Sophie's mobile

This weekend my mom and I threw a baby shower for my friend since Kindergarten Michelle. She is going to have a little girl in June named Sophie. I can't wait to meet her! Michelle's mother in law is making the bedding that will go in Sophie's crib out of a fabric from JoAnn's that has lady bugs, butterflies and flowers on it. I decided to make a mobile for the crib to match. Michelle liked it, which is all that matters. :)

My Great Aunt Jen

The 1950's Singer sewing machine that I have been using to learn to sew once belonged to my Great Aunt Jen. She was my grandfather's brother's wife. She died ~10 years ago and lived with Alzheimer's the last years of her life. I never knew her before she lost her memory, but the sewing machine I inherited has taught me so much about her. You see, this machine is built into a desk with 3 drawers. The contents of those 3 drawers are astounding. Anything and everything I will ever need to replace or use for this machine are in these drawers. She had spare everything. Thread, needles, bobbins, chalk, wax, darning balls, buttons, pearl snaps, measuring tapes, Singer oil, tools and all kinds of other things that I didn't even recognize.
This sewing machine desk has been around the block more than a few times and needs a major refinishing. Having zero experience in refinishing furniture, I naturally decided to tackle this task. Ask me how it went in a few weeks...

What I've been up to

Sorry to disappoint, but I haven't taken any pictures lately. My birthday was a few weeks ago so we went out to dinner Friday and had some friends over for a cookout Sunday, but there is no photo evidence. I planted some dwarf reddish orange plants. I don't know their name and I didn't take any pictures. My daisies are blooming like crazy, but you wouldn't believe me, because there are no pictures. I also planted jalapeno, cilantro and onions and they are sprouting, but I have no proof to show you. We bought a rug for the living room that is brown with a paisley-like design on it. It matches the couch nicely and I can now sit on the floor and use the coffee table! I also made Jacob some pillows and arm covers for his man cave. Last week I shaved Kallie. Okay, maybe i should take some pics for my next post. Challenge accepted.

I am really loving the spring weather and daylight savings time!

Our Honeymoon

Better late than never right? Well, I just got these pics off of Jacob's hard drive so that's my excuse.

Hello Los Cabos!

View from our room.

The waves were massive. The undertoe was grabbing people and sucking them into the ocean. The pics don't do these waves justice. They were HUGE! Please ignore the strange man.

Does anything look odd in this picture to you? It's not what you think.

Strange man running away from the waves.

This was our last meal of the trip at the hotel. We were burnt and itchy and ready to go home. Can you tell?

Lisa's Wedding

Was so beautiful and turned out exactly like they wanted. Lisa and Colton Hester were married on January 29, 2011 at Villa Antonia in Jonestown, TX. I was so honored and blessed to be a part of their glorious day.

Chop Chop

Tangles, static electricity, headaches... I am so ready for a haircut! Having long hair has been great for weddings and ponytails, but it requires constant untangling, which causes large amounts of static electricity to be generated, which causes me and others pain. I need a new do. Here's some pics I found of short hair that I was thinking of trying. Tell me what you think.

Option 1


Option 2

More craftiness

As of yesterday, I had 2 old cork boards lying around from my Jr. High days. One of them even had glow in the dark glue on it that spelled out Jill. Super cool. So I decided to make one of them more useful in my jill cave. I had made some curtains for the the back door and had a yard of fabric left over so I used it to convert the cork board into a ribbon board. I got to use 2 guns in the process: staple and glue. Who doesn't love shooting guns in the house?