A thought about sprinkles

On the peanut butter toast of life, we all need a few sprinkles.



Hoping you find some colorful sprinkles this weekend.

Sugar Sack

I made matching little sugar sack shirts for the boys. The shirts say:
"SUGAR
100 % Pure and Sweet
__ lbs. Made in USA" (insert each boys very healthy weight)
I thought there would be a cute finished picture with both of them wearing matching shirts.



But, Bayliss didn't want to get his picture taken with Beckett.



And, I have lost Beckett's shirt.

Nonetheless, these were fun to make. I just drew with pencil onto the shirts, backed them with water-soluble interfacing, and embroidered the design onto the shirts. And, you never know, I may just find Beckett's shirt somewhere.

Is it wrong to say a prayer of gratitude...

...at the thrift store.



Yesterday I found all these little goodies for one dollar.

Is anyone else particular about how words sound together? I don't like the words "stocking" and "stuffer" together. These little gems will be gently placed in Bayliss's beautiful stocking. They will get cleaned up and wrapped with care for a special little boy to discover in a very special sock on Christmas Morning.

Really easy headband

Give me 15 minutes, a scrap of fabric, and this really easy to follow tutorial that I have had bookmarked under "things I want to make" for a really long time, and then I found myself talking to my new headband.


"Hello new headband. You where super easy and fun to make and I could easily see cutting the rest of my fabric up into little rectangles to make these for other people...a certain Holiday in which I like to make things for people I love is coming after all...".

After the turkey is eaten tomorrow I am "allowed" to start playing Christmas music at our house.

Sitting in my sewing corner after the babes are asleep and making things while singing along to Dolly and Kenny, it's a long twenty something days for poor Jay. "But Jay," I insist, "the children NEED these."

A bit of time

Waving goodbye as Jay drives the babes to the park, walking past the dirty dishes, ignoring how dirty my hair is, sitting down here for a moment

trying to be right here right now without expectations,
seeing what happens.

Wishing you a happy weekend and maybe a bit of time for making.

Three Months

Three months ago today.



This image of my baby when he was just seconds old evokes such a flood of emotion it's difficult to find words to put with them.

So, I'll borrow some from a favorite song of mine lately:

"Before you go to sleep,
Say a little prayer,
Every day in every way,
It's getting better and better,

Beautiful,
Beautiful, beautiful,
Beautiful Boy"


Beautiful


Beautiful


Beautiful


Beautiful boy.

Hello Monday

If Monday Morning has you feeling like this:



Go outside.



See what you can find.



Bring some of it back in.



Or just take a look down at your kitchen floor.



Maybe you'll find something to cheer you up.

Enjoy the week friends.