Mama to Daughter: Sweater Refashion

My friend gave me this purple sweater that she didn't use anymore,

so I saved it for some future project down the road--

It matches this cute owl fabric

(that I was also saving for some future project)

Perfect!

I used a shirt for my guide that miss G currently wears

and cut out the front pieces from the existing sweater:

Then copied the front piece to cut out the back piece

for the new sweater:

I also used the shirt as a guide for the new smaller sleeve:

But I kept the original sweater sleeve edge 

so I wouldn't have to refinish the edge.

Then I sewed the sweater together;

shoulder seams first, added the sleeves,

and then did the side seams.

All the edges were already finished

because I used the previous sweaters edges.

miss G likes this picture the best 

because her hair "goes to the side like a princess":

Owl Dress Tutorial

I know you love my tutorials.

I'm amazing at them.... right. Right?

For top of this dress I followed a tutorial I have shared before,

(it's not mine) but I love it and use it all the time.

It's by Jess, at Craftiness is not Optional

Followed a shirt that currently fits the little lady,

leaving seam allowance all around

Followed Jess's tutorial for the neck and sleeves

Measured miss G to get the right length for the bodice

Followed the tutorial for the keyhole back,

and then gathered the top of the skirt piece that I measure out.

Sewed top to the bottom, hemmed the skirt, 

and used biased tape to finish the neck and sleeves

And added the ruffle detail last.

I love this girl. 

She's going to be three in a few weeks!

Owl Dress

This is the new favorite.

It is in every load of laundry we do,

once it's clean she wears it again.

Stay tuned for a simple tutorial!

Sharing on a link up with Craft Envy

ambers haircut

My cute cousin got tired of her long locks
so last week, away they went!

I loved doing this haircut because she has TONS of gorgeous hair. Her natural color is so rich and vibrant, I can't get enough of it! She kept a thick braid of hair to send in to Locks of Love, and the total amount of hair off the back was 11 inches. Brave lady!



You can see all of her pictures on her blog: The Sunny Day Studio



Don't you love that smile? It's so infectious!

i HEART you. tutorial.

Crafting time!

I saw a version of this on pinterest,

but they used red buttons to make the big heart,

and it said "you & me" on the bottom of the canvas

(if any of you know the one I'm talking about,

let me know so I can give credit).

I thought I'd give it a try...

Measure, Mark.

Paint.

Repaint over smudges.

 

Make up heart pattern.

Cut up old sweater.

Plug in hot glue gun.

Find pretties to add onto heart.

Clean up this mess you've been ignoring 

so you could do your craft.

Then hot glue together:

Love it.

Marry it.

Valentines Decorations

These are our Heart Day decorations we put up this year.

I made the heart garland last year,

but I soooo love it.

I think I'll keep it forever. and ever.

I had a little help with the "art" part--

those scribble pictures are my favorite

My heart quotes are also from last year,

but I didn't hate them when I pulled them out this year,

so up on the wall they went!

Hope you had a great Valentines Day!

Love Quote (4 of 4) and How I'm Doing

I had my surgery this week, everything went as planned. I was put to sleep for the whole procedure (awesome) and I've been recovering just fine. Physically. 

The words from this quote could not be any more true for us as we have journeyed through this last week. The last week of our life has seemed like a month or more, and it feels as though we have aged tremendously. So many emotions, thoughts, feelings, tears, etc. for only one week just seems to be a little too much for my taste. It's been a lot to process, and I think it will be for a while. It all just seems so unfair.

I am so grateful for my strong husband who has been here with me, and for our sweet miss G who makes us smile everyday despite how crummy we feel inside. We have had a ton of love and support from so many of our dear family and friends. Thank you all for your inspiring words of comfort and sympathy and mercy. Thank you for your thoughts and your prayers, and for your kind actions and help you have given us. Truly from our hearts, we are so grateful.

We couldn't do this without you. 

Photo ©2012

More Holiness Give Me

Friday I went in for a prenatal appointment, feeling like I had finally found a good doctor after lots and lots of searching. Everything went was great, my weight was up two lbs from the last visit (BIG news for me...), I haven't been nauseous for weeks, and my energy was up. Thanks to the glorious second trimester! 

She said my uterus felt a little small when she was doing the hands on examination, but that's what the doctor said when I had my first baby, too. No big news there. Then is was time to hear the heart beat, and using the small hand held sonogram machine she put it on my stomach, but I didn't hear anything. She couldn't find it. "Don't worry yet, hon, this happens quite often" she said. From there she brought in a little ultrasound machine, but it was blurry. Then she took me into the ultrasound room, and had the tech do a real ultrasound. She measured the uterus and the head circumference and let the computer run the numbers. "It's small" she said. Then she came around the bed and stood by me as the technician moved the machine to see the babies body. And the heartbeat. That teeny little heartbeat. I could see with my eyes that the baby wasn't moving at all. I could see the colors on the screen flashing my heartbeat, but not the babies. I could see exactly what was happening, but I still had to hear those words from that sweet lady standing by my side. She held my hand and said, "Honey, there is no heartbeat. I am so, so sorry."

That was hard to hear. Even though I could see exactly what was going on, I had to hear it. And it was so hard. I had to say those same words to my husband through my own sobbing over the phone just moments later. There is no heartbeat. This is so hard.

They said that the baby was measuring about 14 1/2 weeks, which is exactly when all the morning sickness disappeared. My mind says, "I'm 18 weeks along", but my ears hear that my baby died four weeks ago. My baby. Our baby.

Tests are being ran, we're waiting for answers. There might not be an answer or a reason, and that's okay too. There is no blame, and no hate. We are heartbroken, we are so so sad, and we are exhausted. But we also know that we are so blessed. There is peace in our hearts that everything will be okay. 

More Holiness Give Me, more striving within,

more patience in suffering, more sorrow for sin.

More faith in my Savior, more sense of His care,

more joy in His service, more purpose in prayer.

-Philip Paul Bliss

 

My Favorite Love Quotes (3 of 4)

©2012