Sleeves and Summer Refashioning

I've ventured out into the world of sleeves and was very pleasantly surprised to find it wasn't as scary as I had imagined. Yay!! I've also been having so much fun "revamping" more old clothes into summer clothes for Catelyn. I think I'm finding I like making new clothes out of old clothes even better than starting from a pattern. When refashioning something, a lot of the "dirty work" (i.e. hems, serges, button holes and pre-sewn buttons, etc...) are already done... and that makes the project quicker, which makes me happy. Here are a few of the things I've made. :)

This outfit and the next, I forgot to get the "before" pics. Oh well. This first one,

all I had to do was add the straps to take an adult top to a toddler dress. Easy enough. :)

This top was originally similar to the white shirt "before" pic (down below).

I made this one into a halter though.

The rest of these are "before" and "after" pics.

Lip Gloss and Nail Polish

Catelyn and I had a little spa party the other day, where she did her own makeup and I painted her nails. The results...."beautiful darling, absolutely beautiful!!"

Look Who's Crawling!

For about a month, Tripp has been hanging out in the crawling position, but couldn't quite figure out how to actually crawl. Then, about a week and a half ago, something clicked and off he went. He'll only go short distances, because I don't think he's realizes he can go all over just yet...which I'm ok with. :) Now we're brain storming how to contain the little guy down stairs on the cold, hard concrete floors. Congrats on the big step buddy!

Valentines Wreath

I know it's only the middle of January, but I've got Valentines on the mind. The color's are so fun and happy, and you need that (at least I do) when it's so cold and dreary outside. Anyways, a couple weeks ago, I saw this tutorial from House of Smith's on how to make paper roses out of crape/streamer paper. I thought it was so cute, and Target had some crape paper on sale in their Christmas section for 75% off. I already had red paint and the styrofoam wreath form, so the total project cost came to about 65 cents, which fits my budget beautifully! It was a bit time consuming, and my fingers felt the sting from the hot glue gun a few times, but overall I was happy with the outcome. :)

I love the little glittered heart picks that I found at the Dollar Store

(which by the way, is one of my favorite places.)

They always have little, unexpected treasure.

My little "happy corner" in my kitchen!

Out for the Count!

This is the scene at the Lawler house these days. Both of my babies and my husband are out for the count!! We're making it through, and have doctor's appointments lined up for in the morning, but wow...i'm ready for some healthiness to be back in our house. In the mean time, I'm just praying I can make it through the night and tomorrow without any symptoms of my own. How many days until Spring????

Keeping Entertained Indoors

Catelyn definitely doesn't have trouble finding things to do. All of these are events I would walk into the room and find her doing. That kiddo cracks me up!

Build pillow houses. (Poor little guy)

Take a stroll in the walker.

(Look how much she's grown! Craziness!)

Go for a bounce in the exacauser.

Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

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