The Flower Girl and the Dress I Made for Her

My granddaughter Leigha was Lexie's flower girl.

 

It was hard to get her to smile,

 

but

 

she looked adorable!

 

 

I made Leigha's dress out of a wide prepurchased headband, a couple of regular prepurchased headbands, tulle, ribbon, daisies and a slip made out of a layer of muslin (so she wouldn't itch, organza and then a thicker tulle.

 

 

The whole dress and headband cost me about $22.00 to make.

 

Not too bad and she looks so cute!!

 



My oldest son Jeremy and his daughters,

 

two of my beautiful granddaughters,

 

Sabrina and Leigha

Grandbabies

Yesterday was my oldest Grandson, Anthony's, 5th birthday.

I can't believe he's getting so big!

Here's some of the party pictures.

 I finally got to see Isabella!

Isn't she beautiful!?!?

 The Birthday boy blowing out his candles.

and the 2 older granddaughter's, Vivianna, Sabrina and Olivia, with Mallory.

My Sweet Sister and Some More Trick or Treaters

Yesterday I got an unexpected package in the mail. My sister Robyn sent the kids an I a one way swap package. She said she's been enjoying seeing all of our swap stuff so she decided to make one up herself.

Robyn called it a

S-Somewhat

W-Wicked

A-Aunt

P-Package

She sent all kinds of goodies for me and the kids. Mallory was still at school when we opened it so her goodies are wrapped up still. Isn't the spider web picture frame cute?!?!?? Robyn is very crafty and made that for me.



This is my oldest grand "Baby" Sabrina

Here is her little brother Austin as Tigger.

He had a honey pot for his candy bucket.

and then Anthony as a doggy.

The kids were all so cute!

The Last 2 Kiddie Halloween Swap Packages

Mallory's partner was Marcus. Marcus and Kelly put this wonderful package together for Mallory. Mallory opened everything slowly so she wouldn't tear the neat black wrapping paper.

Here is Mallory being.....well......Mallory!


Mallory laid everything out herself so I could hurry and take the picture. Marcus and Kelly sent a ton of goodies. There is a sewing kit for a felt jack-0-lantern, Click Clacks (Clackers), spider web tights, candy, tons of stickers, pens, paper, beads (Mallory and I both have bracelets now!), a really neat craft book and there is even more. Thank you so much Marcus and Kelly!!! Your package was a huge hit not only with Mallory, but with her drooling brothers waiting to get into the candy!

Katie and Lori sent Sabrina this really nice swap package. I didn't get to actually see it but Sabrina and her mom, Nikki, sent me a picture. Sabrina loves the Tinkerbell necklace!!! She was so excited telling me about everything on the phone. The clipboard has a chalkboard paint on it so Sabrina can write on it (very clever idea!!) and then the nail kit, candy and other Tink stuff were a big hit too!! Thank you Katie and Lori!!

This is what we sent to Katie. It was fun making something for a girl!!

This is the bag I made for Marcus. He likes WWE and I just so happen to have some fabric on hand from something I made for Ezie before.

Thanks Marcus, Kelly, Katie and Lori for a wonderful swap!!!

Thank you Denise for hosting such a fun swap!

Trying to Catch Up on My Sewing

Over the weekend I finally finished up some projects that I have had sitting in my sewing room. I just thought I 'd share with you all what I have been doing.

A Tinkerbell pillow and apron for my grand daughter Sabrina

A unicorn apron for her mom, Nikki

and a floral apron for my son's girlfriend, Amanda

I also made Mallory this little gathered skirt and a matching dress for her hairless Annie doll. I'm going to work on the hair this week.

and finally I finished sewing the squares together for the afghan I was making so now I've just got to sew in the hundreds of loose ends on the back.

Today I'm going to do some yard work until it starts to storm and then finish up a couple of other sewing projects.

Have a great day!

I've Been a Bad Blogger!

I have been busy with babysitting and crafting. I get tired easily and my legs hurt if I stand to long or if I sit to long. I guess these are my excuses for being such a bad blogger. I am looking forward to school being out and although we need the money I really hope that I don't have to babysit over the summer. Babysitting this little girl has made me appreciate my own kids so much! She is a handleful and a half!

On a happier note we should be having a new grandbaby any day now. Jesse, II is due tomorrow and I think the Dr. will induce Fatima next week if she doesn't go on her own. I'm excited to have grandchild #9 arrive safe and sound. Two of my sons had birthday's last week, Jesse turned 28 and Jeremy turned 32. I can't believe that my boys are getting so old!! When did they grow up??? Anyway, I thought I would share some new pictures of some of my grandbabies.

My oldest grand daughter, Sabrina.

Anthony loving his watermelon!

Austin is 6 months old now and loves that he can sit up by himself now!
He's pulling himself up on the furnisher already.

Slow down Bud!

Chad, Jr. is 4 months old now.

He has the biggest smile and don't

you just want to pinch those cheeks!!

Have a wonderful weekend. We're going to, hopefully, put a piece of equipement together for the kids to play on and have a BBQ tomorrow for who ever wants to come over and help.

Nothing Has Been Going On Here

Not much has been going on here worth blogging about. I babysat my twin grandsons, T.J. & Jordan, last week for a few hours. They had fun being pulled around the house in the laundry basket. They are the quitest little boys and so tiny. They are 17 months old now.



The kids were so bored the other day. It was actually a nice day, in the 40's, so they went out and made a snowman out of the slushy leftover snow. I like the way he looks like one of those snowmen that are melting.



Saturday my son and his girlfriend brought Sabrina and Austin over and then T.J. spent the night with us. So here's a picture of Nana and 3 of the 8 grandkids.

Other than that I've become addicted to a couple of games on Facebook and I have been working on swaps. I finished Ezie and Mallory's Pixie Swap packages and I'm almost done with Missy's Fairy Swap Package. I've also been crocheting an afghan for a friend. I'll post a picture of the squares tomorrow. I think it's going to turn out really pretty.

Have a great day and PLEASE send spring wishes this direction!!! The weather man just keeps talking about another storm and quite frankly I'm SICK of winter!!!

Girl Scout Cookies......a Yummy Tradition

My grand daughter, Sabrina, has been our cookie seller for the last several years now. Lexie used to be a Girl Scout and there has never been a troop opened for Mallory to join. (We'll try again this year!) Sabrina and her mom, Nikki, delivered our cookies yesterday. Yum, Yum, Yum!

I can remember being a Brownie and pulling the wagon behind me full of cases of cookies and going door to door trying to sell them. Who else remembers when you had to order the cookies in advance and then sell them? I'm sure my mom does! How many boxes did our poor parents ending up buying? We had to work to sell those cookies back then. What great memories though!

I think everyone has one particular kind of Girl Scout cookies that is there favorite. Mints were always my favorite growing up, but now I've switched to. MMMMmmmm! They're like little candy bars with there coconut, carmel and cookie goodness. Mallory loves thin mints and most of the boys in our family like the Do-Si-Dos.

What is your favorite kind of Girl Scout cookie?

Grandkids, Grandkids and My Mallory

Here is a picture taken yesterday of the newest grandbaby, Chad, Jr.

I can't wait to see him in person!!

This is a recent picture of Austin who was born in November.

I think he is about the same size at 2 1/2 months as Chad, Jr. was at birth!

My oldest grand daughter, Sabrina, went to her first semi-formal dance last weekend.

I can't believe how fast she has grown up!

This is Anthony. He's 18 months and he's the one I babysit during the week.

Mallory fried eggs for her and Jace all by herself.
She loves to cook!

I just wanted to share some pics with you of some of the family. Have a wonderful day today.

I have to finish crocheting a baby blanket for a friend.