Friday, July 17

I had to post this picture above from yesterday - it was taken after my post - I love her cheesy smile (I will be able to make Brenna a book soon of all our self-portraits - good thing I have long arms, lol).

Brenna pretending to be a dog above - her favorite game at our house.

Hello All!!

Hope all is well out there. I have continued to be busy on my projects here :-) (not sure why - I think it is because I don't have any new books to read!). I made Brenna a crayon wallet (I bought the pattern off Etsy - I just couldn't resist how cute these are!) yesterday evening - she loves it! I bought her new crayons today after our walk (we were lucky to walk today - it was "dripping" but at least not raining like it is now) - they are pretty neat as they have a plastic holder on each one that you push the crayon up to use (although they probably won't be sharpened too often - the sharpener that came with them is lousy!). I couldn't find a pad of paper like the person who wrote the pattern - so Brenna has notecards in hers (I think she may enjoy that more anyway - and of course they are pink!). I also made Brenna a "coloring book" cover (o.k. - the pattern was for a journal cover - but I wanted to make one and I figure we can keep all her coloring books together this way for the plane. Plus, I thought the cover might help the book stay open better - I think it was a success (I won't tell you how it was messed up - I have ripped out way too many stitches lately with all my sewing though, lol)). I'm running out of all my favorite fabrics now - I can't believe how low my stash of cottons is - I guess it is good timing though as I can stock up a little bit when we go back on Wednesday :-)

We are all hoping to go to the Tour de France tomorrow - cross your fingers that the weather allows us all to go! (I'm not going to complain too much about the rain - at least it has cooled things off!)

Well, I think that is it for now!

Take Care!