Super Annie

 Doctor By Day

 Super By Night

I found a really cute pattern to make a cape for Annie and naturally had to run to the fabric store and find my supplies. The cape is reversible and she loves running around the house yelling "SUPER ANNIE!"

Wyatt's response to the situation...

Mother's Day...

...was in May and it's currently the middle of July... So I'm behind. Just bear with me as I play catch of over the next few posts...

For Mother's day, I wanted to have Annie be a part of it. Since my husband most definitely lacks in the crafty/unique/thoughtful gift ideas, I took over for our Moms.

Here's what I came up with (each had a gift card attached to the back):

Annie was funny about making these. She wasn't thrilled about putting her hands in the paint and INSISTED I painted it on her hands. I was impressed though, it only took 3 tries to get 2 good hand prints.

Christmas Time

We traveled up to WA this year to spend Christmas with my family. Jared wasn't able to get any time off so I headed up a week before Christmas and Jared joined us on the 23rd. We were fortunate enough to have my grandma come stay with my parents so she could spend more time with grandkids and great grandkids. By the time we left Annie new everyone by name and even recognizes voices on the phone. I'm so sad that we live so far from my family but so grateful that we get a couple of times a year to just spend time together.

Making Gingerbread Houses

Let's be honest, she was just in it for the candy anyway

Seriously...check out the concentration on Neal's face

Check out that roof structure...made with nerds :)

Kyle & Matt opted for the Gingerbread Christmas Tree

I gave in, moved Annie to my bed in the middle of the night, and this is what I woke up to in the morning

Annual butter cookie decorating

we even got Grandma in on the action

And Annie ate them...she's signing and saying "more" in this picture

Growing up, we would always act out the Christmas story. I was always Mary and my Dad the donkey. We decided that grandkids were old enough this year to act it out...

Mum & Dad didn't have a baby so we used a little monkey for Baby Jesus

Neal helping Chloe read the scripture story

 I didn't catch it on camera but as soon as the door opened Annie came running through and yelled "HI" and then ran the other way. After that, Bodie (the shepherd) and Charlie (Mary), riding Bumpa (the donkey).

The Angel!

The stars of the show

Logan Holiday Gift Show

So I mentioned this show in a previous post but realized I never really posted about it.

The Booth

Items pictured above (you may have to look close): tutus (hanging on the left), little guy tie onesies, stenciled onesies, christmas tree onesies, onesie dresses, carseat covers, hair bows, hair flowers, etc.

Items sold included: brain squeezers (baby headbands, top left), diaper changing pads (bottom left), binky clips, watch faces, watch bands, mini baby clips

 Lots and lots of onesie dresses

 Watch bands

It was fun...

A good experience...

But I probably won't be doing it again...

This was my first ever show. And I did make some money but it was pretty slow going and the products I make tend to make people say "What a great idea, I'm totally going to make that". Honestly? I'll save you the trouble if you would just buy it ;)

I've come to realize that I love to make the products but selling them in person is just not my thing. The amount of inventory I had to make was quite a lot of work and with Jared working full time I came to realize just how fortunate I am that Annie naps 3 hours a day. But my home was quite neglected as was my family. So for now, I'm sticking to Etsy but I'm more than happy to do custom orders. Just hop on over to my site :)

Aviatrix

 Isn't it super cute!!!!

 

 I found the pattern here for absolutely free!

I made it in one afternoon and she loves wearing it. There is also a version without the straps I made but it's little big right now....

Tiffanie, you should TOTALLY make this one!

Holiday Boutique

Come on over!

I'm going to make some sweet treats and set up my booth from the Logan Holiday Gift Show. 

You're welcome to come even if you don't buy, it will make me feel better if I have at least a couple people show up ;)

p.s. I didn't put my address on the flier because I'm assuming if you read my blog, you know where I live. But for the sake of my family's safety just in case there are some crazies reading my blog, I took the address off. Email me if you need directions.

Don't Forget!!!!

Shameless plug...but wait, it's my blog, why should it be shameless???

It's not shameless at all. In fact I am super excited!!! I'm finally selling in a craft show. Well it's not really just a craft show. It's a Holiday Gift Show and they'll have everything!

Curious?!? Go see for yourself! You can go to the website, or better yet come see in person! I'll be there, in the handmade items room.

Jared's already made the frame for my display, can't wait to show you a sneak peak!!!

Friday & Saturday, November 4-5th from 10AM-7PM!

Chrissy's Baby Shower

You know I love a good excuse to craft right??? Well I recently had THE MOST PERFECT excuse. One of my really good friends growing up is having babies....yep that was meant to be plural. Twin boys to be exact. She's due the beginning of December but to avoid having a baby shower while she might possibly be on bedrest, we had the shower at the end of September.

The Invite

My fabulous Dad cutting branches for me so I can make the lovely creation below!

 

 The wishing tree! I LOVE how this turned out!

Ralph and Rastus! To Chrissy's credit, she is not naming her boys Ralph and Rastus. The story behind these names, well actually just Rastus is that when my Dad would make up stories when we were little Rastus was always the name of the character. This was my Mum's gift to Chrissy. She just decided to "wrap" them like this instead of put them in bags. I thought it was great!

The Diaper Cake! But also one of the games. We played "The Price is Right" All the items on display where on a sheet of paper and everyone had to guess the price of the items without going over.

Two bums means twice the diapers! We decided to have a diaper raffle. Whoever brought diapers, entered their name in a raffle to win a prize!

The Diaper raffle prize: Cookies in a jar, a corn heating bag, a super fuzzy blanket, and some FABULOUS fudge from a local candy store on Bainbridge.

The prizes for the Price is right game. The top three each one a frame.

The quilts! So my tradition is to make a quilt for every grandchild on my side of the family. Well I only have one brother that's married and they said their done with kids and since Chrissy is such a close friend I jumped at the opportunity. 

An up close shot of some of the prints.

The food! I suddenly realize these aren't the greatest pictures but there was some amazing food. I had some help with this. A gal who knows Chrissy's family well and who I knew from Girls Camp also hosted the shower. She took care of the crepes and all the toppings (which did NOT dissapoint) and I took care of the cinnamon rolls, ham & swiss rolls, and a fruit platter. YUM!

Opening gifts!

Side note, I forgot to take an up close shot of the garland in the background but I made her a couple of onesies and hung them with some links. P.S. I am NOT picking my nose in this picture!

Lots of support. I couldn't believe all the faces from the past.

Little Bainbridge Ferry Shirts!!!!

The beautiful Mommy to be with Ralph and Rustus in tow! She looks great and I couldn't believe how active she was having two babies hanging out in there! She was on her hands and knees playing with Annie! She'll be a great Mom and I can't wait to meet the little tykes this Christmas! Thanks for letting me go over the top for you Chrissy!!!!