Stuff I've Made

I have been absent, but don't worry, I'm still up to my old habits of crafting. I'm just lazy and haven't posted anything.

So- here it is, a collection of the things I've made in the past few months. It's not much (well, not as much as I'd normally be cranking out).

I bought this dress while in AZ at Forever 21. It was $7 and a few inches too short. I hit up the Hobby Lobby near my parents' house and found a cute ruffle. The work was mostly done for me! I just sewed it along the bottom of the dress and the lining. Viola! Now I can wear it out without showing off too much leg!

I made this shirt for my sister for her birthday. She loves yellow and Anthropology. I searched their site for inspiration and came up with this. The knit was $1.50 in the remnants at JoAnn's and then I used lace, ribbon, a crocheted doily, and knit scraps to embellish it. Fab-U-Lous!

I made this dress for a birthday party/ charity event. I got the pattern from BurdaStyle, here. I got the fabric at the second hand store for $8. It's a somewhat stretchy suiting material.

And this is the back. I decided to go with a big jacket zipper on the outside (which I've seen on

the runway).

And finally, my jacket I've been working on since the fall. I had this totally cute white coat from Forever 21 that I loved, but it got some weird stains on it that wouldn't come out no matter what I tried. I bought this long wool trench coat at the second hand store for $12 to be my new coat and took apart my old one to use it as a pattern.

And here's the final product. A new white coat for me to love!

Tulip Town

The day after I got back home from AZ, we went to check out some Tulips. Dale takes me every year because they're my favorite! Here's just some tidbits- you can see all the pictures we took on our online album here.

Birthday Party

My best friend from HS, Jill, had her son Graham's one year birthday party while we were down in AZ. It was nice to finally be able to go to some of these things!

Brighton found the car and thought it was amazing.

See? It's so cool!

Driving around the yard- and I've included a video for your enjoyment. Please ignore my totally annoying squealing voice. I hope I don't always sound like that?! It's bad.

Brighton's Fashion Corner

Brighton found my brother's spy goggles. She's on my lap right now as I'm blogging, and she just said, "I look so pretty."

Fabulous!

This is her good side.

More Womb Friends

I also got to meet up with an old HS friend who I haven't seen since pretty much then. We got married around the same time, and had BOTH of our babies at almost the same time except she had a boy first then a girl. Too funny.

We took the kids to a play place where they just have a whole bunch of these blown up bouncy toys. Ben is at the top, leaving Brighton in his dust.

Brighton, me, Chelsea and Ben. Thanks for a fun day guys!

Pals From the Womb

My long time friend, Gisele, and I were pregnant at the same time and Olivia came only 5 days before B was born. The girls had never met before our trip to Arizona, and so we had to get them together! They had a lot of fun not sharing and hoarding all the toys, like first borns do. But now they both have little brothers that they can pick on and practice their sharing skills. Thanks for having us over Gisele- we had so much fun!

I Love Weddings!

While in Arizona, we got to go to a wedding reception. We had a ton of fun and B and M loved staying up late. I think Brighton's favorite part of the night was the dancing.

She got all the young kids to dance with her- even some of the boys :)

I have no idea who this girl is, nor does Brighton, but they still had fun!

Kaylee and I enjoying the food, of course. There were little mashed potato martinis and wine glasses with tomato soup and grilled cheese wedges- cute!

Mommy and Mason.

Brighton looking gorgeous (and probably giving me the puppy dog eyes for some reason I can't remember).

B showing off her mad dance skills.

Mommy, Brighton and Grandpa Rod.

The mother of the bride and my mom (they're BFF).

Bella Trois- Me, Kaylee, and Kassie (with the kiddos of course- Brighton had just been lost for a few minutes so she was distressed, as you can see).

Us girls with our girl! Congrats Jessie- we love you!

Railroad Park

Yes, I'm still catching up on April posts. Moms need like 48 hour days in order to get anything done.

Brighton, Mason and I met up with my long time friend Jill and her two boys at the Railroad Park. I don't remember ever going there myself, but it's a great place for kids- cheap too.

Brighton looks like she's ready to surf.

Harrison was giving me the stink eye.

Jill, her boys, and Brighton, getting ready for a train ride.

So much fun!

Then B found the steering wheel. She loves steering wheels.

Driving the train.

Then we went on the merry-go-round.

Brighton's never been on one, so she wasn't sure about it while we were waiting for it to start.

She likes it!

Thanks for a fun afternoon Jill! It was great to see you and the boys. And thank you Arizona for such wonderfully awesome weather. I miss you.

Great- grandma Time

Great- grandma Michelle bought Brighton and Mason some new books, and they BOTH wanted to climb into her lap for story time. Brighton thought it was hilarious.

Brighton In Grandma's Red Swing

Some more fun at Grandma's in Arizona! Of course it's gorgeous outside EVERY SINGLE DAY, so we hung out outside a lot. Especially on Grandma Helen's swing.

She came up with this pose all by herself.

Brighton is sporting another dress that I made from a t-shirt! I just used elastic thread to gather the top and added some little straps that were encasing elastic. Super easy.