Monday, November 23

I really debated if I should put the top picture up - these are gifts for two of my nieces (shhhh, lol). But, I just had to see if any of my other Ohio State fans email me and ask for one too, lol! How did I do on them? I think my design (yes, this is my drawn design for embroidery!) looks pretty good!!! Below is my other weekend project - recipe card holders (or passport holders as my practice one turned into!)

hmmm - wonder who wanted an alphabet one???

Hello All!!!

Hope is well out there. I had a very busy weekend of crafting here (o.k. - I realized how far behind I am on getting things done if I want them done before Christmas (or before I leave for the US in 2 weeks!!)). Dustin made it home safe and sound from his travels, although he was very tired. Brenna, of course, couldn't wait to see him and in her excitement woke up at 5:30 on Saturday morning. Brenna and I bargained that we wouldn't wake Daddy up until the sun was up - at least she didn't notice it was daylight until about 8:15 (Dustin wanted to sleep later of course, but what can you really do with a small apartment and a 3 year old who can't wait to see Daddy??? - my suggestion wasn't well received of "if you wanted to sleep in, you should have stayed at a hotel" - can you tell how pleasant I was after waking up at 5:30)?? We did our normal errands on Saturday morning and then I worked on my crafts in the afternoon. The weather was nice, so I did get Justice out for some walks, but the weather this week won't be as nice (Brenna and I even took him for a walk on Friday afternoon :-).

I tried to work mainly on the gift for the teachers at Brenna's school, but I was distracted with doing some felt ornament embroideries - didn't they all come out cute??? I am debating about the purple one above for the teacher gift - I am thinking about doing another one (which means I probably will) - at least I did already cut out extra fabric to do one (or two). These recipe holders turned out pretty cute - I hope her teachers like them. (Can you tell which owl I thought was the best one, lol - she seems to be every where in the above pictures!)

Well, Brenna will be waking up from her nap shortly!

Take Care!

PS - I just had to share the conversation Brenna and I had on the way home from school today:

Mommy - "I am so hungry I could eat a horse"

Brenna - "Mommy, horses are not for eating - they are for the circus"

Mommy - "O.k., can I eat an elephant than??"

Brenna - "No, mommy - they are for the circus too. You need to eat food, like peanut butter, chicken nuggets, or fries"

(Gee, I have a healthy eater right now don't I - guess I know what she will want from McDonald's if we make it there when we are home at Christmas, lol!).