New Bed

I got one of my Christmas presents early. My mom & dad bought a twin mattress for Winnie. She was sad to see her toddler bed go, but doesn't seem to mind now that her new bed is all set-up. I found the bed through the KSL classifieds a few months back. I had half-heartedly thought about refinishing the bed, but now that it's all set-up I don't mind the wear on the finish at all. Good thing, too, because I really don't need to add anymore projects to my already overwhelming list.

Christmas Projects #3 & #4.

At this point, I have admitted defeat and severely cut back on projects I had planned to make for Christmas. Luckily, no one knows what my intentions were, so they won't feel cheated, right?

I did complete projects number 3 and 4 this week.

I'm very proud of project number 3. This just happens to be the first round ball that I've ever made. I knew there had to be a trick --you have to cut your pieces out on the bias, rather than with the grain. Hooray! Round on the first try!

This necklace was, surprisingly, my first attempt at jewelry making. It didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted it to (the button I chose to embellish it looks surprisingly like a lemon slice now that it's all put together), but I like it anyway. I think I'd wear it, so I don't feel bad giving it as a gift.

As I type this, project #6 is sitting in a basket next to me--a mess of dismembered body parts. Hopefully that body will come together with hair and clothes by Christmas. Otherwise, it will look like I made my daughter an ET doll.

Snow Day

Luke

I just bought Luke a new car seat because he's grown out of his infant carrier. As of today, Luke weighs 21.5 pounds and he's 27.5" tall. He's standing up, losing interest in bottles and wanting to do everything his big sister does. What happened to my little 7 lb baby?

Christmas Dress

I finished Winnie's Christmas dress. That makes the tally two completed projects, 15 to go.

Who Cut Your Hair, Sonora?

I think at some point, almost every toddler gets a hold of a pair of scissors and gives themselves a haircut.

Unfortunately, I gave Winnie this haircut. I am officially retiring from cutting the hair of wiggly toddlers. Do you think this will have grown out by Christmas?

Bonus points if you know the movie the title is from.

Christmas Checklist

This morning I had 17 projects on my Christmas "To-Do" list.


Now I have 16.


Sad, isn't it? I won't even tell you how long this belt took me. I made it way more difficult than it had to be and it brought out the worst in my sewing machine. If all of my projects take me this long, I should be done by Easter!