Ric rac heaven

Woo-ha-ha-ha!
The power is mine! I now am the proud owner of um, any guess?, an, um,
okay, a heck of a lot of yards of orange ric-rac... I love it!
Why does this make me so happy?

Black and white baby shower

My friend, Hayley, is decorating her baby, Giana's, nursery in black and white damask (how convenient!) - with orange and purple accents. I'm loving it. Her shower is tomorrow and I have had so much fun using scraps and random bits to make the shower reflect the nursery.
I also had my first experience with chipboard letters as I did these be-jeweled initials as a centerpiece. I'm not the hugest purple fan, so there wasn't a ton around here to work with...but I do like purple in small doses to complement other colors, so I settled on a potted lavender plant as the centerpiece... Placed on a purple fabric sample on my scraps (served as a runner).
I'm just loving this table dec.

Now I just have to clean the floor under it.

Black and white baby shower

Made this garland for baby Giana's room, and it's a perfect shower decoration!

Sweet Sofia

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Another wrap

So I have been knitting this randomly in spurts for a while now and I haven't known who I was making it for, but I took it over to my sister Victory's in-laws who are adopted grandparents for our kids (my hubby has known them his whole life practically)... We have a miraculously close family... And Cindy, aka YAYA, was loving it, so she is my happy recipient. Her birthday is in October, so she gets it just in time for the fall weather to set in at her house on the beach!

Scrap skirt #6

It looks a little shapeless on my mannequin, but this skirt is pretty. I've taken votes around here, and so far everyone is coaching me to not embellish the skirt. They say it's elegant on it's own... I'm still thinking...

superpower

my friend, Christy, emailed me and a few others of our friends today, asking us what our favorite superpower would be to possess...

I liked thinking about this. This is what I emailed back to her. What would yours be?
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Though Christy makes a great case for the flying superpower... I think I my superpower would be to be able to stop time when I wanted... and maybe even have the ability to go back about a minute for do-overs, too.
I could catch up on sleep, have long quiet times, do as much artwork as I wanted and not feel guilty. I could enjoy a specific moment longer - a sunset, seeing my kids in a cute moment or just snuggling with Jay on the couch. I could use my time to think of the best thing to say when I get my toungue tied - I could even work through my anger over a situation before answering a difficult situation.
There are lots of times that I wish I could freeze a moment, or bottle it up and revisit it... but I guess I'd just most want the ability to savor moments better.

Can't leave well enough alone (yoyo embellished dress)

Ah... I bought this dress at "Tar-jeh" (Target) a few months ago. Fell in love with the almost drab grey and bought it in a Large, since it was the last one. Oh no! I wore it out on a date with J, hoping he'd find me smokin' (in a 50s kind of way). Hmrph... The dress was too big and slipped off my shoulders all night and J said he'd like it better with some embellishment. "too plain for you". He knows my style well.
I trust him and we usually agree.
So its been in the project pile all summer. Tonight, I decided to fix it. I shortened the sleeve circumference and added a whole mess of yoyos (I know, the yoyo police are going to come soon and take me away for overkill.) I love yoyos, though, and shamelessly used my favorites
all over this dress.
I asked J his opinion on the ribbon belt. He disagrees with my choice of the 2" satin; voted for the 7/8" grosgrain, but here we are. Can you believe I have such a tolerant husband? Seriously! I'm blessed and lucky.
And this dress is perfect for church tomorrow morning.

Scrap skirt #5

So I need a friend who is a true size 12 or maybe 14 to try on this beauty, because I didn't measure it when sewing tonight and I just had so much fun making it... And it doesn't fit me.
But it's so super cute. With an elastic waistband that makes it really a no-brainer as far as ease.
I'm just loving it.
And it's all scraps.

Oh happy day. (scrap skirt #4)

After weeks of not being able to sew due to back pain, I was able to sew last night.
(I recommend not having a 40lb 2 year old... 2 year olds still need to be held, and I'm starting to think I need a weight trainer just to advise me on how to do this. Believe me, I still use my sling when I can, because it's the only thing that helps.)

Anyhow, back to the happiness...
Dear reader Catherine, commissioned me to make a little girl spinny skirt for her darlin' to match her momma's new CLASSIC patterned skirt, and here it is!!! I'm so pleased with how much easier it was to make this time and I think it turned out even better than the first 3!
And the vintage yoyo was just for happy kicks. Tori, of Tori Higa stationery, sent me a batch of vintage yoyos she boughtfor me at Estate of Grace- which I also need to blog about...
I just had to pass on the sharefest and this morning's happy project.
Now I'm off to preschool orientation...