Hawkeye Season is HERE!!

Get out the pom poms and black and gold, cause the hawks have hit the field. Last weeks game was amazing, coming back from 27-10 against Pittsburgh for the WIN. A complete relief after the Ia vs Ia State game the previous week. Lost in double overtime.... nooooo. These games have kept me on my feet and given our family something to look forward to each Saturday. Though dad doesn't really have the Hawks Fever that I do, he is a good sport and only teases me occasionally. I've been putting together outfits for Lily to wear each weekend (hawk themed of course), found some great buys at the Goodwill and other thrift stores around DM. (we've moved back to our home state <3) Its really expensive for kids sports gear. Even the ones I find that are overpriced are made so junky that I can't justify the price tag. SOOOO though my little nieces birthday was yesterday and I feel terrible for being late on her present, its for good reason. I found a lovely little sweatsuit for cheap that was all black and again at the thrift store I was able to find old Hawkeyes gear in whatever size was available. Cut out the logos and TADA!..

Halloween Cont. & More

As promised I have returned with updates on Lily's Little Mermaid costume. Again, I am so glad I started this project early. I've had so much  fun finding cheap and interesting ways to make this a one of a kind instead of another patterned blah piece. I wasn't too fond of using a pattern in the first place, but I couldn't see myself successfully creating my own without it turning into an extremely expensive ordeal. Someday my financial supplies will allow for more creativity/trial and error/etc. Anyways.... off of that tangent. So at my visit to the Goodwill I discovered a 5 cent bag of seashells, what luck! I used these to glue to her dress and the crown I picked up on clearance at Target.

Happy Halloween in September

Ahhhhh fall is definitely setting in. Now that I'm home (not working) for the most part I'm able to plan ahead instead of procrastinating. Its amazing what you can get done only working 2 days a week!! Yesterday I finished Lily's halloween costume. Although I was keen on her being either an owl or bird (only because I found the cutest costume tutorials online and I'm a bit selfish lol), she had other ideas and said she would like to be the little mermaid. I sucked up my mom authority and let her choose her own costume, though I do miss the days when I had full discretion over these decisions. Another benefit of finishing her costume more than a month before halloween is that I am able to foresee any issues that might come up: after trying it on she slipped onto her bottom... apparently the measurements for the fins/skirt are a bit big .... I spent a while brainstorming the ways to fix this without tearing apart my work and I think I will have success with some sort of metal wire at the bottom to help keep the fin from her feet. That has yet to go in but I'll add another photo once its done. It should also help with the complete look! Also chose to take in the sides of the bottom a bit, as you can see in the photo its a little big... she's just a skinny little lady!

post wedding project

adding a SPLASH of color in the midst of a snowy day.

I'm home watching the girls today, filling in for Dad makes me appreciate all of the things he manages to get done during the day. Although the girls laid down for a nap almost and hour and a half ago they are still trying to whisper and Lily is lecturing Brea about how she cries "every day!" What imaginations those girls have. I'm afraid that we wont be able to elmocise (nice little play on words they did there huh?) after nap since they haven't done such a terrific job. We'll see though, if they lay down and sleep for a while i'll consider it :)

During their nap and in between visits to their room to hush them down, I've been working on some of my past photography. Playing with the idea of black and white with a splash of color. It was all the rage back when but now I see that it doesn't HAVE to be the cliche eyes, although I'm guilty of adding it in to the mix. I wanted to see what other things I could highlight. Give the idea a bit more thought and creativity. What else better to do on a snowy wednesday?

additional work::

A continuation of my recent projects. A few more cards...

Keeping busy in the cold weather

Although Colorado weather certainly trumps that of Iowa, its still nice to spend time inside during the chilly days. We went outside for a snowball fight today and lasted around 2o minutes. The snowman lost the battle.

Here are some projects I've been busying myself with post christmas...