Colors Quiet Book

Before Ellie was even born, I saw some cute quiet books on Pinterest and new I wanted to make some for Ellie. I thought a colors book with some different textures would be a great first one. Mostly she just likes to chew on it, but sometimes she does feel the different things on each page. I got the idea from Pinterest, but I made up each page all by myself. I did each page by hand, and then sewed the pages together with my mom's sewing machine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sew Domestic

Ya'll know how I like to pretend to be crafty and domestic. My latest adventures in domesticity have been these little sewing projects. Since there's only Wal-Mart in Cedar, and since I don't want to spend $4 on one baby headband, I just bought some big girl headbands and made them smaller for Ellie! So far they've even stayed together and mostly on her head. I mean, she's a baby, she hits or pulls at it sometimes and sometimes it slides down a little. But isn't she so cute?? 

I've also made myself some nursing tanks. I just converted my DownEast tanks by cutting the straps off on the back and making a loop in the front which I attach to my nursing bra. It's been working great!

When You Don't Have a Sewing Machine

So last week at Jordyn's baptism, I realized I had a problem. The stretch material of my dress was stretching down too low in front. I figured if I shortened up the shoulder straps, then I wouldn't have to be pulling up my dress all the time. However, I don't actually own a sewing machine or really know all that much about sewing, but I figured I'd give it a shot.  I used the back stitch that I learned from my cross-stitching adventures earlier this year. I think it worked out pretty well! I wore the dress to church yesterday and didn't have to pull it up once!