Busy as a Bee

Whew.  Have I been a busy bee this week!  I knocked out 2 crayon rolls the first night I had my machine, and those are birthday gifts for my nieces.  Then on Tuesday, I made this

It's a reversible apron for my sister's BFF.  Tiff's birthday was last month, and Meg asked me to make something special for her.  I absolutely love this fabric.  I saw it in January at JoAnn's, before Megan even asked me to make anything for Tiff, and I KNEW it would be perfect for her.  You see, Megan bought Tiff a sweater for Christmas a few years ago that looked like it was black with pink polka dots.  If you looked really closely, the polka dots were actually skulls.  When I took the bolt to the cutting table, the lady there thought it was cute, and then noticed the skulls and flames.  I think she was a little freaked out surprised by it. But I LOVE how this turned out.  I can't wait to hear how Tiff likes it.

Then I made these for Tiff's girls (and how funny is it that she's getting an apron too, and doesn't know it???)

I love making kids's aprons!  They are so much fun, especially when you see them on their new owners.  As a bonus, here's The Munchkin and Gus-Gus in theirs.

When Less is More... and More is More

Last May, we got a wonderful, albeit shocking, surprise.  To our surprised delight, we learned that I was pregnant with the Peanut.  Why was this shocking you ask?  Because the Munchkin took us 4 years, and more medical procedures than I care to count or remember, to conceive, and Gus-Gus took us more of the same medical procedures to conceive.  So we weren't thinking there were any more small fry in our future.  Apparently we just weren't thinking.

On to the less is more thing...   we have this diaper bag.  Specifically,

this diaper bag.  Don't let it's tiny thumbnail-not-loaded-down-with-everything-in-sight size fool you.  When it's loaded, you could lose small countries in there.  And it's next to impossible for me to carry when I am all by myself with the Munchkin, Gus-Gus and the Peanut in his car seat.  I would need to morph into OctoMom (no, not 8 kids - 8 ARMS) to be able to do it.  My solution???  Make my own bag!

Voila!  A smaller bag, that is still large enough to hold stuff for 2 in diapers, but small enough that I can manage alone.  Did I mention it is cuter than cute, too? I am loving it, and have gotten lots of compliments on it.  The best thing?  I made it! :)

And the more is more thing?  Well that's self explanatory!  I have more kiddos, more love, more everything!  And I am loving every minute of it!