A Little Randomness

Alright, here is a some random pictures of what we have been up to the past couple days. I've been wanting to make sugar cookies for the longest time now. I finally did it. I found some new cookie cutters at our fun little kitchen store in town, that sealed the deal for me.

Joanie, Jean's mom, makes this really great icing that was her grandmother's recipe. It's kind of like making candy so it's tricky. It took me 3 attempts to finally get it right, and then it still wasn't perfect! Ugh. I was so frustrated. If I'm going to bake, it has to be perfect! Anything less is thrown out. It's just a quirk! : ) But after 3 frostings and bedtime approaching, I relented and just used the last batch. These 3 shapes were my newest cutter shapes: a birdhouse, a squirrel, and a strawberry.

Another "Poor Dixie" picture. Yes, she is sitting on her!

Again, Dixie could care less.

Look how long Sydney's pigtails are getting.

Remember this picture from July 20, 2007! What a difference!

Okay, this one is for Jenn. I was talking to Jenn the other night and she informed me that she notices I put paper down under anything Sydney is doing. I thought it was ironic since just that afternoon I made a permanent play/craft mat for the table! Ha! Here's what is looks like. It's made from oilcloth and I sewed a dark brown bias/border around it. There is no more cutting up paper bags or newspapers, and if there's a mess it just wipes right up. Perfect!

Thanks for following along the rabbit trail of my brain! : )

Can you say "Purses!"

Um, a little embarassed to show you all my purses I've made in the past week! The first 2 are my favorite and keepers. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the bottom two. I better start sewing some other things so our closet isn't just full of purses - not that there is anything wrong with that! : )

Our Easter Celebration

I hope everyone had a great Easter celebrating Jesus. This Easter, for us, wasn't what I had planned. Syd had a bad stomach bug in the middle of the week. Matt and I had it this weekend. Yuck - that's all I've got to say. So we couldn't even make it to our church on Sunday! Also, it rained all day therefore Syd didn't have an egg hunt. Ah well, she doesn't even know the difference anyway. She did enjoy her basket and coloring eggs. Here are all the pictures below.

A thanks to grandma Karen for the extra goodies in this basket.

We obviously bought the Elmo Egg Coloring Kit.

The plastic eggs they make these days!

Happy Easter!

Anticipation!

That's my kind of girl!

Crafting Fury - Round 2

There is still more coming too. I'm insane, I know! : )

The Air Show and a Good Laugh

Matt's parents came in for the weekend. The Air Force Base here had their Air Show.

Now, get ready for a laugh or at least a big smile. You all know about Sydney's car. I've posted lots of pictures of her in it over a period of time on the blog. Well, I don't know what Charlie was thinking, I guess he got a bit jealous of all Sydney's fun.

So then, he actually says "There's got to be a better way of getting in..."
The second attempt.

"Wow, what a luxury car! Nice and Roomy!"

"Okay, just one more time! I wasn't uncomfortable enough the first 2 times!"

Like father like son...

And not to be out done...

Syd starting crying when Charlie sat in her car for the third time. We don't know what set that off! I was literally rolling on the ground laughing. The neighbors got a few laughs out of it too as they walked by! Pretty good time, huh?! : )

Poor Dixie

Good thing she's such a good sport.

Sharing Snacks

Sydney shares so well! She loves to share her snacks with her friends. She does this almost every time. After they each get one, it's "Elmo eat grapes, Ernie eat grapes, Cookie eat grapes!" The things she comes up with!

My Recent Crafting Fury

Lazy Days in the Hammock

Matt finally received his hammock he's been always wanting!

Notice how low to the ground they are! haha.

I've been crafty up a fury over here. I'll hopefully get it all up shortly to show you.

Another weekend in Austin

Well, I guess the title says it all. We went to go visit Nonny and Pa again. It was beautiful weather on Saturday so most of the time Sydney was outside playing.

All I have to say for the next 3 picutres is "Oh Geez!"

Sydney loved it! Dixie, not so much.

Sydney's Craft Time

Aah, she makes me proud!

She also had a huge crying fit when we were done painting. That - I'm not so proud of! : )

Bunny Love

These are my bunnies that I adapted from the previous mice that I made. I'm in love with how cute these little guys are! The humility is just radiating, isn't it!? : )

They are up in my Etsy Shop too.

Sydney's Ride

I know I've show some pictures of Sydney driving around in her car before but I had to show you this. On one of first trips to Walmart after moving back to Texas, Matt picks up this:

And immediately puts it on her car when we get home. I think it's quite funny.

Trips

Since moving back to Texas, we are a lot closer to family and friends. That's mean we have been on the road. Last weekend, we went to Dallas to visit my brother. I don't have any good pictures of Sydney and her cousin, Karalyn, playing together! I'll have to snag some from sister-in-law to share with you guys. We had a good time, I got pretty sick while I was there. We lounged around which was really nice and the girls are just so cute together. When we got back, Syd and I went to visit my bestfriend, Lauren, and her new baby Riley. Riley is just 8 weeks! Sydney was pretty funny, whenever Riley would cry (which didn't happen very much) Sydney would say "Baby, be quiet!" haha. sigh. : )

Here's all of us and Sydney giving Riley a kiss.

So, we are all back home. Enjoying a quiet weekend together. Have a good weekend.

Post Valentine Picture

Happy Valentine's Day Crafts

Here was my gift to Matt. These cookies are so good. The recipe is here. I used Nutella for the middle. You all know how much I love Nutella! Matt defintiely agrees with how good and additive they really are.

The next project was from a vintage craft book. These mice remind of the Sylvanian Family animals I used to play dollhouse with when I was younger. I didn't intend for the mice to become like our family, but they did: dad, mom and baby. I am excited to adapt this pattern into rabbits for Easter. Woohoo, Easter crafts! : )

Gift Box

So here is today's craft. It was a bunch of randomness that all came together. I made the flower from an old vintage book. With a few "extras," I decided to put it on a gift box I had. I thought the box was too bland, so then I stamped dots on it and the "enjoy." Poof! Done! Is there anything in the box? No. Is it for anyone in particular? No. It's a just a good ol' craft for absolutely no reason. And for for me, that's the best kind of craft! : )

Also, some of my felt food was sold to a wonderful lady, Tori, who posted about me in her blog yesterday. You can find it here.

Lollipop Flowers

I have seen these in multiple places: Martha Stewart and Better Homes & Gardens. They are just 5 cut-out hearts with a hole punched at the ends and the lollipop inserted through all the hearts. Very simple. I did recovered the lollipop with different paper for a better look. I wouldn't do that if I were giving these away!

My little helper who takes time to stop and smell the flowers! : )

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