I'VE GONE AND DONE IT...

signed up for this course

I've been looking and searching for that new door to open....over three years of no job in sight...the doors have been slammed...well heck..i'm crawling thru the window!

Can't wait to move on!!!

HUGZ til next time!

haPPY...

LEAP DAY!!!

Seems like only last leap year...


and now it's almost....MARCH...
I have discovered that my blogging abilities are sorely lacking... oh where did the days go that i could blog every day? Of late..the hours have been locked into the creation of Maddysen's 5th grade yearbook.... Her class voted on having a MILITARY theme...for the overall feel...

wait........M-I-L-I-T-A-R-Y???!!! (cover design was voted on by the 5th grade classes)I do pink...i do glittery...i do...lots of even BOY pages...but Military? I may be redesigning camoflague by the time this project is over..lol...

We don't actually have a military base, post etc...here in wisconsin... Kevin did serve in Iraq....but other than National guard..little recruiting offices...NADA...

We got to thinking how this was going to pan out...then Shannon brought up that this fifth grade class...are actually 911 babies....Maddysen was just over 3 weeks old when it happened...and oh how it changed the world...

It's taken quite a bit of thinking..but I think I have come up with designs...where each child will have a unique page...



I will rearrange each page...using military elements. I have asked the principal to write a "letter to the troops" with good wishes... We have asked each parent to submit photos to showcase the kids elementary school 'career'. Hmmm...been getting somewhat of a response...but if they don't send the after three reminders...the child will get a bigger 5th grade photo on their page. Now just how to fit 10,000 photos of Maddysen on HER page...lolol...

Maxx and I came home from shopping and I was carrying in the groceries and he perched himself on the toybox in the backyard. I asked him if he was tired or his leg was hurting..and he replied, "no, nonnie, i'm waiting for you to take my PICTURE!!"



NOW HOW COULD I REFUSE!! afterall...the boy has his OWN MONEY AND ALL...



Maxx had his muscle biopsy this month...and we are waiting on the results...won't hear anything until March 24th...... but since we have been waiting for over a year and a half now...a couple more weeks...(while we are anxious) will be tolerable..

Xander came over the other nite...and I got to take a new photo of him with Maddy..



We also paid a visit to the Milwaukee County Domes on Monday.

We took some new pictures of Logan and Lavender...





logan is a bundle of energy...well, heck...he's almost 3! And Lavender is a cutee patootee...and rocks those outfits...lol

Speaking of outfits...I did get some sewing time in...and finished up this sweet
'bapron' (it's a bib apron combo!) And it's a FREE TUTORIAL HERE..



And I also did a pattern test for Brynnberlee Designs.



I used a vintage button for the center of the snap off flower.



and a little outfit for a sweet new baby...




The weather has been so strange this winter...we did manage to get 4" of snow last week..but out totals are way way way...(did i say way?) below average. Today it is forcasted to be in the UPPER 40'S LOW 50'S! oh goodness....break out the bikini's...

Gotta go play MILITARY..now...I have it planned out to create a new page a day...although perhaps I will do the side by sides in a day..that way i know they will coordinate...

Blog soon...(sure...yeah RIGHT...LOLOLOL)

HUGZ til later!

happy monday evening!!!

First and formost....

Check out the sweet vintage jewelry on ebay right now that my Brother in law has listed!! Auctions close tomorrow...so hurry and scoop up some lovelies!!!

How has my blog world been doing? Me? busy busy busy....between the kids schedules...and sewing...and that PINTEREST thing....doesn't seem to leave many blogging hours....

Just checking in to make sure everyone is doing well....

hugz til next time!!!

where has the time gone?

I can TELL YOU.....

PINTEREST! The ideas, the inspiration...the OH EM GEE...if i spent the amount of time that I spend on PINTEREST....on creating...I'D GET A TON MORE of these things done!!!!

How many of you...go onto pinterest and find that the clock has swung around the dial...way to many times...? How many of you actually MAKE the stuff you find? I have made some things...but tend to find myself...sitting by the computer...drooling...over all the glorious art...and ideas that HAVE BEEN OUT THERE....but just not known!



...and that's all I have to say about THAT! (well except...anyone need an invite? i mean...WHY should i go it alone? see you all on the boards! good thing those pins don't stick!!)

on the seventh...............eighth...............ninth.....

tenth AND ELEVENTH! WHERE HAVE THE LAST FIVE DAYS GONE?? (you'd think it was Christmas or something!) My apologies to these WONDERFUL ARTISTS!!! i DORTLED.... The seventh day gift was lovingly created by one of the sweetest ladies on the planet!!! Vivian (although sometimes known as Veronica...which brings visions of Scooby to mind...hee hee) created this sweet lil snowguy....! So stinkin adorable! (did you all know she is gonna be a grandma again but this time to a lil baby GIRL!!!? (TORRIE...her adorable grandson just turned one!)

and on the eighth day of holiday fun...Corrine created this spectacular banner...(if you remember back from a couple of posts..THIS IS THE GIFT that wanted to be opened FOURTH!!! Well what a beauty!! ...and it now graces my front window curtain!!!

on the ninth day of the 13 days swap....Hope made this lovely girlie pin that actually MATCHES a new scarf I got!!! She will grace it long after the holidays are packed up!!! Just look at the detail in that sweet face!!!

the TENTH DAY Terrie Lightfoot made this sparkly spool of MAGNIFICIENCE!!! The lights from the room and tree catch the tiny prisms of glitter!!!

and on the ELEVENTH DAY...Linda Morgan made this little steampunk baby!!! (and it's LAVENDER!!!) HOW APPROPRIATE!!! (FOR ME ANYWAY...LOL) I gasped when i saw her!!!

made this little steampunk baby!!! (and it's LAVENDER!!!) HOW APPROPRIATE!!! (FOR ME ANYWAY...LOL) I gasped when i saw her!!! THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!!! This swap has been just a delight!!! Still got two more days to go and the anticipation of opening a little piece of each of your hearts makes mine sing!!! and to convey...what i'm feeling...

I DOUBLE LOVE EACH OF YOU!!! (thanks, maxx for helping!)