I am back!!!

Hello!!!!  I know it has been forever since I blogged here!   I have to say a lot has happened to our little family with in the last year.   Most of you know from my last few posts that we had a baby girl.  Which is so much fun.  But as you may know, baby are a lot of work and she is a very spirited little one!  I will have to write about some things that I have learned now having two kids.  I have a boy and a girl and people where very right, they are day and night!  But still tons of fun.  

When my daughter was exactly a week old, my hubbie started a new job!  It was crazy.  Training meant long hours and having a little boy and a baby.  It was not easy.  But we lived with my mother in law and I don't think that I could have made it without her.  She would come home from work and take my little boy outside to play and do yard work.  During this time my daughter had colic and I had tons of nursing troubles. I will do a post about that in and of itself.  

With my husband's new job came a good size raise.  At least for us it was.  Which meant we were able to start house hunting.  After about 2 months of looking at house's we found our home!!!!  It was SO exciting.  Everything went smoothly and there was no one living here at the time so things went very fast.  The Tuesday after we signed, my hubbie decided that he needed to go deer hunting and I was left with a house to unpack, a super energetic 2 year old and a nursing baby.  Needless, to say I was exhausted!!!  I had some friends come to the recuse and it was so kind! 

Now, fast forward to today.  So far we have started to remodel our basement.  By start I mean almost done except painting and do base board and trim.  I will do another blog post about the bumps we had a long the way and how amazing it turned out.  We love it and it is where we spend pretty all of our time.  

Now we are working on my son's room.  Which I am so tickled to get done!  It will be so much fun to decorate.  Plus, my son who is 3 is the size of a 6 year old.  I am not sure why he is so big.  But he is and so he is currently in a toddler bed and he is just as long as the bed.  So it is time to upgrade him into a twin bed.  I will do a post about that to!!! 

Well goodness, looks like I have a ton to update you on.  Plus, some of the most exciting news of the post, I have a craft room!!!!  Yep, you heard me!!  Guess what?!  It is the biggest "bed room" of the entire house.  I can't wait to show you.  I have been working on getting it organized and all the boxes out of it.  You are going to love it.  I just know.  

I have tons of decor ideas thank to that lovely pinterest and that amazing people who share ideas.  I can't wait.  I hope that you will join me on this journey.  Which mom stories, home and decor ideas, kid struggles, and sew fun!   As while I have been away, I have found some amazing blogs that I would love to share with all of you.  I hope when life gets a little bit less crazy to start Tuesday Tell All's again.  It was so much fun to see all of your amazing ideas!  

So tell me, what in the world have you been doing while my life has been super crazy???? 

She's here!!!!

Our little girl is finally here!  That is part if the reason for the break.  I have a few project on the way!

Bad Day = Cute Baby Stuff

This last week I was having a really rough day, so after my little boy was in bed I went to work. I have been really stressed with the thought of all the projects that I have wanted to get done before this baby comes.  So I did the two things that I really wanted to get done.

The first was I love the car seat tent.  Even though she will be born in the summer I hate when I go places and the baby isn't protected by anything.  Also everyone wants to touch the babies face.  Grrrrr....  I had someone sneeze on my son when he was just a week old.  I fell apart.  I mean I was a wreck.  With this baby I really wanted to have one!

While I was looking for patterns I came across  this one.  I loved it! I did my handles a little different.  I love how it turned out.

  My little boy  was the one that picked out the fabric.  He kept saying, "Oh Mama, I love this.  It is so cute."  I love him.  He is super cute!!!  This is what it looks like on the other side.

Then when my son was born I had someone give me one of those burp cloths that were made from a cloth diapers.  I used it all the time.  Then my mom had another one made.  They are awesome.  I bought the cloth diapers and never made them.  I have had them for 2 years.  I was sick of them staring at me waiting to be made.  I pulled out my scrap fabric, the cloth diapers and I found this tutorial. 

It was SO easy.  I thought that it would be harder. I did 9 in an hour and half.  I also did two different stitches.  She did a zigzag and I tried it.  I am not a fan.  Then I tried a straight stitch and liked it much better.  Here is all of them that I got done.  I am so excited to use them!

The girl ones.

I have no idea why the last one didn't flip.  Alwell!  

Here are the boy ones that I did for gifts.

I am so excited!  I love that they are done. Plus, the fact that I had all of the stuff on hand.  I didn't have to run out and buy all of the stuff to do these projects.  Now on to the next project that is glaring at me. 

What is something you need to get done?

Tuesday Tell All #43

Welcome to Tuesday Tell All! 

* I have no idea what happened.  I published it and everything and it didn't work!  GRRRR!!!  Sorry about that!

Anna, over at Ask Anna, shows How to Clean Grout.  It is genius.

Valerie, over at Making Messes, made a super cute Onesie & Pocket Tee {Appliquéd}.

Mel, over at The Crafty Scientist, made a super cute Button Initial.

Here is my rules are:

1. Must be something craftie.  This can be anything!  Projects, Craft Ideas, Organization Tips, Recipes, Ect. 
2. Link only your post, if you link your blog or anything that you are selling will deleted.
3. Anything that is negative or inappropriate will be deleted.
4. Please link up only one time per project.  If you add it more then once I will delete it.  
5. Link up as many projects as you want.
6. Visit the other links and show some love!
7. Please let others know about my linking party so that we can all enjoy in the fun.

Tuesday Tell All #42

Welcome to Tuesday Tell All.

I just looked and it hadn't posted yet sorry!!  I am so excited to see all of your Easter projects.  I have a few projects up my sleeve too. I cant wait to show you!

Amy, over at The Happy Scraps, made these super cute Wooden Eggs!

Holly, over at Crafts by Holly, made a Face/Name Book.  These are great!

Hollie, over at The Seven Year Cottage, made super cute Carrot Tops.

Here is my rules are:

1. Must be something craftie.  This can be anything!  Projects, Craft Ideas, Organization Tips, Recipes, Ect. 
2. Link only your post, if you link your blog or anything that you are selling will deleted.
3. Anything that is negative or inappropriate will be deleted.
4. Please link up only one time per project.  If you add it more then once I will delete it.  
5. Link up as many projects as you want.
6. Visit the other links and show some love!
7. Please let others know about my linking party so that we can all enjoy in the fun.

Tuesday Tell All #40

Welcome to Tuesday Tell All!

Once again I am so sorry, my internet wasn't working this morning.  

Over at Musings of a Glamourpuss, shows us how to color coconut.

Lisa, over at Chic Energy Designs, shows us how to make a nursing covers.

Amy, over at Increasingly Domestic, shows us how to use lemons in cleaning different things.

Here is my rules are:

1. Must be something craftie.  This can be anything!  Projects, Craft Ideas, Organization Tips, Recipes, Ect. 
2. Link only your post, if you link your blog or anything that you are selling will deleted.
3. Anything that is negative or inappropriate will be deleted.
4. Please link up only one time per project.  If you add it more then once I will delete it.  
5. Link up as many projects as you want.
6. Visit the other links and show some love!
7. Please let others know about my linking party so that we can all enjoy in the fun.

The February Challenge

During the February challenge I made some fun flowers with the leftover fabric from the blankets I have been making.

I think they turned out so cute!

The February Challenage

I have told you all that I was doing things while on my craft store diet.  I wanted to do a tutorial for you.  My mom bought a bib forever ago and I loved how it looked.  So she let me borrow it for the pattern.  I made my son a rag quilt and wasn't sure of the dimensions so I bought way too much material.  Which was a blessing!  I had enough material left over to make cute bibs!

I started out by using the bib as a pattern and I got this cut out.

Then I pinned the whole thing together.  But you need to leave a space open where you can pull it back right side out. I usually leave the spot on the bottom.

 This is what it looks like when it is sew but not right sides out.

This is the final product!  They turned out so cute!

Sorry, the lighting is awful! 

Look what I found!

As most of you know I am going to having a baby girl in July (or sooner) and I can't wait!  Everything in our house is either trains, cars or dinosaurs.  I am SO excited to see pink!  I have not had a reason to look at the girlie stuff.  I have to say, I am loving!  

Well today I was looking at one of my favorite blogs, U create.  You can link up to Ucreate Parties!  I love this place.  I was looking at it and I found this! A lady bug birthday party.

I love lady bugs!  I always have.  I was going to do her room in lady bugs, but till we move she will be either in our room or my little boy's room.  I don't think that he will like that very much!  I will have to wait till we move. 

I can have a lady bug birthday party for her first birthday!  I know she isn't even here yet and I am planning her first birthday.  HA!  I am really excited!

Tuesday Tell All #37

Welcome to another Tuesday!

I can't wait till I have two mins to blog about all the stuff that I have done.  By then I hope that have more done!  I hope that my little family will stay healthy for a while so that I can get more done.  Well let see a few of the projects that linked up latest week.

Laurie, over at House to Your Home, show us how to spice up bookshelves.  

This is for my brother!  Over at Musing of a Glamourpuss, she made this amazing Millenium Falcon Cake.

Holly, over at Crafts by Holly, made these super adorable flower!

My week......

I have to tell you I had so really awesome things to do this last week.  I was so excited, then the dreaded pink eye hit our house.  What I mean by our house is that my little boy, my hubbie and my self all had it!  It was not very funny.  Needless to say, the only thing that I got done was cleaning, laundry and dishes!  

Let's just say I have never done so much laundry in my life!  It was awful. 

This next week I would like to get some more stuff done.  I am really excited to get some of these things done.

The February Challenage

Well I know that it is only a few days into February, but I have been able to do some of the things that were on the list for the month.  Plus I have crazy month with 3 birthdays, which included my hubbie's, Valentine's Day, my brother's wedding and everything else with life.  

I am determined to take some time for me.  I haven't been crafting at all lately and I miss it.  Well this week I have jumped in a big way!  I have already been able to do 3 receiving blankets.  Now these ones are for my little one.  The fabric is really special.

The light pink one was extra material from a blanket that my mom made me when I was a teenager.  The dark pink with flowers is one that I bought right after I got married.  I have just put it off till I have been expecting a girl.  Now is the prefect time.  Then the blue cameo was some that I bought when I was expecting my son.  Which never got done because I had tons already.  

I actually saw a tutorial to make the receiving blankets over at Living Life On Purpose.  She makes them just the same as I do.  The only difference is the stitch that I use around the edge.  I normally use a straight stitch, but I did use a different one on the pink and flower one!  I was being really brave!

Next I was able to get my beach bag or Capri Sun bag done.  I started this stinkin' bag last spring.  I was sick of it taking up tons of the room in my craft room.  I got most of it done before we moved, but I never got the bottom done.  Well last night I was really brave and I finished it.

Here is my tutorial about how I did mine!

I   started out by getting 42 Capri Sun packets.  Next I laid them out on the ground.  I had a few different flavor, so I wanted to make a pattern with them. 

Here is a picture of the front/back of the bag.

Next here is the sides, I used 6 for the sides and 6 for the bottom.  When I took the picture I thought that I would only need to have 3 but I was wrong!

Next,I sewed the front and back, so they were done.  I sewed the into strips and then I sewed them all together.  I used a straight stitch.

Here everything is sewed in there sections.

The 3 that are on the top of the picture, I made into a pocket.  I love pockets.

Here is everything sewed together. 

So last night I sewed the bottom on and the straps. Here is the finished product!  I am so excited that it is done!

 The last thing that I have gotten done is some of the rolled flowers, they kinda remind me of a lollipop.  I also did a ruffle one too!  Now I just need to get clips.  Not till March!  

I think that I put a button in the middle of the flowers.  We will see.  I can't wait to show you what I get done this next week. 

So what are you guys up to?  Anything super fun?  If so let me know what!