My Little Spot

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2012-01-24T18:53:00.001-05:00

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2011-03-24T09:38:00.000-04:00

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My blog is moving!

2010-09-12T20:47:00.001-04:00

I'm moving over to a new blog. =) I've wanted a new blog name for a while. I've been searching for something similar to "My Little Spot" that I could use, but all variotions of it were taken 10 years ago by some people that never use their blog. There really should be a "deactivate" if not used in 5 years clause somewhere... Anyway. My NEW blog is Alligator Lane! I even bought the domain name

What I see on the monitor sometimes

2010-09-10T08:33:00.003-04:00

I meant to post this funny last night, but oh well, here it goes today.My husband had just put Allison down to bed in her crib. I went in to check on her and him since he was still in there. I rubbed her back a minute and my husband was sitting in the chair kind of waiting to see if she got up before he left. She seemed out like a light! So I left, he left, and we thought we were good.A little

Wordless Wednesday...Caught in the act!

2010-09-08T00:05:00.003-04:00

Feeling like nothing gets done some days

2010-09-07T18:59:00.003-04:00

This afternoon, well evening because it was at 630pm, as I was talking to my husband on his drive home I was whining "I feel like I got nothing done today." I'm being whiny because I'm so tired. Alligator is not sleeping well at night the last few days and on work nights fo rmy husband I'm alone on the overnights. So last night I did too much, then played on the internet for too long, and didn't

My friend is doing a good GIVEAWAY

2010-09-07T04:07:00.004-04:00

Who doesn't like Giveaways??? I sure do! So my friend LeeAnn is having a good one....Check our her blog The Life of Rylie...and Bryce too!She is awesome online and in real life. =) She has two adorable kids, she works, and has this fantastic blog! I don't know how she does it all.She's having a giveaway for Costumes4Less until September 21st. I've ordered from this site before and they are pretty

I hope she likes the colors black and blue

2010-09-03T22:18:00.003-04:00

I think she'll be wearing them for a while. =( She is clutzy, maybe she's just "normal" clutzy, but I have a feeling she might be extra clutzy like me. :::sighs:::Yesterday she fell somehow on an end table at my mom's house. There were these 2 parts of the legs of the end table, kind of wrought iron, and it opened just enough for her face to fit in. Well, she fell, and smacked her face dead

Wordless Wednesday (aka Diaper Laundry Day)

2010-09-01T14:40:00.002-04:00

Beach Day...Yay

2010-08-31T23:53:00.004-04:00

Since we live only a short 40 minute drive (give or take) to the Cocoa Beach we decided to take a late afternoon trip out there today. I'm glad we did! It worked out perfectly with the weather (except it was a bit windy) and the sun/heat. We got there about 5pm and played for an hour and 20 minutes or so. We went with a friend of ours (Deborah) and her son (Jacob). Allison is about 6 weeks older

I was THAT lady today

2010-08-30T18:16:00.004-04:00

I was THAT lady in Walmart today. You know the one. We've all been behind them in line. We sigh so loudly everyone else can hear you. Wondering, "What the frick is she doing up there paying in pennies?!"The hubs and I decided to make a quick Walmart run this afternoon with the Alligator. Got all our goods, you know, some baby items, some charcoal, some cans of ready made formula to use up some

New Discoveries in the Kitchen

2010-08-27T18:17:00.005-04:00

Alligator's, not mine, I can still barely cook. ;-)So, Alligator found the cake pan drawer under the oven. She was crawling around while I was making dinner or something and she grabbed the handle. It moved! Her eyes lit up like, "OH MY GOD, what IS this?! And there is STUFF in it!" She was very proud of herself. Then she promptly started removing things.She has a particular fondness for the mini

Wordless Wednesday

2010-08-25T21:41:00.003-04:00

Mom of the year - letting her play with a plastic bag.

What a rainy day does to my living room

2010-08-24T23:42:00.003-04:00

This is what a rainy day in Florida does to us. The day started off normal. Breakfast bottle, then some apples, and a trip to the gym. She gets to play at the gym, I get to work out, fun! Then the rain started as I was leaving the gym with her and didn't stop until it was dark.So this shows you how a toy box exploded in here. Or a few toy boxes. I know Alligator sure tipped a couple of them over!

30 day blog challenge FAIL

2010-08-23T22:17:00.004-04:00

I signed on to do a blog challenge here and I then quickly FORGOT about it! Woops. I'm trying to do more. Goodness knows I spend enough time in front of my laptop somedays. Now I just need to post!!I should take a picture of my craft room (aka - the guest room) to show its horrible messiness. Maybe some readers would get a kick out of it. I've been working on lots of different projects for

C's Football Onesie

2010-08-20T10:20:00.003-04:00

My quick Friday blog post. I meant to post this yesterday but oh well. A friend of mine found a cute shirt she wanted to make for her son. Her son is 5 months or so and his older sister is a cheerleader for a middle school I think. Anyway, she wanted to try to make shirt for him in the school colors that was football related, but she didn't know where to start. She showed a couple of pictures and

Wordless Wednesday - Outside Play

2010-08-18T23:12:00.001-04:00

( This kid just would NOT look at me while I was trying to take pictures!)

A post not about baby!

2010-07-20T09:44:00.006-04:00

I have had this blog a while now, 4 or 5 years?! I haven't always used it well. When I was just kind of crafting I would blog about that. When I got engaged I blogged about that. I would blog about things randomly and sporadicly. I would always forget about it a while and then come back and try to update it more. No one was reading it back then though. So anyone reading now, THANKS!! So now most

2 kids in my house - 5 years apart

2010-07-15T08:34:00.003-04:00

No, not both mine! Ha! My niece Gianna stayed over the other night. Gianna and Allison are 5 years and 5 days apart. (Sort of strange because my sister and I are 2 years 5 days apart.) This was the first time she's stayed over since I was like 7 months pregnant with Allison. She used to stay over a few times a week when I worked with my family. Then it was down to once every few weeks on a

Wordless Wednesday

2010-07-14T08:16:00.001-04:00

(wow I need to post here more)

Wordless Wednesday

2010-07-07T11:37:00.003-04:00

Almost wordless. Here are our 7 month photos a little late - getting harder to take these now.

An award? For ME?

2010-07-06T15:58:00.004-04:00

Yep, I won an award!! Yay!! I think I got one from someone else a while back and by the time I realized I should do something with it, I couldn't find who or what it was. I'm slowly coming around to understand a bit more about the world of blogging. =)OK, so about MY award. Another fabulous mom gave me the Sunshine Award. The Sunshine Award is for bringing a little Sunshine into someone's life.::

How to get a picture of your daughter's first tooth

2010-07-02T11:43:00.005-04:00

Well, Alligator has her first tooth! It finally broke the surface. It is just barely out, but I could see it and feel it. So I HAD to try to take a picture to send her Daddy at work.Here is my story, in pictures, of "How to get a picture of your daughter's first tooth."First I had to hold her between my knees with her standing up (because she pooped RIGHT then as I was getting the camera ready).

Another giveaway on a Great Mom blog

2010-07-01T23:33:00.003-04:00

My friend Kaymee is doing another great giveaway on her blog. Her button is over there <--- on the side too "The Mommy Diaries".One her recent giveaways for some handstamped jewelry from Brag About It our friend Melaina won! Very jealous. ;-)Click HERE for the awesome adorable crochet hat giveaway she is having from Ambernee Crochet.Thanks for stopping by! More updates to come soon, with pictures!

2 posts in one night!

2010-07-01T22:29:00.006-04:00

I'm trying to get better about my updates. I would eventually love to do a giveaway or two (or thirty...) and maybe pretty-up my blog. ::sighs::: Someday...For now, what I do have to show off is my Alligator. She is getting so big! She went on the swings for the first time last weekend. You can see at first she was not impressed. I think that the way Daddy was swinging was too boring:Then Mommy

My friend's Giveaway - We love giveaways!

2010-06-24T10:08:00.002-04:00

My Mommy Friend K is doing a Giveaway of some awesome jewlery on her blog. Plus she's just fantastic. Go check her out here:http://kaymee81.blogspot.com/Check out her giveaway here:http://kaymee81.blogspot.com/2010/06/brag-about-it-hand-stamped-jewelry.htmlTell her Amanda sent you! =)

MamaBargains.com ~ Rave

2010-06-15T08:59:00.007-04:00

I forgot to mention this a while back, even though I told Mama Bargains I would. So here goes.Mama Bargains had some baby sunglasses on sale for $5 each (or something like that). I thought it was a great price! I have seen them at Target too, but never in the girl colors like I wanted. So I scooped 2 pairs for Allison. One pair was pink and the other pair was purple.I paid for regular old First

A lot of firsts this month

2010-06-07T16:11:00.007-04:00

Allison had her first 6 month photo shoot. She did really well, but never looked at the camera and smiled. She was smiling at the dog behind me in this picture... We tried some rice cereal for the first time. You can see by her face she was not too pleased.Then we gave her the spoon and she was happy again.Then we let her try to feed herself. She got messy. Some of the rice cereal did make it

Officially 6 months!

2010-05-21T20:22:00.004-04:00

Allison is now 17 pounds 1 ounce and 26 1/4" tall! She had her 6 month check up today and did great. Smiles all around until she got her 2nd shot. She cried for 3 seconds, Daddy picked her up, and then looked right at me and smiled. I called her a faker and then she gigglesnorted at me. I'm not too good on the blogging lately, I apologize. =) I have so many projects I am working on. Well, by

Almost 6 months

2010-05-12T19:46:00.003-04:00

We’ve had a good 5th month around here. She has learned to roll over from her back to her belly. She found her toes. And she is almost sitting up. =) Makes mommy happy when she smiles and giggles.Here is my smiley girl waiting patiently for her bottle to warm up.Here she is looking all posed for her 5 month photo shoot.Here she is loving her belly time while fast asleep. We really like this new

Loving some playtime

2010-04-28T13:35:00.002-04:00

Diaper Contest!

2010-04-05T16:50:00.002-04:00

An online friend of mine is doing a contest for a diaper! I love contests and ways to earn extra entries. Here is a link to her blog with the contest info:http://www.exploitsofamilitarymama.com/2010/03/cloth-diaper-contest.htmlRight now she's making a video diary of her trial with Rumparooz diapers all this week. So far I've only used BumGenius diapers so I'm curioius to learn about her

4 months old - wow

2010-04-03T19:02:00.004-04:00

Another week, another new formula to try out. Her skin wasn't improving so we had to switch to the hypoallergenic formula last week. She hated it at first. It really smells bad in my opinion, but now she's taking it just fine. She's having way less tummy issues and she's sleeping a lot better now too. (2-3 good naps a day - woohoo!) So let's see if her poor little cheeks get better soon. Crossing

180 degrees!

2010-03-23T11:37:00.005-04:00

I see I have some followers out there. Thanks! I guess I should update more!! Things have taken a GREAT turn around here, like 180 degree turn around! I feel human, more like myself, and we are all much happier lately. We started giving Allison bottles of a formula/breast milk mixture instead of just breastfeeding. She is doing AWESOME!! It took her a bit to get used to the change, but she's

3 months

2010-03-01T22:58:00.003-05:00

Our new favorite thing

2010-02-15T15:55:00.002-05:00

SMILES!! Seems the only way to get them on camera is to have Daddy making funny noises and faces while Mommy trys to snap it...has to be a team effort otherwise it will not work!

Dead laptop = less blogging

2010-02-09T22:02:00.007-05:00

My laptop died last week. Then I brought it back to life with a few hundred restarts, safe modes, disk checking, and more restarts. I got it just enough to get a few things off the hard drive. I had just recently backed everything up before I thought there was a problem, so I was good. I've had to actually get up and use the REAL computer or my phone for internet access. My poor little BlackBerry

2 months already

2010-01-25T19:06:00.006-05:00

Allison is 2 months old!! She had her 2 month checkup today and got her not so fun shots. She was born at 7 pounds 1 oz (down to 6 pounds 6 ounces at 4 days check up) and is now 9 pounds 8 ounces! She's about 50th percentile and doing great the doctor said. Her shots went well...only a little bit of crying from both of us. ;-)A few new pictures...

Bath time....

2010-01-20T22:05:00.002-05:00

Allison loves bath time. Getting dressed is another story....she hates it!

Two days in a row!

2010-01-19T16:21:00.004-05:00

Wow, I'm doing a blog update 2 days in a row. Amazing. =)Allison is on her SECOND nap of the day! 3 hours each! I'm so excited. The laundry got done and put away, I got a good nap in earlier with her first nap, I took a shower, did my nails, tidied up the house a bit, and got to eat!I have a couple pictures to share....Allison met her first baby girlfriend (Sylvie) when Brook and Pete were

Trying to get better at updates

2010-01-18T19:14:00.005-05:00

I promise I'm trying to get better at updating my blog. =) The last few weeks things around here have been getting much MUCH better. Allison is sleeping more, I'm sleeping more, and Daddy is sleeping more. I think we all feel better!!Allison will be 2 months old on Thursday and I will be 31 years old on Friday!!! Agh!She has her 2 month check up on Monday and she will get her vaccinations/shots.

One month old!

2009-12-23T10:19:00.003-05:00

Still a little strange for me to say "My daughter..." but my daughter is ONE month old! I can't believe it has been that long. Things are getting easier around here...but it still is hard sometimes.Here are some pictures to show her off.

So I had my baby...it's a...

2009-11-30T18:15:00.005-05:00

I know there are a few people out there that look at this blog and were wondering what I had. It's a GIRL!! I went into the hospital on 11/19 at 41 weeks to be induced. Thursday and Friday were very slow days with little progress in the labor department. Saturday finally started moving things along!Allison was born at 10:28 on 11/21...so here are a few pictures!

Slacker finally updates

2009-11-09T15:44:00.006-05:00

I haven't been updating my blog because I've been lazy about it. Woops. I've been busy crafting up a little human and it has been wearing me out! I'm almost at my due date (11/12/09). Hopefully this baby wants to get out soon.Here is my most recent bump picture...this was taken last week at 39 weeks. I'm afraid to take a new one...if I make it to 40 weeks I will have a new one on Thursday.The

Much needed update

2009-08-25T13:41:00.006-04:00

I don't post much, sorry. :-) I've been crazy busy with the pregnancy and many projects!I do have a project to share and show off to anyone that's reading. :-)So my friend was looking for bedding...and she found this set:But....it costs about $620 for the bed skirt and the bumper!!!!! Whoa. That wasn't including any window valances. I made a crib skirt, 2 window valances, and the bumper for

My 1st custom order on Etsy's Alchemy

2009-05-12T21:50:00.007-04:00

I got a request through Etsy's Alchemy store last week. Someone wanted a tie top bag in zebra with hot pink. I think it came out pretty cute. I hope she likes it. (I'm pretty sure she will I saw her other recent purchases through etsy and they are very zebra and hot pink!)It is reversible and has a pocket on one side of each color with a button closure on both sides.I'm trying to sell a lot of

Etsy Shop Update (finally)

2009-03-31T10:56:00.003-04:00

I have finally made some new things to update my Etsy Shop. I have a few grocery totes, some baby taggies in there, and a few other things. They are all very cute (I think). :-)Someone I know will be doing a giveaway this week of one of my items...I will tell you when she posts it on her blog and I'll link it.So if you like anything or you think someone will like something from my shop...please

Gianna's Polka Dots

2009-03-25T17:22:00.006-04:00

You may remember me saying the other day Gianna wanted a purse so I whipped one out for her...(here) and she mentioned she wanted a closey thing (aka snap closure inside). At first she had picked 4 fabrics for her purse when I started to make it. So I narrowed it down to just the two and then I told her I'd make her another bag sometime and send it to her like pacakage.So I surprised her with a

Just rememberd a Christmas Present Post

2009-03-24T12:54:00.006-04:00

This is WAY over due...but I wanted to post a project I did for two of my very good friends for Christmas. I decided I'd like to go more of the handmade gifts from now on if possible. So I knew that two friends (one might read this, the other is sometimes afraid of the internet) would like this idea. (Or they would like at least part of the gift.)They both know I'm doing more crafty stuff. They

Yummy

2009-03-19T11:24:00.003-04:00

I wanted to make some cupcakes last night. I was actually in the mood for some chocolate cupcakes with regular old vanilla butter cream icing. Well I was almost out of cocoa powder, so I had to make vanilla cup cakes. Then just when its time to add the milk, I am out of milk. Crap. Luckily I had some powdered milk stuff left from some recipe, so I just whipped up some milk and used that.I made

Gianna wants a purse...Gianna gets a purse

2009-03-16T14:58:00.004-04:00

This past weekend (Saturday night) my sister and Gianna came over for dinner and stayed over night. Gianna started toting around the purse I was about to package up from Lani's giveaway and claimed it as her own. Crap. I had to get out of this one... Then Gianna sees my new cabinet nice and filled with fabric and starts picking out lots of fabrics. I told her lets just pick 2....so then she says

Go Gators...A Quilt

2009-03-02T19:09:00.006-05:00

My good friend Brooke and her husband are expecting their first baby. It's a girl! She is due in August and the parents to be are, of course, SUPER excited!I wanted to send them a little something for both parents and for the baby girl.I sent mom a book called The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy and I sent dad a book called So You're Going to Be a Dad. Both books were recommended to me by other

Why I love Craigslist

2009-03-02T17:32:00.009-05:00

At our house our office is also my craft room. I used to have all my craft supplies in the closet. Combined with various office supplies and other things we had stored. We used to use the office also as Gianna's room when she slept over. She had her own little toddler bed and the TV cabinet had all her stuff for when she stayed. I decided I need to do something about my mess in the closet and

Some fun things I've done lately

2009-03-02T12:26:00.007-05:00

I have become pretty bad about updating my blog. Some people I know are able to put up a post a day with pictures. I need to get better at that. I have some pictures to post because I know a few people like to see what I've been up to. :-)I made Angela a boppy cover. I found a couple patterns and tutorials online, but you may know I do not do well with patterns...so I pretty much made my own. I

I love giveaways!

2009-03-01T10:41:00.005-05:00

I just heard about a giveaway I thought I'd share with my readers. Do I actually have "readers"? Maybe someday...anyway...read on:So I will soon be posting a picture of my fabric stash and my new cabinet I got and made for my stuff...then you will see that I clearly have a problem with fabric and collecting it for things. So when I hear about fabric giveaways I always enter! You can enter too!

Finally redid Gianna's site

2009-02-08T22:45:00.005-05:00

I finally updated Gianna's website now that I've started to learn Dreamweaver. I plan to add more pictures and pages, but for now its a start. I think its much cuter than it was before.Here is a screenshot of the cute new site....more to come soon!

2009-02-05T07:59:00.002-05:00

I live in Orlando Florida. I am driving to work and my car says its s 32 degrees outside. Seriously...? I dont like it.

Yes it looks weird right now

2009-02-03T12:52:00.002-05:00

.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} I am currently trying to update/mess with my blog. I'm working on making my own pretty background and getting the layout how I want it. Please bear with me while I make the changes. Thanks!

Green Quilt Done!

2009-01-27T11:10:00.003-05:00

I am cutting and pasting from the GP Quilters Blog I posted earlier.It took me a bit longer than planned to get this green done for MrsBro, but I will blame that on the holidays. :-) This is my first attempt at "quilting" of any kind. I did a simple machine quilting on top (just the squiggly lines straight across - nothing fancy) and machine stitched the binding on. I am not exactly proud of the

That was weird

2009-01-15T10:27:00.005-05:00

That was a weird post that somehow found my blog earlier today. I don' t know how it happened, but it did. I also got the same message on my cell phone this morning.I am now in the process of changing some passwords to get things switched up. Thanks for those that brought it to my attention! :-)

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T14:22:00.007-05:00

Happy New Year!! We had a really fun New Year's Eve party at our house. We had an 80's theme going, so most of the people dressed up in 80's gear. It was pretty funny. I didn't know I could get my hair that high anymore...Here are a couple pictures from the party to share with anyone that couldn't make it. (I hope my friends don't mind me posting this picture of all of us...please let me know if

Quick Update #2...

2008-12-22T19:01:00.008-05:00

I don't know how many people actually read my blog, but I think I have a few friends that check it out, so here is my other quick update I promised. Here is the start of the green quilt I'll be assembling once I get everyone's pieces/parts after the holidays. Its for the Getting Pregnant Quilting Group on thebump.com. These are my green squares I made. (much improved from my last few squares I

QUICK update #1...

2008-12-17T19:07:00.013-05:00

We've had a busy couple months...and its not over yet! So many projects, parties, and holidays, not enough time in the day to get them done.Thanksgiving went really well....we had 19 or so people over our house. (7 babies/toddlers, 14 adults) All went well and I think everyone got enough food. Here we are gathered around the pool table with the triplets at the head of the table. :-)Also I went to

Resetting the CBEFM for first time use

2008-11-30T22:18:00.003-05:00

Here are the instructions I found on how to reset the Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor back to its default settings. (Like if you are borrowing a friend's monitor to use, you want to reset it to clear all her data from the machine so it can learn YOUR cycles.) I hope this helps.1. Remove the plastic cap from one end of a clean-unused-test-stick and snap the cap onto the other end of stick. Inset

This looks yummy...

2008-11-19T21:44:00.004-05:00

I cannot wait to try it out this recipe. I think I might make it instead of regular apple pie for thanks giving. I guess its probably similar to other apple crumble recipes...but oh well. I will try it sooner or later.(I got the picture and recipe from Daily Candy.)

The 1st baby blanket...

2008-11-15T00:18:00.005-05:00

...........that I made all by myself!A few weeks ago I helped my friend recover the seat cushions for her hand me down glider. We used the pink fabric in the pictures below for the chair...we had so much extra fabric I wanted to make her a little something else.So the back is flannel with green and pink polka dots on it and the front has light green stripes on the side with pink in the middle.

Kim's Bags

2008-11-10T21:04:00.005-05:00

I volunteered to make my friend her bridal party's gifts. Her wedding colors are red and black. She's getting married at the Disney Wedding Pavilion next month. I'm so excited! It's going to be beautiful!!Anyway, so I got all the purse pieces cut out a couple weeks ago. I just cut out the interfacing a couple days ago....here are some pictures of the process. I will post more as its completed. I

A few random pictures.....

2008-11-10T19:47:00.008-05:00

I was sorting through various pictures I've got stashed on my camera, on my memory sticks, on my memory cards, on my work computer....they're everywhere. Here are a few I thought I'd share for now.This picture is a few weeks old, but these are the cutest triplets I know. I went to their 1st birthday party yesterday....I don't think they like cake...I will have to train them. ;-)(I hope their

Fun Friday Giveaway....

2008-10-24T21:05:00.012-04:00

Frugal Mom is having a give away!! She's giving away $100 at Amazon.com and a awesome bag from Artsy-Crafty Babe. Visit Frugal Mom's blog here: www.frugalmom.net/blogThis is the bag I like from Artsy-Crafty's etsy shop...I like them all, but this one is my choice for my favorite tonight. If you want to try to win, visit Frugal Mom's blog and follow the directions!

2008-09-30T18:30:00.005-04:00

New kitchen shelves I built...Here is the wall before...it is in our "nook" in the kitchen. Not really much of a nook, but still...So then I built the shelves out of some 2x3 pieces of pine wood. Then mounted them to the wall with some heavy duty anchors. (Difficult as you can see from the holes we made and patched up)So then after the shelves were mounted I attached some 1/4" sandeply. Sanded,

2008-09-19T20:52:00.006-04:00

CD55, still no AF, and some projects done, some to start, and so many projects to finish...Here is the Loopy I made for Brooke's birthday.Here is the cloth diaper making ingredients. I'm not sure if the fleece is going to work, but the PUL and the Organic Bamboo Velour are the main parts. Here they are waiting to be made into something for the triplets to try out. :-)I am almost done with the

2008-09-07T23:40:00.006-04:00

Another day...another diaper bag..... This bag was for Patricia's baby shower today. I was planning on just giving her a Podee and a gift card in the diaper bag, but I changed my mind last minute. Inside the diaper bag I put some diapers, a Johnson&Johnson travel size pack, some Soothie's pacifiers, some hand sanitizer, a bottle brush, and a travel pack of diaper wipes. This is the 4th bag I've

2008-08-31T23:15:00.005-04:00

Another bag...this time its all mine...I made another Loopdee bag. I don't know what to call it, so I call it the Loopdee. I like this bag a lot, but I still have to work on the shape and pattern. I think the shape needs to be a little more round. I will see what the next one looks like and update later.Time to make a diaper bag...

2008-08-29T21:26:00.005-04:00

Forgot to mention... The new little accessory bag I made! I whipped this up the other night intending on giving it as the surprise part of Miss Mary's order, but it had a flaw. It wasn't very noticeable, but it was noticeable enough that I couldn't have sent it out. (Its a little bit of a pucker on the seam with the handle...) My husband could see it too...thats how I knew that it wasn't quite

2008-08-29T02:59:00.005-04:00

I did it...I ordered some diaper making supplies. Do I have children? No. Am I pregnant? No not yet... Am I possibly crazy? Yes.So Lani and I have been talking...well typing because I work and she has 3 babies, so we IM our conversations...about cloth diapers. She has tried and tested various kinds and spent lots of money in the process. How hard can it be to make them I wondered... So after

2008-08-27T03:06:00.006-04:00

New bag!I was poking around at work the other night, on the internet, where else...and I saw this cute bag on Singer.com's projects. Then I saw that it was on the Martha Stewart show too. I knew I had to do it! So I had to make one more surprise bag for a custom order from etsy so I thought this one would be easy enough to try it. So I tried to print out the pattern they gave on the website...

2008-08-23T01:09:00.003-04:00

Just a little update....I sold a few bags on etsy....woohoo!All to the same lovely lady...these are the 3 she bought. She actually bought one, received it in the mail, liked it so much, bought another one, received it in the mail, liked it so much, bought another one...before I had even gotten home the day she bought the 3rd bag, she emailed me asking for a few more bags custom made!How excited

2008-08-05T00:56:00.006-04:00

Another diaper bag to show off...A view of the inside and straps...I've never done straps that had a color on the backside...so this worked out well. I added a key chain holder/clip for the inside...The outside has a pocket on each side and it has a velcro closure to help keep things in....Also I put in two bottle holder pockets on the sides....I hope the new Mom that is getting this as a gift

Gianna's bed is DONE!

2008-08-05T00:30:00.006-04:00

Gianna's bed is DONE!Well, mostly done...still have some paint touch ups to do, but need to do those a day she isn't home so it can dry, and have to install the curtains to hide everything. She didn't sleep in her big girl bed the first night, but she has been sleeping in it ever since. We installed a different kind of bed rail though, so she felt more safe up so high. But now she's got all that

2008-07-31T16:18:00.006-04:00

Gianna likes her wagon... So much that she fell asleep in it while taking a walk with her mommy. Too funny.

2008-07-31T13:54:00.004-04:00

Giveaways! Coach Purse Giveaway on LaVieDeLaurie.com!! Who doesn't love a free coach purse?!Click HERE to enter to win!

The Loft Bed is DONE!

2008-07-28T17:29:00.013-04:00

Here is a picture of the bed pretty much done. I realized later that I should've made the rails higher/taller that go around, but I will add another row later this month and make new supports that go perpendicular to the rows...Now the next project is getting it INTO THE ROOM where it belongs! The bed will have to come apart. :-( But I am going to be prepared with paint and silicone caulking and

2008-07-25T21:47:00.004-04:00

The BED project..My sister saw a bed at some furniture store for her daughter Gianna...it was somewher earound $1300, plus, plus....kind of pricey for a little girls bed. So I saw it and figured that I could build it. And build it I did. Its almost done.Here is a picture of what it looks like after we got the legs and side things on.It is going to have these things on the top of the posts painted

2008-07-25T21:01:00.022-04:00

Project, projects, projects....these are completed. Diaper bag for Christine - She just had a little baby named Allana.This was part of her present for her baby shower.Diaper bag for Katie - She had a little girl.She didn't know until the birth if it was a boy or a girl. I stuffed the bag with some after having a baby Mommy treats.Some bows for Lily...not sure how they will work on her baby hair.

2008-03-09T23:58:00.015-04:00

Things I've made recently....I haven't posted in a bit, but I thought I'd show off a few of the things I've made recently. They get better as this post goes on...My first attempt at PJ pants for my 3-year old niece....Gianna. I sort of used this tutorial.Twirl skirt for my Gianna....from THIS tutorial.A bright tote and matching accessory bag for my sister....my niece took the small bag and claims

2008-01-12T11:26:00.001-05:00

Where is www.NotMartha.org?I am so sad...I check her website every few days to see whats going on and today it is gone!! What happened?!This is what I got:I am baffled...I hope everything is ok with her.How am I going to find her if she changed her website?!Well, I am off to pack and leave cold Massachusetts. If you know what happened to www.NotMartha.org, let me know. Thanks!UPDATE - its back

2008-01-06T23:56:00.004-05:00

I'm going to Massachusetts....why??Here is the forecast for sunny Orlando for this week and the forecast for Massachusetts for the week. See any differences? UGH.I know to some people this MA weather isn't bad...but I haven't been there in years. I grew up there. I shoveled it, I walked to school in it, I played in it, I went skiing in it...but I don't like to wear shoes. I like wearing flip

2007-12-10T00:33:00.003-05:00

Homemade Calendar...I had seen a calendar DIY somewhere on the web and I didn't want to pay for the layout, so I made my own. (I can't remember where I saw it...so I apologize for not giving credit.)I used 6 sheets of 8.5" x 11" Card Stock and printed on both sides to conserve paper.I cut down the middle of each sheet using my fabric cutting tools...scissors would work too.I used a hole punch to

2007-11-30T11:01:00.004-05:00

What a first dance for your wedding! I love it!!!! Watch more free videos here

2007-11-30T08:53:00.004-05:00

Elf YourselfI got elfed. Go elf yourself at this site.You will not believe how much time you can waste with all your pictures! Have fun!!

2007-11-25T22:16:00.004-05:00

IKEA, IKEA, IKEA....finally in Orlando!My husband came up with the brilliant idea of checking out the new IKEA today. I couldn't believe my ears when he said it, because I've REALLY wanted to go. It just opened on November 14th, so I was trying to wait it out a bit....but we did it today. We were there along with about 1000 other people. It was crazy!!We walked in the doors like a herd of cattle,

2007-11-13T09:52:00.001-05:00

I don't blog nearly as often as I should. I don't know that anyone reads my blog besides me, so it doesn't matter that much I guess.As I type this while I watch Regis and Kelly a commercial for "The Wiggles Live" just came on. I am going to that wonderful live concert on Friday with my niece. Funniest thing is that my husband is going too! Hahaha. I am going to make him dance like an idiot with

2007-07-11T15:31:00.001-04:00

Harddrive...My poor hard drive. Came back from my honeymoon, the laptop worked fine. Went to Vegas, came back, laptop worked fine. Later that same day back from Vegas, the hard drive fried itself!So sad....so many pictures...so much music...so many files...gone! POOF!We tried to send it off to a "Data Recovery" company...where for only $1000 they can try to recover your data from whatever piece

Pink Dress

2007-05-24T18:45:00.011-04:00

I wasn't planning on making Gianna's flower girl dress....I was going to have my seamstress make it, but she's very busy, and she suggested I make it since she knew I was crafty...so I said, "Sure, why not?!"Here is Gianna trying on a veil in the shop...she had fun with those little veils.This is Gianna trying on the pink dress I made for her to match my bridesmaids dresses.I'm going to make

2007-04-26T18:26:00.007-04:00

Envirosax... (reusable - not plastic!)Something not purses-I-made related. I just recently bought these neato envirosax bags to use instead of the plastic bags from the grocery store. I found them from a blog I've been watching for a couple years now (notmartha) and I went right out and ordered some.They sold out pretty quickly from the Delight website, but you can preorder them.After watching

2007-03-30T19:25:00.008-04:00

The TOTE BAG!!! I made one.....Woohoo!This one is a little small, but at least I know I can make this shape...next onto a BIGGER TOTE!Inside Pocket

2007-03-30T18:52:00.001-04:00

Here are the latest batch of purses....Different style than my others so far...the size isn't quite right, but I'm getting there on the design side of it.Pretty Stripes....(also has inside pocket on white lining, but I didn't take a picture) Fun Dots with Green Lining.... Inside Pocket of Fun Dots... Cute white with Green Lining...Inside Pocket of Cute White... I'll post another blog showing my

2007-02-17T22:30:00.003-05:00

Pretty Purse!!I tried again to use TinyHappy's pattern. (link here) Only this time I modified it slightly to make handles that could tie at the top instead of having to sew them together (because I'm not that good at that part...)I really like the knotted purse though. I think its too cute. I can't wait to make more. Here are a couple pictures...

2007-02-16T23:00:00.002-05:00

The FIRST purse I've ever made!!I'm getting married June 10th, and I wanted to make something for my bridesmaids instead of buying them a purse or a generic bridesmaid gift. Plus I just wanted to be able to make something fun. I found this tutorial online: http://tinyhappy.typepad.com/tiny_happy/2006/06/shoulder_bag_tu.html I also tried a pattern book (Simplicity patterns) but I couldn't "get it"