what have I been up to?

Well I got most of the house work done and painting is finished except for some touch ups.

Below, I also went through tons of magazines and tore out what I wanted and sorted/organized it. Yep,took over that dining room table and went to town. 

Also, got 12 boxes from JCPenney of organizational cubes and base cabinets to put together to help out the princess' room and the craft room. That took a long time- jeesh so much Styrofoam. I mean why don't they make it illegal to use that crap- I think the air filled plastic tubes has to be easier and also better for the earth. The dang Styrofoam takes up too much space in the trash can and we can't recycle it- hate it.

Here is the system in the daughter's room. I know Ana has how-to plans on her blog and I was going to make them but then realized I already had the bases so it was easier and pretty cheap to order the cubes..they were on sale..Now, maybe the room stands a chance of being clean most of the time. :)

So, glad to be back. The break took a bit longer than I expected..you know life got involved. And with all the time off being able to do more family stuff I realized that I love blogging but love my kids more. So, I figure that I'll try to post M-F but weekends - well they are family time from now on. And heck with spring hopefully coming soon- weekly might go to M, W, F only as gardening takes a lot of time here - along with soccer and dance, etc..you know? Life.

Happy 15th Birthday Jon Jon

Had to take a break from my bloggy break to wish my little man Happy Birthday!

Jon Jon is 15 today and it is hard to believe how fast he is growing from this cutie patootie at age 7

to this handsome fellow at age 15. The years they go so fast that I just want to grab him and yell- Stop growing up so fast. But he must it is what they do..He is such a joy and I love you my little man-

Happy 15th Birthday my little Jon Jon.

Happy Birthday princess Sophie

Can you believe it? Five years ago this little princess was born. I had 3 boys at home and was hoping that someday I'd get a little girl I could pamper, spoil and dress in wonderful clothes. Someone that would love to craft and shop and be with me. I got all those and more. I got Sophie Elizabeth. And she is one of the 4 best things that have ever happened to me. I loved her so tiny and small then...

And I love her so tiny and small now. Here she is in her birthday skirt that she had me make..yeah last minute procrastinator here -up till 11:30 last night finishing this pattern from HE**. But to see her face this morning when she put it on made up for the long hours of frustration. 

Happy birthday my little love.

I love you so much and yes I agree with you- I can see you changing everyday. Just please don't grow up too fast- I still need snuggles okay?

snow day 2010

Today is another snow day in NC. But it is more important than this weekend because it is a school snow day. Which means another day at home..woo hoo

We didn't do any crafting or transforming of furniture this weekend. We were to busy doing this fun family stuff. How was your weekend?

Wiggled it out

He did it. He wiggled that dang tooth out. He was so happy to be able to bring it home from school so he could leave it for the tooth fairy. Look how cute.

How can you not love that smile?

Good job my little man. Now we can wait for the next one to get loose and go through it all again.

Repurposing a jumper

I am having such fun taking thrift store clothing and repurposing, upcycling, transforming or whatever you call it - into something new that my little girl can wear. Here is our current cord jumper- size 24 months. We loved the apples and of course the colors..so we had to have another skirt.

 

Here it is on the princess- we even made a hair flower to go with it. I especially like how she accessorized it with her sucker :) 

Repurposed turtleneck

  I bought this girls size 12 turtleneck for $1.00 at the thrift shop. Now, I know my daughter is only a size 4 but I had a plan.

I cut off the bottom portion and made her a nice fun little skirt with that ruffle as the bottom. Then I had the top left..hmm what to do? Well I cut the sleeves off and then made the top thinner by sewing it up on each size about 2 inches. I then cut the sleeve tops off a bit to make them shorter than reattached them. So, we had a Brittney Spears short top- not the look I want on my daughter - she has a great little tummy but not for the world to see. I then took some fabric and attached a long skirt to it. So, from this:

to this: I think it turned out quite cute. What do you think? She insisted on wearing it to school today even though I told her it was a bit warm. She loves it.