A little something...

for Zoe.

Being a carpenter's wife I used what we had handy...wood as the canvas.

I custom mixed this great turquoise color (which is NOT reflected in the pic...sorry!) and used silver paint to do the words. Once that was dry I painted over the whole thing with glitter paint we had used in Ruby's room for one of her walls.

You can see a little sparkle, can't you?

Our sweet Zoe is SO hard on herself and has a hard time believing in herself. It makes us SO sad!

I thought a little reminder might do her some good.

It looks great on her wall...it's huge!

ps....we'll be painting her walls soon...that yellow is leftover from Stella's nursery :)

XO

pps. thanks Crystal for the great idea!

I need...

Teacher Gifts...

had to be wrapped as tomorrow's the last day...

Finally wrapping family gifts...

there's way more, WAY.

A gift I made last night...

I love the swing :)

I'm going to make one of these for Zoe's room!

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to snap out of this funk I'm in.

This is usually a time of year I relish with such love. I'm finally saying it out loud...I'm just not in the spirit. My heart feels heavy and out of place. I'm just going through the motions and procrastinating like never before. Most know me to have everything organized down to the last detail. My menu is still not planned, gifts just beginning to be wrapped, my house is a mess (making my head a mess). The excitement just isn't there. Thankfully I have three beautiful girls whose cheer will be enough to inspire me.

xo

tick tock...

The countdown is on and I'm starting to flip!

Luckily Daddy got to stay home today due to the snow so while he took these guys out sledding I...

whipped up some sugar cookies to decorate later this afternoon,

wrapped 5 gifts (count that...that's five less than the hundreds left...yikes),

Finished one gift and I LOVE it!!!!

SO

SO MUCH!

Thankfully my Christmas cards arrived yesterday morning so I was able to get most of them sent out. Here it is for all my bloggy friends :) made on recycled paper :)

Off to do more since there's more to do!

xo

sssshhhhhhhhhhh.....

I just finished this sweet pillow for my Mom for her birthday tomorrow...hope she likes it!

Now I'm off to make another cup of Starbucks :)

xo

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I've been busy today trying to come up with a Koi fish design...this is the best I could do, what do you think? I think my dragon series is really turning into what I'll dub the Tattoo series with the new addition of the Koi. We've got some friends with AMAZING tattoos, the artwork so

inspiring...cough, Kenny! Not sure what I'll do next...hmmmm.

I just thought the above photos were so cute. Little Miss S. got a hold

of my camera and took some self portraits last night...love the lips :)

Had four sales today!!! So now I'm off to the worst place on earth to see if they have any onesies in the requested size...it's all worth it though, I just LOVE making these tee's and knowing some little cutie out there is wearing a little piece of my heart.

Today's Sparklies:

• Once again I withstood Mira's cut throat cardio class...I felt sick going into it just knowing what I was in for...I'm still here!
• Got approved for BlogHer advertising.
• Had those lovely sales.
• R hasn't bugged me all day about where Z is...she's been playing quite nicely with her Groovy Girls (love those dolls btw).
• I may have possible landed a job but still not sure it's legit...we'll see.

xoxo

back in business but...

RAN OUT OF LIGHT!!!

Thankfully I took this picture this afternoon, outside...the three other tee's that I photographed tonight S.u.C.k.E.d!!!! I'll snap them when I get home from the gym and post them tomorrow. I've done a dragon series and would love to be able to do some tee's with Chinese symbols...The first one I tried didn't come out as well as I would have liked so I'm going to keep working at it.

Natasha, your tee is done!!! I'll get that out to you either tomorrow or Weds :)

Today's Sparklies:

• Got some sewing done!
• Made a yummy vegetable fried rice for dinner.
• I love Fall and the trees around here are AMAZING!! (photo to come).
• I found three small snack size m&m bags in S's room and ate all three 10 minutes before dinner to satisfy my chocolate craving :O....shhhhh, don't tell!
• Looking forward to my cardio class in the morning!

night! xo

how do you like them apples...

took a trip to butternut today and stocked up on our first batch of apples for the season...they were plentiful and super delicious! the weather was great and except for a little bit of ol'lady whining from R (my knee hurts, my ankle hurts, i can't walk...yadda, yadda, yadda)...we had a fun day.

why is it every time i go to butternut i can't seem to put the brakes on when picking fruit? i always need to get just one more apple, one more pint of blueberries, one more everything!!! why????

what did you do today?

sparklies:

• cousin Scott surprised us with a visit this morning.
• mom came up and we went apple picking.
• i made a really yummy dish for dinner tonight and despite there being anchovy in the sauce C loved it and didn't notice ;)
• tomorrow is monday with a new week full of promise.
• Z finished her project and was so sensitive about using moss because she didn't want to hurt the earth...LOVE HER!
• saw three yellow and two white fairies at the orchard.

goals for the week:

• go to three classes at the gym.
• design, design, design.
• make a valance curtain for the kitchen and downstairs bathroom.

xoxo

who knew...

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the endless possibilities of a flour sack!

how cute is the little apron skirt i just made?

this on the heels of making an adorable cafe curtain that i just can't seem to photograph well enough to publish.

i'm picturing this over a pair of jeans, leggings or as an addition to a flouncy skirt.

would you buy it?

is it cute enough?

i think it is and i would!

let me know your thoughts...i just think it's so sweet!

xo