The Driving Force of Fake Contractions

So, after an entire day of Braxton-Hicks contractions, I thought I should do what I could to get ready for our newest bundle of joy. We are planning a monkey theme for Joshua. Above I've created Josh's birth announcement. I plan on creating baby shower announcements based on this design as well. Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts! Thanks, E.

Speed Shopping in Hobby Lobby

It was 7:36pm when I looked at the clock and quickly realized that I had very little time to change and get to Hobby Lobby before they closed at 8pm. When I finally got into the chain craft store, the PA came on and kindly reminded customers that it was 7:55 and they would be closing in five minutes. I hurriedly ran around the store and made it to the front and ended up behind another customer. I always check out the books they have on the rack by the registers and was glad I did tonight!

I found an amazing book called Handmade Weddings. Handmade Weddings is not just for weddings. This well organized and beautiful book has fantastic crafts for all sorts of parties or events, including baby showers.
I found these adorable favors and can't wait to put them together!

A New Year, A New Resolution

It is just about 2010. No one could believe it when 2000 was just around the corner and now, one decade later, can you believe what these years have brought? How your life has changed? Where you've gone and what you've done?

I certainly did not see myself married to my, then, crush and have two phenomenal boys. Nor did I see myself having the job of my dreams! Its been a hard, rough, sucky, amazing, magical and terrific ten years. So here is my new resolution.

My resolution is to be me. In everything I do, I'm just going to follow my heart. I've learned that I do really well, when I listen to myself, and I need to trust myself more.

This blog is a passion of mine and I am going to take the time to follow through on it. I need that time.

I'm not sure the direction it will go, I'm not sure I care to know. That's the exciting part . . .

A Big Month

May has been a much more profitable month than I had originally expected it to be. I have learned Saponification, new buttercream and cake recipes, gained two cake orders for my sister's graduation parties, and I have an order for another wedding cake in September! Wow and Yay!

Jessica (my favorite sister-in-law) and I have decided to throw a party for our parent-in-laws' 30th anniversary. Its planned for sometime in July. Well, I finished the invitations today. Since we don't have the details planned yet, I can't send them on to my printer. I think that I will wrap them in a pink vellum with a colored ribbon. I haven't decided on the color yet but I know it will be a very shiny, satin ribbon! Let me know what you think!

Sorry but I posted the printer ready versions. I know . . . I'm lazy.



The invite is going to be 6"x6".

double-breasted knit coat

For the first post, I thought that I would share my latest knitting project. It's a fabulous coat designed by Claire Montgomerie. It's in her book "easy baby knits." In the book, it's handsome in navy blue with white buttons, but I would like to use it for more than one child, so I decided to make it red. I also found vibrant buttons at Sarah Jane's Yarn Shop. The edges look like they are wood but they are probably acrylic. I purchased four of them - uniquely colored and shaped: blue, orange, yellow and green. I will post a picture of the buttons soon.

It's my first time reading a pattern by my lonesome, so I'm pretty nervous. I am currently making a swatch. A swatch is a square of garter stitch (a plain knitting stitch) that a knitter uses to measure their gauge. Patterns require a certain gauge to get a correct size. If you don't have that gauge, you have to adjust the pattern. I really hope I have the right gauge. If I don't, I might scream and then spend a day in Sarah Jane's.

Here's the coat. Hope you like it.