Craftiness

Here are the rest of the crafty pictures.

 

Jaelyn is learning to quilt!  Unfortunately, we can't turn the feed dogs off on her machine so any free motion quilting she wants to do has to be done on my machine.

 

My T-shirt yarn crocheted rug.  I'm already starting a new pile of t-shirts for another one :).

 

I finally added the nylon lining to my new beach bag my mom crocheted.  I'm all ready for the pool.  I just need some warm weather!

 

I made Allie this super easy peasant dress a few weekends ago.  Love Pinterest!

 

Jaelyn wants a rock like mine for a door stop.  She's getting a fish for her birthday!

 

I finished Jaelyn's teddy bear for her.  She just needs to stuff it and give it a face.

 

I'm learning how to put in zippers.  I love these little bags.  They only take about 20 minutes to make.  I've made 3-4 of them.

 

Allie ripped her "gingerbread" so I made her a new one.  It's kind of scary, I know.  I love the yarn wig I made her!

 

I always have a towel with drying dishes on my counter.  I made this from pinterest.  Towel on the back, pretty on the front.

 

 

I've been planning this purse for a while.  There are several things I'd do differently for another one (and I might give them one to Allie and make me a new one that's not so bright.)  That said, I'm really happy with how it turned out.

 

My quilting sampler I've been working on for a while.  I've ripped it out several times.  I'm still not totally thrilled with it.  The stick people should be a solid dark color.  The skin tones just didn't show up, but it is what it is.  I'm not redoing it.  It'll hang on the wall and annoy me until I decide to make a new one :).

 

Allie's Branson Weekend

We spent two days in Branson a couple of weekends again.  We spent half a day at Silver Dollar City on Saturday and then checked into our hotel and had dinner before going to see Joseph at the Sight and Sound Theater.  The musical was AMAZING.  I can't wait to get to DC and see Noah and Moses at the theater in Lancaster.

 

These pictures are in no particular order and there are a lot of them and they are small since blogger is being mean with sizing and slideshows.

 

We loved the new Saloon Show.  I think Allie wants to grow up and be a Saloon girl at SDC.

 

We always love going in Grandfather's house.

 

Our favorite store in the park has to be the hat store!

 

 

Jaelyn was very happy to finally measure 52 1/2."  You have to be 52" to ride the Wildfire.  Caden was sad.  He's 50 1/2."  Jae had better watch out.  He's about to catch up with her.

 

 

 

A trip to an amusement park is not complete without a funnel cake!

 

 

Allie's main reason for choosing a weekend at SDC was to ride the new Outlaw Run wooden rollercoaster.  It did not disappoint!

 

 

My Parent's Visit

We had fun with my parents.  The kids were in school all week, but that didn't stop us from playing and shopping and of course, eating.  I love trying out new recipes on my parents :).

 

We did a good bit of crafting and some home repair.  My Dad helped me patch the vinyl floor that Gracie chewed up (yea for dumpster diving and salvaged flooring).  My mom help me cut and stretch tshirt yarn for a new rug.

 

 

 

The last Saturday they were here was the basewide yard sale.  We went and got a lot of great things.  I'd been sewing on a portable table that was not sturdy enough.  We found a solid maple table for $35 and the guy even delivered it for us.  I bought my first saw and Dad gave me lessons on cutting down the table so it wasn't quite as wide or as oval.  I don't have a finished picture, but I love my sewing table now.

 

 

 

Happy 10th Birthday Allie!

Allie turned 10 on April 6th.  They are growing up too fast.  Allie continues to be a happy, free spirited girl.  She's also very emotional and dramatic.  I worry about those hard teen years.  Pray :). 

 

We celebrated her birthday several times.  She had the party in Florida, then we had her actual birthday and then she chose a Branson weekend over a party.  I love that Allie always picks family fun for her birthdays.

 

 

Did I post a finished picture of Allie's quilt?  She loves it.

To decorate this cake, we rolled fruit roll-ups into roses and put them all over it.  They turned out really pretty.  Cornstarch is your friend when working with sticky roll-ups FYI.

 

She liked it!

 

I bought Allie a new twirly outfit for her birthday.  No toys from us...she's hit the clothing stage ;).

 

Spring Break - Very Late

I'm getting there.  I've spent the last two weeks trying to catch up on major things I've let slide.  Today is "Blog Morning."  I have until lunch to catch up as much as I can :)