making christmas - rice heat therapy bags

next up i made some rice heat therapy bags for auntie margy and nana.


i was hoping to use purple fabrics for auntie, but dont have much purple in my stash. i actually bought some purple fabric and then returned it because it was just too ugly (i also did this with some cars fabric). i used this tutorial and it was a pretty quick project. there is also a link to printable tags for your bags.

my neck and shoulder have been so sore lately, i'm hoping i get a chance to make some of these for myself! the small bag is filled with flax seeds and fits neatly in a quart size freezer bag for storage in the freezer. i didnt put them in the freezer to test them out, but since i filled them up with flax seeds that i store in the freezer, i know they get nice and chilly!

making christmas - abby's baby carrier

so one of the things i made for christmas was a baby carrier for my niece, abby.

i used hobo mama's tutorial and leftover fleece from an orange carrier i made for myself.

i included some directions on how to use the carrier

and abby used it to carry around her turtle baby on christmas! (picture stolen from robyn)

baby shower

a couple weeks before christmas, we had our christmas party/district meeting and my wonderful coworkers threw me a baby shower! when i arrived for the meeting i got locked out of the room so they could finish setting up, and i teared up when i saw all the work they put into it. it was so sweet! i know michelle must have spent a lot of time pulling it all together, she's got the biggest heart ever.

32 wks

here we are at 32 weeks already! it's been going really fast and really slow all at the same time. been having lots of pregnancy aches and pains, but the midwife said that besides a muscle relaxer (which she knows i wouldnt take anyway) there's not much to do besides ice packs and rest. but there's so much to do! my schedule has been pretty packed with boys, crafting, and work, but hopefully once christmas is over i'll get a little breather before last minute preparations for baby.

i'm hoping to spend some time on the baby's sweater as soon as christmas is over with. so far i have two front panels finished. i also have this baby bedding which i love, but dont plan on using a crib with this baby. i'm hoping to come up with some ideas for repurposing it.

busy crafting!

here is a little craft i did for handing out at the health department yesterday. since i'm working on a handmade holiday, i've been super busy sewing, gluing, painting and crafting. unfortunately i cant show anything i've done so far because i would ruin lots of christmas surprises! so i thought i'd go ahead and share the candy cane thing and let you know that i'll have lots of things to post about on december 26th!

tree fetching '10

i have been SUPER busy around here lately, but we did manage to get our tree up and decorated on schedule! jeremy and oscar put most of the ornaments up while i sat and unwrapped, but we got it done and it's the most beautiful christmas tree we've ever had (it always is). i almost brought my tripod along this year so we could get a better picture, but that sure did sound like a lot of work!

i noticed that we had all worn our converse (oscar calls his rockstar shoes), so we got a family foot photo, too!

oscar singing a song for sammy

oscar wanted to record a video for sammy when he got out of the shower this evening!