Cutest model ever...

I can't even tell you how happy seeing this picture made me today. Isn't this the cutest little guy ever! I didn't ruin the surprise apparently, this baby can use some baby leg warmers up where he lives... at least in a few months! You make cute kids Christina!

Little tree forest...

Well, I made some more... I love these cute little onsies! Here is a little forest of green ones. I'm still trying to figure out the best kind of stabilizer to put on the back... so if any of you have any suggestions let me know! These trees have already been adopted... so I hope that everyone who got one doesn't see it here first!

Husband is out and has my camera.... so that's a little sad. I hope that he is taking good care of it. I finally finished the tree in my little boy's room today so pictures of that to come!

Nature Jewelry...

I'm not a big jewelry wearer but I've been eyeing some amazing pieces that I found on Etsy... all nature related... oh they are so pretty...

This bird nest necklace from E. Ria Designs is lovely...

Then there is this antler necklace from Kiska Style... I'm loving this one too.

I've had my eye on this leaf ring from Silver Garden forever....

The shop is opened...

Well, the shop is now open again! I'm going to offer my little trees for $5 off the original price from now until August 31. So if you want one now is the time to order!

I have a few new things that I'm working on to go into the shop. Come September they should be ready to go!

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Little girl onsies...

I have a friend who is having a little girl soon so I made these onsies for her. This is my second time sewing on onsies and it shows ;)... but I think they turned out pretty cute...

This one is my favorite... a sweet little tree.

I got the idea for this one from Scraps and Whatnot... I had to try out this tulle cupcake. How cute! However... the cupcake is crooked... but I'm not going to fix it... better luck next time cupcake!

Sewing is my garden...

When I started up this "crafting" blog I had so many great ideas and intentions. I could not have picked more horrible timing... that's for sure. The same time I opened up my little shop and started blogging on here I found out I was pregnant, had a horrible pregnancy filled with complications, and experienced the end result of losing my little boy at 21 weeks. The past few months since his birth and death have been very hard, confusing, sad, depressing, and heart wrenching for me.

I am feeling a little bruised at this point... but full of a lot of hope.

My mother in law lost a little baby when she was six months old to SIDS. A few weeks ago one of my sister in laws told me that the only way that their mom found to deal with her grief was to garden. She loved to work in the garden. The long peaceful hours in the sun spent digging with her hands in the dirt, creating something beautiful and wholesome. I've been thinking about that a lot lately... what is my garden? What can I dig my hands into to help me work through this grieving process? I can't actually "garden" in this little condo that we live in... but I can sew.

I love sewing. I love how it feels to hear the hum of the machine going... to feel the fabric slip through your fingers. To create something beautiful from nothing... I don't sew as much as I would like to. The times where I have sat down to sew I feel something stir inside of me that I've been ignoring and suppressing since I've become a mom... me.

So I've decided that sewing will be my garden. I have so many projects that I want to make and create and work on that I haven't been able to do this year because of everything that has happened. I'm ready to dust off my machine and get to work.

I'm going to be opening my Etsy shop back up in a few days and I'm really excited about that. I'm ready to get to work and start creating again... and that feels really good.

Today's inspiration...

Could I please just jump right into this picture??? I love it! I love the cute blonde pigtails... the hand made socks all hung on a line... I love the trees... the little bits of snow peeking out... and I think that I'm going to have to try out this fingerless glove pattern sometime. Too cute!

Image from Purl Bee...

House skirt...

It's so pickn' hot out here!!! I'm a jeans kinda girl but it is just too hot to wear jeans right now. So I decided to make a few skirts. I used Simplicity pattern #7229 and I am so in love with this skirt!

I bought some green light weight cotton knit a while ago from the dollar table at Walmart that I've just had sitting around and that's what I used and it's perfect. Super light, long enough that I can do anything I want in this skirt and it doesn't reveal anything and I don't feel like I have to "be careful" if you know what I mean. I'm not sure why I started calling it my house skirt, probably because I feel like super mom in this. I've suddenly reverted back to 1954 and it feels good to make dinner, bath the boy, sweep the floors all while wearing a skirt.

I also made one in brown ;). I highly recommend it! It was a very easy pattern with just a few seams, drawstring waist and two button holes. Sorry for the crummy picture. We have such bad lighting over here!

Log draft buster...

I finally finished the log draft buster that I talked about doing here. It's not as detailed and ornate as the original... but I love it! It does it's job and is a lot cuter to look at then a rolled up towel. Made from brown chords purchased from Salvation Army and stuffed with lots and lots of plastic grocery sacks!

Wild flowers...

We went on a drive a few weeks ago while we were camping. We found ourselves driving through a field of wild flowers. It was so beautiful! I don't like picking wild flowers because then they die and they just don't look as pretty dead as they do alive mixed in with all the other flowers and greenery. So I took a few pictures instead. I am by no means a photographer or even close, but I thought these turned out pretty well...

Father's Day book...

I know... I know... Father's Day was a while ago, but I wanted to post about this super cute book that I made for my husband for Father's Day.

I made this book a while ago, back when Oprah was doing her free book from Shutterfly promotion. So I only had to pay for the shipping. I made a book about my little boy and his dad to give for Father's Day...

I love it, my husband loves it too! It's mainly just about the cute things that they do together. Pictures of things they have done and cute moments between them. And what kid doesn't like to be the star of their own book? I love that they can read this together, good father son bonding time...

Mother's necklace...

I've been pretty absent from this craft blog for the last little while. Those of you who read my family blog already know my news, but those of you who don't I thought I would leave a little note here...

On May 15th I became a mother of two. I now have a 20 month old adorable toddler and a little baby who is in heaven...

I ordered this mother's necklace from JJewelry on Etsy. I wanted to wear something that reminds me of my two sons. On the front it has their initials, and on the back their birth dates.

We named our little boy Clayton and he was 1 lb and 11 inches long, born at 21 weeks.

Sleep peacefully little baby...

Tree mural...

I've been working hard the past little while on finishing up my sons room. The last little (kinda big) part I have to do is this tree mural on the wall. Good thing my friend Mindy is a muralist (is that a word?) She came over to help me draw the tree on the wall so that I could start painting. She did a great job, and she didn't even get mad at me when I told her after she drew out the tree that I wanted to move it over six inches... thanks Mind!

Here are a few things that I learned about murals...

- When you draw out the picture don't use a pencil. That's what I was planning on using but the pencil markings will show through the paint. Instead use a paint pen. You can get those at any craft store. Then you just paint over it! Don't worry if you draw where you don't want the picture, you can just paint over that with the regular wall paint.

- Also, hardware stores can sell you a little "sample" of paint that is just a few dollars. That way you don't have to buy a whole pint and have a lot left over.

Hopefully I can get this room put together soon and then I'll post up some pictures.

New Vase...

It was a great Mother's Day for me this year. Second year being able to celebrate such a great thing, being a mom. I hope that all of you other mother's out there had a great day as well!




My little guy gave me this pretty little vase (it's suppose to be a pitcher, but I'm going to use it as a vase.) I can't wait to fill it with some Billy Buttons when they come into season...

Woodland draft buster...

I love this Woodland Draft Buster that I saw over at Purl Bee. We have wood floors in our hallway and it makes for easily heard footsteps and creaking when trying to sneak past a certain toddlers bedroom. I've been putting a towel down in front of his door to try to muffle the sound but that's not very nice to look at everyday. This would be much cuter.

I also like her idea of stuffing it with plastic grocery bags...