pray for our safety! I hope you all have a great week!

Silly String and Some Sewing

No, not sewing with silly string! I wasn't too creative with the title, I know. We finally finished up with swim lesson Friday. Going five mornings a week for two weeks was tough! The boys really enjoyed it though, and ended it with jumping off the big diving board. If you recall I had to bribe them into going by telling them I would buy them silly string if they went. Well, I got it the other day and they had a big silly string fight in the driveway. Sam was under the assumption that it would last forever. So when it ran out he had himself a little melt down!!!!!



The sewing bug has bit again! This time I've been sewing for a friend's little girl. She a cute and sassy little thing! We're trying to get her all ready for back to school. I have bought a ton of fabric lately. I gotta get started on SK some fall outfits because it's starting to pile up!



I hope and pray you all have a happy and safe Fourth!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rid'in n Style

So,for a while I have been wanting to "girly up" SK's car seat. We have a total of 7 carseats and booster seats! Honestly, I long for the day I no longer have to buckle children into carseats! But in the meanwhile, they might as well look cute!

Here's a before shot:





.....and , tada.........

I bought this fabric back in the fall tomake the girls matchingoutfits, but never got around to it.

I didn't have a pattern, I just kinda made it up. It turned out a lot better than I thought it would! To finish it off I made a little monogram transfer to add a little touch of pink.

I thought this would help Sara Kate to want to ride in her carseat instead of her brother's boosters, but it didn't!

Well, that all for now, GOOD NIGHT! ;)

a sick baby and some sewing

Weird title, I know, but that pretty much sums up what's been going on around here lately. My sweet little Anleigh was sick this past weekend. She was vomiting, had fever and EXTREMELY fussy! I took her to the doc and she tested negative for the flu and her ears looked good, so he said it was just a fever virus. And as usual right after we go to the doc, she was back to normal that afternoon.
We did have a little surprise this past weekend...... Doug made a dessert! ( with a little help from a little somebody)





I don't know what you would call it, he altered the recipe and put orange jello and mand. oranges in place of Straw. jello and strawberries. It was really good!!!!!


I mentioned that I had been doing some sewing. Which explains why my house is a mess! The first two pics are for SK and the last is a bubble for Anleigh. I have had so many sewing ideas running through my head lately and our new Hobby Lobby store is add fuel to the fire! It open last Thurs. and I've already been 3 times!

Rolling over for lemon chicken

This is what we had for dinner tonight. Lemon chicken. It was AWESOME!! I got the recipe from this months issue of Southern Living. You can find it HERE. Try it!!! (I took a pic of the magazine because mine was not as pretty as theirs!)
Now to the rolling over part.........
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She finally did it! (she's also seriously working on some toothers)


I have a new favorite drink.......


I picked up one of these by the gatorade section at wallyworld the other day. I love Lipton's green tea, but this is organic and cheaper:$1.00. I'm not sure why, but thought I'd share that!

Because I was feeling good about the house being somewhat clean this past weekend, I decided to sew up a little something.....

It's a top for SK. I plan on making some pants to match this week. During all my traveling the past few weeks I pasted some great fabric stores. So, of course I didn't come home empty handed!

I'm not sure when I'll get around to all this sewing??? It may be next fall!

Sewing for Baby

This is what I've been up to the last two days. Even thought it's 7 weeks before our little Anleigh is expected to arrive, I have been in baby mode the last week or so. There are still little things you still need after having three!!!
I saw a tutorial for this frayed applique online and decided to try it on some burp clothes. Mainly because it is very simple and easy not to mess up! I got the Tutorial from HERE and the letter template from HERE
If your interested. I had the burp clothes left over from SK, and use scraps for the appliques. So it was a very low budget project!


I like having personalized burpies to take to church so they don't get mixed up with another baby's. I also worked on this diaper bag. I wasn't really planning on making her one, but I couldn't find one to buy, and I've made all the other babies one, so....

I plan on having her name monogrammed on it.
I enjoy sewing for the kids. I know one day they won't want my homemade matching outfits. That's the way I was when I became a teenager. Sorry mom, all those times you tried to teach me to sew, who knew I'd be sewing for my own kids!

Big sis, lil' sis

One great thing about having another little girl is I have everything I need for a little girl! Half of my own closet has baby girl clothes hanging in it and there also a huge tub of stuff in the bottom of SK's closet, so we're set. But I think about how sweet it would be to have a few matching outfits for my girls. I had yesterday afternoon free, so I decided to get a start on it. I had bought this tan/white seersucker on clearance last summer with intentions to make the boy's shorts. But I saw a dress made out of the same fabric in last summer's Kelly's Kids catalog matched with a dark chocolate color(really cute!) So I made the girls' jumpers. I still need to figure out what kind of buttons would look best, and plan on maybe monogramming them in the same chocolate color as the ricrack.



Speaking of CHOCOLATE!!!!! We recently had a new neighbor move in next door and I thought we might could introduce ourselves with these! Sometimes I feel really bad, here I am a minister's wife and don't really know my neighbors. I should get to know and show God's love to them because I'm a Christian and God shows me His love daily and I should share it. And out of God's own Word he tells us to love our neighbor!!!!

Sew Cute!!!!

It was a wonderful weekend. I feel like a bird freed from it's cage! Saturday we when shopping. I've been having withdraws!!!! Although I have made several purchases off Ebay in the past few weeks. Back to Saturday, we hit a few thrift stores, I found Luke a pair of cleats for T-ball, but that was about it.
One thing that took up most of the weekend was that sewing project I mentioned in the last post. Probably about a year ago I found this cute smocked outfit($1.50) at the thrift store, but the back of it was covered with mildew stains. A thought hit me to rip out the smocked part, since it was in perfect condition, and make a new outfit. A friend at church once shared with me how to sew a insert into a t-shirt, so I use that same technique for this. The fabric I found on-line in a remnant bin($11.50 with s+h), it was already cut, just so happens it was the colors and length I needed! I used a dress pattern that had been handed down to me. I just shortened it to shirt length. The shorts are Bonnie Blue's Riley. Another pattern that someone shared with me! ANYWAYS,................



I have not totally mastered sewing the insert in, so it's alittle sloppy. But hey, who's gonna be able to tell on a two year old who doesn't stand still!!!!!



One last thing, my mom bought sk this shirt. But it should say,
"Ask Grandma before mom says no!" That what the boys usually do!!!!!

A little HOOT

Sorry its been a few days since my last post, it has been pretty crazy around here lately. This past weekend was jammed pack with Thomas, a Mercy Me concert Sat. night, and entertaining a guest Sun. night. I've just been trying to recover the past few days. As you can see I started embroidering the kids some shirts last week and finished them up this morning.
We've been rapping up the final details on everyone's costumes. Tonight is our Trunk or Treat at church. I made 30 popcorn balls yesterday and I'm in the middle of making brownies for my G.A. class. I'm not so sure it's such a great idea to pump them up on all that sugar before getting candy Trunk or Treating!!!! But I only have them for 45 min., their parents can thank me later!

Projects

We are planning to go to the zoo next week and I decided it would be neat if the boy's had shirts that were "Zooish". I bought these lion iron-on appliques on clearance around 3 years ago, and never could figure a good way to use them. So I bought some $3 shirts and put them on, but thought it needed alittle more, so I added the "ROAR!" with some scrap fabric. And yes mom, it's supposed to look fringy! I thought "ROAR!" would be a good phrase for some loud little boys!!! Sara Kate has several "zooish" outfit to choose from, so I didn't make her anything this time.

Luke and I finished our outside fall decorating last week. We put out 3 little pumpkins for our 3 little pumpkins!!!

Every year the kids make these photo magnets at church. We are starting to collect a good many. So we cut a tree branch and strung some orange lights on it to put them on. It's not too attractive during the day, but it looks pretty cool at night. The kids have enjoyed it. And suprisingly SK has only knocked it down once!!!

Puzzled

I've been working on sewing a dress this week. I usually like to do it start to finish in one day, but here lately that hasn't been possible! So yesterday SK was taking a morning nap, and the boys decided to put a puzzle together and I sewed. They spent about 40 mins on that puzzle, it was 60 pieces, I was honestly shocked that they did it. Maybe they're smarter that I give them credit for! They asked me to take a picture of the finished product. {and our filthy carpet!}

I tried this pattern a few months ago and the 18m ran really small. So I cut this one out in a 2. Oh by the way, SK had a checkup this morning, she was 26lb, 33&1/4 inches. Dr. Benak said she was big for 18m. She was in the 75th percentile for weight and 90th for height! Little chunky monkey!!!

Anyway, back to sewing, this pattern is from a new designer, Sandi Henderson. Her brand is called Portabella Pixie. This dress is the"Gracie". She also designs some gorgeous fabric. This pattern was fairly easy after a trial try the first time. I still have to do buttons and buttonholes, and take the hem up some more.

A laid back weekend

This weekend has been pretty uneventful. Doug took Luke to go see his parents. He has been alternating taking the boys when he goes.
So this weekend it was just me, Sam, & Sara Kate at home. The best thing about having those two together is they both still take naps!!!! Luke recently made a request that I sew him something because I'm always sewing for S.K. I worked on Luke's earlier in the week. And worked on Sam's during naptime on Thur. & Fri.
I noticed these name appliqued shirt in a Kelly's Kids catalog for about $40 a shirt + $40 for the pants!!!
That should be a sin to spend that much on a T & pants! So I decided to attempt it. I had bought this turquoise corduroy a few weeks ago and decided to use it. It turned out fairly good. Not great, but good. I dream one day of getting a sewing machine with embroidering and appliquing. (By the way, I spent $5 for the shirt, $4.50 for the fabric, and the green fabric was scraps I had = $9.50 per outfit!)


Other than some sewing it was pretty much an uneventful weekend. We did go on that cowboy photoshoot Thurs. afternoon. We watched some movies, ate popcorn, cleaned up popcorn, and played with toys.











Somedays it feels good just to stay home and take a bubble bath and relax.(If you notice I'm not the one taking the bubble bath!)
Me and the kids are going to Walnut Hill,Fl. this week to visit my parents. Pray for safe and PEACEFUL travel!