They're always so precious when they're sleeping....

Jaxon finally passed out in the recliner today for the first time...it only took him 2 and half years...lol.....He's not a heavy sleeper so you know he was exhausted to have done this...lol...that's what happens when you have playdates at your house...lol

Merry Christmas Daddy!

This is probably the tackiest blanket ever! HAHA! But I know my Daddy is gonna looooove it! I even outlined the fish and lure for him.....oh he's gonna loooooove it!

I also made this scrabble board for my In-Laws....let's hope they don't read my blog....but I'm sick of sitting on these pictures! You can't really see the words........I should take a different pic....but anywho---it has all their names and the grandkids and then at the bottom I spelled out live, love, and laugh. They look all jumbled.....On the piece holder thingy, I put McMahan Family! It turned out perfect!

I'm in the process of making my mom a kick ass paisley purse, and I have a few more things up my sleeve for Christmas! We celebrate Christmas around Thanksgiving with our families when we're back home.....so these will be delivered then! In other news I got my new Singer Futura CE-350!!! It kicks some serious ass....this is the first try at embroidery...it's definately going to be a learning experience....but oh soooo worth it!

Hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving!! I'll be back in a few weeks!

Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween 2008 was AWESOME! The kiddos really loved Trick or Treating...and they made a haul in the candy department! And Chance and I were invited to a very fun Halloween Party! He even dressed up with me! We went as Caught on Lover's Lane.....except I turned into a vampire and bit his neck out....HA! can you tell which part he thought of???? nice...I was just excited because I got to wear fake eyelashes! YAY! I've never worn those before and they were fun! So here a few pics.....had to share!
Hope everyone had an awesome Halloween!!! Can't wait til next year!

I made a hat!

It's a kitty hat...and Madi loooves it. She loves anything girly and loves Tink! So just wanted to share today's creation!

Humbled.........

So I am not the type of person that ever gets a big head or thinks that the things I do are amazing.... The only amazing thing I've ever done is given birth to happy and healthy twins. I don't really like people doteing on me, but it is nice to know that I have inspired people. It's a very humbling experience to be sitting at a park and a dear friend say how amazed they are by my creations. And to know that they take times out of their busy lives to look at my boring ol' blog. It makes me so happy to know that I am in some way shape or form impacting their lives. I know it's just sewing and I know it's not a big deal to many people, but it is to me. I put alot of myself into my projects. Even if they are just following someone else's pattern and to know that people notice my execution of the project makes me happy. So for once in my life I can say I'm really proud of something I've started doing. I've been watching quilters and crafters and sewers my whole life. But I never really embraced it. I'm so glad that I went to a bow making party and met Christina. The spark she had for sewing got me excited about something I had been trying to run from my entire life! Sure my friends back home make fun of me and my "old lady" activities...but I'm happy! And I'm truly enjoying my life. I'm friends with an amazing support group and they know what it's like to have an absolutely horrible day and come to the park with a smile on their face. Many are afflicted with their own troubles, which are way worse than my screaming ass kid.... but they always ask how I am that day and want to hear about my life! LOL! and I do the same to them! I love it. So I guess you could say that today I was humbled....or I had a humbling experience.....or a really happy experience....either way, it made my day! Thanks.

Rag Quilts are for insane people!

So count me in....this was the most tedious project I've done yet....and it about killed me....not really...it's my own fault. I took one day to cut it all and to put it all together....then the next two days to cut the back up. It's awesome so here's the breakdown.

So here's all the material I cut up!!! 6 hours of cutting to be exact...............woah.

Here are my little sandwiches that you have to assemble. A top a middle and a bottom! There is green flannel in the middle....

Next I had to figure out my pattern for my four block.....it sounds easy enough....but you're doing what they called backwards sewing...and that's way more difficult than you think......LOL

That's my little demon helper there in the picture...boy did she have fun...and she was pretty cute doing it.....lol

Then you sew all of those squares together with the solid squares and you get this!

Last but not least you sew all of those strips together and get the almost finished product......

After cutting the back of your quilt to shreds and washing and drying it....you come out with this beautiful rag quilt...pure craziness....and probably the best project yet!!

In other news.....I finished Madi's Scrubs...they are perfect! and I finished my desk!! It's almost perfect too!! I'll leave you with a pic of my little princess in her new scrubs!!! I can't wait for Halloween!!!
I love them....................

The TuTu

So we braved it...and she didn't puke all over it. Please forgive my homely child...lol...but here's the tutu!