Going Batty

(Note the Q-tip hidden in his sock. Just in case!)

Life is a little batty these days with a 15 month old running around creating disasters everywhere he goes.

Our house has gotten a little batty as well.

I found this over at MADE. She has some lovely pictures. You can get the pattern here over at Country Living.

Happy Halloween!

Pinwheel Skirt

The pinwheel skirt was not the easiest project I've ever come across. I found this project on U-create by a girl named Leanne who has a blog called Elle Apparel. When I saw this skirt I thought it was awesome! To think she just created this skirt without a pattern means she has some serious talent. So creative and different. I'd never seen a ruffle/pleat done like that. So I told my mom we should do it together in California. Well I'll fess up now and say my mom really did the majority of the sewing. It took us awhile to understand all the directions because some pieces of the construction were not part of the steps so we had to fill in the gaps. This is when sewing gets stressful. The material got rather thick and broke a couple needles as well. I could have never done this project alone. I definitely would recommend a more experienced seamstress (like my mom) to do this skirt.

In the end I'm happy with the final product. My mom rocks at sewing and she wasn't completely satisfied with her finished product because she wanted it more perfected. Ha, I could have never done this. I probably would have taken a baseball bat to my sewing machine before I had finished this project. Thanks mom again for your amazing talents. Maybe one day those skills will magically grace my being. Until than more mod podge, nic nacs, and simple sewing for me.

Apple Sauce Jar into Pumpkin Face

I've been saving up apple sauce jars, peanut butter jars and other jars to make a little pumpkin patch for my living room. I found this idea here. I love kids crafts.

Happy 80th

My grandma is one of the sweetest and most loving individuals I've ever met.

Every year for Christmas she gives each family a calendar with all of our birthdays and wedding anniversaries. Each year we get a birthday card from her and those that marry into the family also get a birthday card from Grandma A. I love that she always remembers us, even if the card is a few days late I know it's coming.

My grandma just turned 80. I decided it would be fun to put together a family photo calendar for her. My grandma had 7 kids so the calendar starts with the oldest child's family and goes down from there.

I used shutterfly.com to make this calendar. You can customize dates and add different backgrounds. I only wish they had more picture layouts or an option to customize. I hope she enjoys our calendar to her!