Cookies for the Holidays!

       Ok, so i've been super lazy for the past few months! sorry!!! I have a good excuse though!

        Welcome Baby #2 to the family! :) I've been tired and sick for months and this last week I spent time making cookies. it's the first time I've had a desire to do anything in a LONG time.

Sugar cookies I had fun decorating. If only I liked to eat them!!! My daugher won't eat them because there is frosting on them and she doesn't like to get dirty. :)

  This is a recipe I got from my sister in law and they are soooo good! I was baking them with my daughter and counting how many cups of flour i was putting in the bowl. I sorta lost count and believe there is a cup missing. They turned out more flat than hers, but still taste awesome and are soft and moist. MMMMM..  There are milk choc chips in them and semi sweet chips AND white choc chips too!

These are my husband's FAVORITE cookies! Peanut butter cup cookies using a mini mufin tin. I got the recipe from Allrecipies.com http://allrecipes.com/recipe/peanut-butter-cup-cookies/detail.aspx   they are more moist than the back of the bag recipe.

I also made ginger cookies that are like ginger snaps only a soft version I found on pintrest. I NOW can't upload a picture of it because the file is messed up and i deleted it. anyway, they are awesome! I can't find the recipe either. I'm sorry.

Tomorrow is the big day!

FINALLY! phew!

My last onesie for a while. I had another stack of onesies to do before the craft fair, but when I looked at them yesterday I just wasn't feeling it. I need to be into what I'm doing otherwise it turns out looking terrible and sloppy. I don't put out sloppy work!

My mom asked me to make her a gift for a baby shower she is going to in a few weeks. This little boy will be ready  for camping! (yes, I made two moose. I think they are cute)

This was all I got done today. :(  The binder is for people to look through to purchase my patterns and the cds have the patterns on them. Those have been a lot of work. They are costing me about 60 cents each to make too. That's not including the labels I was given by my awesome friend. She has been such a help to me for this craft fair! THANK YOU KATE! I printed each envelope with my business card and each label had to be designed and printed off and stuck on to the cd. The burning part is taking me hours! Oh how I would love a new computer. The actual buring of the cds is quick. It's the imputing new information with EACH cd. It's dumb. And after I get one pattern all burnt off and am ready to start on the next one, my computer won't let me. I have to restart my computer each time and it works fine after that. such a pain in my butt! Because of all this, You might notice my posting time. 3:30 a.m. I'm so stinking tired right now. My daughter even woke up once and I was in with her for a while. Last night I was up till 3 too. this week has killed me. I hope to be done in the next ten min and I'll hopefully finish tomorrow. sorry for whining. :) I really hope my hard work pays off. or pays something.     



Things for my little stink bug

For Keira's Easter Basket I bought some Alex toys stringing beads and made a zipper pouch to keep them in and cary in my diaper bag.

Yes it's blue fabric probably meant for a boy, but It works just fine and I always loved blue when I was younger. PLUS I used a pink zipper!! :) I made this using a tutorial online I found. This is now the 3rd zipper i've ever done. I think i'm getting the hang of it! :)

Inside is cute fabric that says Neigh Moo Oink Cheep etc. I lined the lining and outside with interfacing. I figure with stuff that is going to get used, do it sturdy the first time and you will never have to make a replacement. :)

The next pictures are of shirts I made for her.

The hippos again. This is a bigger size and it was much faster this time. I think I went a little overboard on the buttons. :) oh well!

The apple I did on the onesies. I just love the apple!

I always say Keira is my little mermaid because she loves the water.  Bath, swimming and of course... the toilet. GAG! This applique was done a little different that the others I've done mostly because of the finished outside edges. I normally do a different stitch but I wanted it to all look the same. She loves this mermaid! it's like a doll on a shirt! This one took me all day it seemed. I also cut the only sketch I made of it up in the process of cutting fabric pieces. Dang! that wasn't very smart! I figure if I need to make a different one i'll figure something out!

Now I'm stressing out because as of today I have a week left to get ready for the craft fair. I still have so much to do! I guess I could have waited to do my little girl's stuff for later, but I kinda figure she comes first! :) My other problem is that when I sew I neglect things like the dishes and folding laundry. My sewing stuff is spread from one end of the house to the other. What i'd give for a sewing room! I need a maid!





Busy day today!

Baby slippers I made for the craft fair.