Ear Warmer

Just a little project found on Prudent Baby. Check out the tutorial here.

Halloween 2010

This year, our little Edie dressed up as a wee Owlet for Halloween.

Kris and I posed as trees.

The costumes were all handmade and pretty darn easy at that. Edie's Owlet costume was a inspired by this costume from AlphaMom, the base of the bonnet/hat pattern was found at Made by Petchy and her wings/capelet pattern was found (and altered a bit) on my fave sewing blog Grosgrain Fabulous. Kris and my costumes were even easier... fake leaves from JoAnn's Fabric hot glued on to thrift store finds.

I'm already brainstorming for next year!

A Bow

As some of you know, I was lucky enough to receive a sewing machine for my birthday. Actually, it was more like a green light (or, hey! it's your birthday you should splurge) to buy a sewing machine I've eyed for quite awhile.

Here is the bad boy I chose:

Sewing is one of those things I've always wanted to do, but never did it. In high school, I was too busy gossiping with friends to pay attention in Home Ec. And a few years ago when my dear friend Kari tried to teach me to sew, I felt way too overwhelmed a promptly gave up. This time, I have an investment and a little person to sew cute things for. Also, I'm going to begin small and learn the basics before I jump into a huge project.

So, after taking over an hour to figure out how to thread my machine (and, might I say, I can do it very well now) and another couple hours sewing straight lines, I began my first project: a bow. Yep, a bow. Kris had found this project on the cool website Instructables even before I had the machine in my possession. It was super easy to do (even though it took me forever), and proved to be a nice easy going first project.

Do your best to ignore the bad top stitching and so-so gathering. Can I remind you all that it was my first attempt? I'm just happy it sorta resembles a bow.

There you go. My first project. According to my cool friends on facebook, the following items are what I need to make in the coming days (weeks, years, decades):

camera warmer using a special Arizona grass green yarn

a nice, comfy robe

a large magic carpet so Kelly Kerzman, Amber and Amanda can visit us

Edie some cute little outfits

multi-colored toque

ovely set of new curtains

UsFest apparel

a three-year-old sized strait jacket

Snuggie

a memory card wallet

a house cozy

flannel pjs (x2)

some confidence

spaghetti and meatballs

something RAD

a set of leg warmers (x2)

an extra long blanket

some booties and a sweater for a kitty

baby booties for a set of twins

baby blanket

a really warm pair of feeted pants

a cape (with a large E logo)

a pair a pants that don't drag on the ground

curtains

a diamond-encrusted codpiece

old lady sweaters with sequins (x5)

an apron

(Thanks for all the great birthday wishes everyone!)

Britta is a red head, again

Don't let my hair fool you, I am in no way a natural red head. But, alas, the red returns in full force. It's been a long time since I've had my hair colored, or cut, or really anything done to it. So, I made a trip to Salon Why? to get my hair beautified once more. Oh, I feel like myself again.