Sewing!

I have been busy sewing the last few months and thought I'd show you some of the stuff I've made. The above picture is of the first baby car carrier cover I made. It's also the first thing I've ever sewn without an actual pattern. I just followed an on-line tutorial. I made it for a sister in our ward who just had her first baby. She's from Hawaii...so I thought something bright and floral would be good. I also made her a crib size quilt, pictured below. I also went with a girly hawaiian print!!!
I figured I didn't do to badly with the first car carrier cover so I made one for cousin Melissa's baby shower. I forgot to take pictures before hand. I loved pairing the bright pink with the zebra print on the back. I did a more decorative strap on this one. I actually added zebra ribbon bows and bright pink buttons!

I went thru her baby registry to see what kind of color scheme she was going with.
I also made a quilt for her. Pink and brown diamond pattern. I had a hard time finding something I liked for the back. I went with....

Brown and pink fleece/furry stuff. I liked the way it matched, yet contrasted the front. Is contrasted a word? It was the first time I ever worked with this material. It's only fleece/furry on one side. It was kind of a pain, but it's so soft!!!!

Then I finally got Shannon's stuff done for her and Baby Hannah!

I made Shannon a fleece Gerbera Daisy blankie! I crocheted around the edges!

I've been finding owl material around town and so I finally made some quilts and stuff for Hannah! This is a crib size quilt. 45 X 60....or there abouts!

A close up!

I found this gerbera daisy flannel a long time ago...and bought it to make probably pajama pants for Shannon, cuz I know how much she loves this flower. After she got pregnant with Hannah, I decided to give Hannah a break from Owls and make her a gerbera daisy quilt. It's also crib size...so it can fit a toddler bed too!

I made a smaller quilt....45 X 45...I would guess. Probably a little smaller. I found this lovely pale green owl print flannel and I had some material that was my Mom's with Hippos on it. Shannon loves Hippos. So I put it together for this quilt.

A close up of the cute owls!!!

and the Hippos!

I also made my 3rd car carrier cover! Did not do a more decorative strap because I couldn't find Owl buttons or ribbon I liked! I think I sewed one of the straps with the print going in the wrong way...it makes it unique!!!!

The underside is the hippo material. It will probably scare Hannah half to death with crazy hungy hungry hippos staring at her....or she'll go to sleep so she doesn't have to look at them!

That concludes my sewing frenzy to this point. I will try and keep posting pictures of all the stuff I'm sewing!!! I need to get a couple stuff sewn this week. We'll see how it goes!!!

Eddie in the Nursery

So...for the 3rd hour of church today....the men took over Primary so all the ladies could celebrate Mother's Day with a little brunch! Brunch at 3pm?....whatever!! I escaped and went home!!! Eddie however got the joyful duty of serving in the Nursery. There were 4 little girls and one boy. The boy is William, the Bishop's son. The four little girls are: Carol Burnett, the smiley blonde girl, the princess and the one under the table. He knew before hand he would be in the Nursery, so I reminded him to sing!!!! He was in there with 2 other men. The two other men spent the whole time on their cell phones/blackberrys...checking the basketball game score and sharing stuff with each other and ignoring the kids.
When they first got to the nursery the regular nursery leader gave them the rules and then reluctantly left!!! Eddie sat at the table with Carol Burnett and smiley blonde girl while they ate goldfish...so of course Eddie had to tell them they were delicious. Eddie showed them how a plate could be a hat or Mickey Mouse ears. Next it was time for playing "hide the baby"! Eddie would tell them...what's that on the wall and they would all look and he would hide the baby doll in his coat or under his arm. This game brought Under the table girl out from under the table. They did this for 10 minutes. It got a little warm so Eddie opened the window for some fresh air. They began to watch it rain and the look at the clouds and the mountains. Eddie was playing puppet show with the baby at this point, holding it outside of the frosted glass, saying, "let me in, let me in!" Then William came over with a dinosaur..so they played where's the baby where's the dinosaur. Then Eddie was hanging the kids out the window. Then Carol Burnett threw her shoe out the window so Eddie put William outside to get the shoe and then had to coax William back in. Of course after William got back in...the shoe went back out the window...a new fun game. Then it was singing time. Eddie sang Popcorn Popping and everyone stopped and joined in..except for the princess in the other room. Smiley blonde girl was doing all the hand motions. Then Eddie played monster and was chasing the kids around the table and into the toy room. The princess told Eddie, "Don't scare me, I don't want to be scared!" He said, "Ok. I will not scare you!" After this Eddie was tired, so they all sat down and had sippy cups with water. So Eddie taught them a new game called, "Catholic Blessing!" He taught them how to sprinkle each other by flicking their sippy cups. William was really good at it until he filled his mouth with water and spit it all on Eddie. Of course Eddie was giving him a "Cathoic Blessing" at the time. Carol Burnett just turned her sippy cup upside down and shook it's contents onto Eddie's leg. Next it was time to teach them Eddie's favorite "wave at the Bishop!" You stick your thumb in your nose and wiggle your fingers. He said it didn't catch on very well. There were still 5 minutes left so he chased them all into the toy room and they sang Popcorn Popping 2 more times and then it was time to go!!! The two other men, that were so helpful, told Eddie that they found a new calling for him!!!!!! Oh to be a fly on the wall!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day

Ya'll know how I feel about this day. So we'll just share some Mother songs!

Eddie is HIRED!!!!!

I just got a call from Eddie. He said, "My name is on the board." I said, "What does that mean?"
He's HIRED!!!!

It's amazing how blessed we are!!!!!

I think it's 30 days and we get benefits!!!!

He's been working temporary since October at Stouffer's in Springville. Now he's permanent!!!

Woo Hoo!!!
It just dawned on me!!!! He'll get paid for Holidays now!!!!!

HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!

There is a God and he LOVES US!!!!

I Ramble!!!

When I heard the news last night, I was just kinda numb. My first thought was you cut the head off a snake and you get more snakes.

My second thought was Rodney King, "Can't we All just get along?"

It just feels like a very hollow victory.

Glad one less murderer isn't on the loose, but what will the cost be?

Haven't we already paid enough?

I've always been a pro-death penalty person....and this will save lots of money on trials, but it seems he got the easy way out and it took far too long!!!

Perhaps victory would have been sweeter a few years ago.

I felt more united as a country on 9/11/01!

What will 9/11/11 bring?

It's all just very surreal!

Glad for those who feel justice has been done.

I just pray that ALL God's children EVERYWHERE are safe

and long for the day when the lamb and the lion lie down together without any ire!