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baby things

Who can resist making baby things?  Not me.  My cousin is expecting a little boy in the near future, so I made a few things for her baby shower.

 
I love shopping my stash.  I have not bought fabric in close to a year.  I bought the firetruck flannel on sale a couple of years ago and I have had that red and white check forever.  I made a blanket which was determined by the size of the fabric.  It was big.  I hope baby Austin will still be using it well past babyhood.

The bib reverses to the check as well, and the ball was made from assorted scraps using my ball pattern on the sidebar.  I made the smaller one because it is a little quicker.  For being completely hand-sewn, they go together pretty fast, especially when sitting in front of the TV.  I also judge whether a scrap is too small to keep by the size of my pentagons.  I love using up special scraps on these balls - for this one I added in some red flannel and some black fleece.  I wish I'd had a kitty toy on hand to stick inside and give it a jingle.

 

What are you working on?

Top o' the morning....

Just popping in for a quick St. Patty's Day "hello".

I'm enjoying my pot of shamrocks and the spring-like weather.  Of course, Sunday night we got 7 inches of snow so the warm sunshine is especially sweet.  I'm  also enjoying the daily tour of my yard to see what will pop up.  Since it is our first spring in this house, I really don't know what to expect.

 Tonight Tim plays an Irish gig in Chapman, so we are all going out to have a good Irish dinner and listen.  But first there is reading with first graders and a Girl Scout meeting.  I hope your day is filled with equally enjoyable activities.

These things I warmly wish to you-
Someone to love
Some work to do
A bit o' sun
A bit o' cheer
And a guardian angel always near.

Cheers! ~L

ready for our close-up

My house got the Hollywood treatment today.

 
Tim needed a location for a shoot, and our house was an easy choice.

 

I got to serve as art director and set dresser.

 
(In a purely voluntary capacity, of course.)

 
And now I can spend tomorrow cooking, because the cleaning is already done.

The ad is for the "K-State. Our State." campaign that he's working on.  He has a few more shots to get for this ad after Thanksgiving, but I'll put up a link when it is all done.  I'm sure our dining room will never look so good.

a list of randomness

*I love it when things just come together.  Last week the Happiness Project Challenge was to give proofs of love.  Well, nothing new here.  From February 1st through Valentine's Day, for as long as we've been married, I've left Tim little notes on his pillow or taped to the bathroom mirror.  Often they are inscribed with bad puns and taped to some little gift that was probably on the grocery list anyway.  This year has been no different. (And that signature: It's Lovi, not Lori.  In 1996 Tim and I spent a month traveling around India by train.  They post the reservations list on the outside of the carriages, so you can check which one you're in.  He was listed as Tin and I was listed as Lovi. We liked it.  We got a giggle out of it.  And it stuck.)  
 
 For today, I left a CD of not-so-sappy love songs in his car.  And now, I can't get "Time in a Bottle" out of my head, although I've been singing the original, not the Muppet version.  But really, who can resist Muppets?


* Last Saturday Eliot had another birthday party to attend, and I made yet another tote bag as a gift.  The birthday boy punched Eliot in the nose earlier in the week, so I wasn't very excited about making him something REALLY cool.  What was that about "give proofs of love"?  Uh, yeah.

 

* I'm on a mission to turn my kids into musical junkies.  This is nothing new, really.  Netflix is a great enabler.  Last week I introduced them to The Music Man.  This week:  Hello, Dolly!  It helped to sell Eliot on HD to know it was source material for Wall-E.  And this morning we had an in-depth discussion about how Wall-E rhymed with Dolly.  Hmmm.... interesting.



* It's Valentine central over here.  And all our project ideas came from Family Fun.  Aidin finished up her ipods yesterday.  Eliot still has to finish up his owls tonight.



* Tomorrow holds the school Valentine parties (I'm in charge of Aidin's) and the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics.  We are excited on all counts!

* There is a lot more rattling around in my head, but I'll spare you, for now..... :)