Happenings.

My littlest child has a birthday coming up. His first. I decided to make my very first birthday crown for his special day. I am really pleased with how it came out. I found lots of inspiration on Pinterest and from there came up with my own pattern. It came out so well in fact that I think they might be making an appearance in the shop soon! 

-I've also started to learn to knit! I am very excited about this. It has proven to be a little challenging for me, but I'm keeping at it. My skills do not go beyond a scarf, but that's okay. 

-Yesterday I made the best coffee cake ever! It was so moist and sweet! Just perfect. 

-With the little one's being sick lately, It's time to make up a batch of Elderberry Syrup! 

Until next time, 

Kellie

Fall Crafting...

So its finally my favorite time of year!! And I've been in the mood to do some crafting!! Something that I really been into lately is crafting with wool. I love it. I dabble is some needle felting crafts, but I think my favorite thing to do with wool so far is make "Wooly Soap" as I like to call it. Its a very simple craft and its so much fun! My latest "Wooly Soap" is this lovely plum and lavender colored soap. It took literally 10 minutes to complete. My little Liam is showing it off for me in the picture below. How cute. (oh and it smells really yummy too.....)

Now even though I'm not sure how often we are going to cloth diaper the little one we are expecting.....I still thought it would be a good idea to have a nice stash ready just in case. So I've sewn 2 more diapers to add to the collection. Its a very nice diaper pattern that I purchased on Etsy and I hope that when it comes time to use them, they will be perfect. Its a very versitile pattern. No serger required, no velcro, no snaps, no elastic, NOTHING!! And there is no wrong way to put this diaper on. (In other words, no front...no back). And because its fleece...its snappiable. Oh and I turned these ones into pocket diapers so I could stuff them with a regular burp cloth. I thought these would be really nice on a newborn especially. Here are some pictures of my latest 2 diapers below.

Wishing everyone a wonderful day!! God Bless.

Ahh Autumn...baking, sewing, & an update.

So Its been forever since I've made it on here to post. It seems now its always an "update" because I'm never on. Oh well, I'm trying. : ) Well I'm almost 26 weeks now and I'm feeling pretty good, well, it is getting harder to move around these days. lol. I just can't believe i'm over half way through this pregnancy. I can't wait for my little Rowan Briar to get here!! Yep, we are naming him Rowan Briar!! Don't you just LOVE that name?? Well, because I am a cold weather type of person...you can imagine that this is one of my favorite times of year. I love everything about fall and winter!! The holidays that occure this time of year, the smells, just the look of it all and one of my favorite things to do is to bake. I love to cook in general, but baking this time of year really makes things special. I found a really awesome recipe lately for the most soft, chewy cookie you'll ever eat!! (the secret ingredient is ........................ pudding!!) I used chocolate pudding for this batch and I really, really liked it. So did everyone else!!

Also during this time of year I love to sew. I have been trying my hand at embroidery and its fun!! I sewed this little tree to the back of one of Liam's P.J's and I am so pleased how it came out. (My first embroidery project).

Well, I'm sure I'll be posting a whole lot more this coming season, especially with the Fair and Halloween coming up. Have a wonderful day!!

Sewing Diapers!!

So as some of you know I am expecting another little one and I wanted to get a head start making some cloth diapers for him/her. I found this woman on etsy ( www.respire.etsy.com ) who came up with a wonderful and very easy diaper pattern. I purchased it a few days ago and just recieved it in the mail recently and I couldnt wait to get started making them. Well here are some pictures of my first diaper using her pattern. I just loved how it came out!! The best thing about these diapers are that reversable, no back or front...just put it on, and they are a one size fits *most!! I just can't wait to use them on my new little one!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My New Favorite Tea and New Pants...

I discovered that I now have a new favorite tea. Traditional Medicinals makes this tea to help with stress and tension and upset/nervous stomach and let me tell you "It Works"!! I suffer from terrible panic attacks and this tea has truely helped me. It tastes so wonderful too!! (I never had lavender in tea before drinking this and it is soooo wonderful). :) I will definatly be getting more of this.

My mama and I went to our local thrift store a few days ago and I ran across this Duck Tales child's bed sheet and knew we had to make some pajama pants out of them. We also found a pattern there for pants and *TaDa....Here they are. They are really big, but they are so comfy. (pretty funky too--just my style). haha. I think the copy right on the fabric said 1986. They are so cool!!

So now all that needs to be done is for me to slip on these pants and make a nice cuppa tea. Mmm.... Cozy.

Busy Week.......*phew...

Okay so this week has been a busy one. My Older sister Heather came for a visit. She stayed for 6 days and she is the best!! Since she is so much older than I am I didnt really get to see much of her when I was growing up so its nice for her to come and visit every once in awhile. She is an awesome Hair Stylist and so when she comes for a visit my mom, younger sister, and myself always get our hair done. (Its about time....mine was looking like a mop). haha. Also today I scored some sweet stuff at our local thrift store. My husband found a really neat little wooden truck and I found some material to sew with...along with some books and buttons...oh oh and this really neat little wooden step stool with a cow and a chicken painted on it for Liam. I tell ya....I could take all day shopping in a thrift store. Also This evening I made a wonderful California Waldorf Salad ( You can find the recipe at www.earthboundfarm.com ) and I made a really nice, very simple focaccia with some caramelized onions on top... Mmmm.... ( You can find the focaccia recipe I made and other wonderful versions at www.recipezaar.com The one I made was the highest rated focaccia recipe ). Oh and before I forget to tell you I also made some natural citrus candy using the peels of different citrus fruits. I made mine from orange and lemon peels. Oh so gooooood. (Above) My super awesome and very healthy California Waldorf Salad w/ ginger-lime dressing!!

Some sweet little books I found at the thrift store.

Mmm...Orange/Lemon peel candy.

My older sis Heather w/ Seamus

Some sewing and craft books.

Pretty ribbon.

Liam's new toy truck.

Sweet fabric I found. I love the nice summer colors.

My crafty little projects...

Here are just a few sewing projects I have done in the past. I started off trying to sew cloth diapers, but I'm just not that into that anymore. Now what I am doing for myself is making cloth pads. I origninally bought some pads from Glad Rags, but the package that I got just didnt give me enough of the big night time pads (I need the extra coverage...if ya know what I mean) so I decided to trace the pads' pattern and make some for myself (Of course I do not sell these). And they work just fine. But here are some pictures of the past items I have sewn. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(above)...Here is one of the cloth pads I have made.

A cute cloth diaper I made

Pad..again.

The KCK One diaper I made.

This here is the very first cloth diaper I made.

This diaper is patchwork with the velcro in the back.

inside flap.

Inside flap.

All of the longies I made using old sweaters.

I had an old Grateful Dead shirt and I turned it into one of my son's cloth diapers. With a space print fleece on the inside.

And here are some wipes I made a long time ago and they are still being put to good use to this day.

The Holy Spirit and .... my dreads?

I, being Catholic am very proud to say that I believe in God/Jesus. The Holy Spirit is what keeps me going. Thank you Lord for all that I have and all that I have experienced...good and bad. Everything happen for a reason. Moving on ... Here are my dreads as of today. My husband just got done palm rolling them and I think they are looking pretty nice. I haven't used wax in awhile and I'm liking how they are coming along. I have more and more hope in my hair each day. haha. I really like washing with baking soda. I think it really tightens up the dreads nicely.

And for my next project........ I'm making a quilt!! Its a little project i'm putting together for my birthday (for myself and family to enjoy).... I will have pictures up of my whole process (soon, hopefully). I just got most of the materials today. I just loooooooove going to the fabric store and seeing all the different prints.... Its just so neat.

Sewin' Time...

Here I have posted a couple of hats that my husband and I made (he made the hat in the first 2 pictures and I made the hat in the bottom 2 pictures). These hats were made using old sweaters (wool or mostly wool) that we found at our local thrift store. The first hat (the one my husband made was done using a pattern we found off the internet...which I found to be a little difficult, but I think he did a great job...he's not a sewin' kinda guy, so consider that as well. The hat I made I did by just looking at one of the other winter hats we had lying around. I did 4 points at the top rather than 5 (which is what the other hat had) I did make a hat with 5 points when I was just testing out how it would work and it turned out great, but its just easier to make it with 4 points. Maybe I will post a tutorial. Its quick, fun, easy, and cheap. And you can get about 2 adult size hats out of 1 sweater in most cases. Its just something that I enjoy doing.