Making

I'm feeling a little manic these days (maybe it's all the caffeine??). Trying to get a million things done while the kids are at school, and the ideas keep coming, coming, coming. Which is awesome, but a little overwhelming.
Now stop reading here if you or someone you know is expecting a gift from me in the near future. I don't want to spoil your surprise. But really, most of my "real life" friends don't read my blog anyways. Do yours?

I've been baking:and sewing little gifts for little birthday girls:



... and applique-ing:

Jackie insisted we use this fabric, because it was orange. And we looked through a million books searching for the right dinosaur image to use. And he wore it (even after a little girl in his class told him it was a girl's shirt)!!!

We're on baby watch around here - my sister in law is due any day now - and I'm kind of antsy with anticipation. I can't stop making soft baby blocks and bibs - here's my messy sewing table to prove it:

... and now I'm off to fold my freshly laundered thrifty fabric finds so I can show them to you tomorrow.

xoxo

working on...

putting together a baby shower for my sister-in-law::

Eating my favorite summer salad every day(organic baby greens with apples, goat cheese, dried cranberries, walnuts, and balsamic vinaigrette)::


Embroidering some projects for my own kids (Olivia designed the shirt - "I want a guitar with wings on a PINK shirt"). Embroidery is my favorite project to work on while I wait for the kids at all of their summer lessons. So far this week, I've sewn at the pool, in a gymnasium, at the library, and in my car outside of gymnastics class::

Making birthday gifts::

and baking with the kids::
My daughter has had her eyes on those ballerinas from A.Bel Emporium for a month now. I finally took them out to put on her cake (she'll be seven tomorrow - we'll have a low key dinner tomorrow night, and her big party is the next weekend). And she can't wait to pluck them out and play with them!

I've also been working on cleaning up my studio, as always. I'm thinking of doing a tour for you when it's all cleaned up. We'll see if I can make it presentable.

xoxo

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