embracing the chaos: crafty me.

I heart Pinterest.

You can be my friend. (please!)

My family members have all been eating like rock stars thanks to amazing recipes like this:

chicken salad to die for

artichoke lasagna (oh yes we did!)

and MORE (but that ought a keep ya busy for a while)

it has kept school ideas organized for me.

(like all the fun Pocahontas stuff we've done)

helped me remember all those cool projects I want to do,

like this one:

scrapbook paper (or in this case, old sheet music) behind the glass in an old picture frame that I have had sitting around forever.

attach 4-5 of those mega magnets from the craft store and pop onto side of fridge for a cute reminder board (sure beats the sticky notes I used before!)

just uses regular wipe off markers:

and continues to inspire me daily.
I have seen some people say it's a time killer but for me, it's been the opposite.
I have actually done SO MANY of my pins!
I love it!

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I am now the proud, scared, owner of Photoshop and have been watching tutorial after tutorial on how to 'fix' my images.

The more I learn the more overwhelmed I am.

Also the more I learn the better photographer I want to become so I don't have to sit on that thing for hours 'fixing'.

It is fun though. So many evil little tricks!

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Lots of babies being born around us lately.

When Lydia and Samantha were born a dear friend bought some flannel material and hemmed it all around the edges with a pretty stitch from her machine.

EASY. Peasy.

We almost wore those blankets out swaddling Nora and Sophie but they made it, miraculously.

And 7 + years later they still all play with those two blankets every.single.day.

So, I'm passing along the fun.

1 yard.

5 minutes ironing the hems down.

1 hour figuring out how my 1970's machine actually does those stitches.

10 minutes of sewing once I figured it all out.

10 minutes wrapping (the best part!)