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A New Bag

Presidents day means a day off for my husband. We like to try to go do something fun on these days off but it was just too dang cold today and we are all to one degree or another getting over colds here so we didn't do much.

I made some homemade marshmallows, well attempted to I think they are going to get remelted for rice crispy treats as they seem to be a little too sticky this time around. I also made a big pot of spegetti sauce, this was all before 10 am.

We then made a run out to take my good sewing machine to the repair shop, again, the third time in 6 months :(.

Luckily I have a backup machine, not the greatest but it works. So when we got home from all the running I decided to do a little sewing for myself. I can't remember the last time I made something for me and not something for someone else or baby diapers. Well I made a diaper bag so it's not all for me.

I used this tutorial and adapted it to work with this old military blouse.
And made a nice bag that looks like this
And pockets on the back
and on the inside too
I'm going to give it a try, it's not quite as big as I was wanting it, I'm trying to go back to full time cloth diapering which means needing a pretty big bag to go out with. It was a nice simple and fun project to do on a relaxing "day off"

House Tour Part 2, The Master Bedroom

I like to decorate, one of my favorite things about being a military family is that I get to move into new houses all the time and decorate them, we have lived in some that I just could not do much with but most I have been pretty happy about.

For this room you will have to use your imagination some (well you will in most rooms as I do not have them *just right* and probably never will LOL). This room is lacking a headboard which I intend to make soon, a mirror that I just ordered and art work, in other words the walls are a little bland.
So this is the view from the foot of the bed. This room is small for a master bedroom, at least by American standards, it's about 10x11 feet, this is a king size bed, there is literally just enough room for our bed a table on either side a large wardrobe and a small table all of which you will see latter. Like I said we are lacking a head board, I'm going to make a padded head board as soon as I can get downtown and buy the plywood and foam for it. I have an iridescent taffeta in brown that will go great with this set.
To the left of the bed, my jewelry cabinet makes a small bed side table, just the right size.
To the right of the bed, this is a wash stand I got from someone who was selling off extra stuff.
The main clothes storage area, I have the drawers and the double door of the wardrobe, Justin has the single door and the rolly carts.
This is my dressing table, the mirror I ordered is going above this, you can also see out the door down the hall that leads to the kitchen. The curtain is covering a french door that leads out to the patio/courtyard

Thats the master bedroom.

Proverbs 31:10

OK so I don't know about all of you but I LOVE this woman, she fascinates me, I want to be this woman. I read every book I can on her, I read the chapter over and over again, I have print outs of it in various places in my house. I often times fail at my goal, rising while it is yet dark? Phewy, who wants to get up at 3 am in the summer to make that goal, she obviously lived where the sun does not wake up so early LOL, then on the other hand in the winter I can sleep till 7 and still be up while it is yet dark, HA!

So here is what I'm thinking, let talk about her, lets study her, I will post a verse everyday and we can talk about that verse and how it applies to us, how we can emulate this woman in this modern world. Many of us may have a pretty good idea about her, but there are some who may not of even heard of her.

So today

Proverbs 31 :10

An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.

What are your thoughts on this verse?

Post a comment or link to this post and make an entry on your blog.

Clean Sweep

I have the itch to organize something big time right now. I just feel this NEED to get my house running as smoothly as possible and that means going through and getting rid of the extra things that are just taking up space. This could have something to do with the fact that I put some things in our storage room and now cannot get into it because some totes fell in front of the door thus blocking entry, it could be that when my husband brought up the possibility of staying at this base an additional 4 years and I asked him if he would want to move at that point and he said no that my mind is now going OK we are pretty comfortable here with our two children but we plan to add more and well it's going to get a little crowded.

Somethings need to be kept, I really do like to get my china out and use it, someday we will have long Sunday dinners with the table set with the best dishes, to be honest I want a second set that is English, I am living in England after all I should have a set of English china as a souvenir. I don't really want to buy all new Christmas decor, or other holidays for that matter, and one day like the Sunday dinners, I will have it together enough to decorate for the changing season. But do I really need to keep the toys that cost me $3 at the thrift shop, or the $20 high chair? Well the baby IS using th high chair right now but you get the point, I probably do not. I'm even wondering if I REALLY need that extra freezer in my kitchen, though it's not really in the way and it is a good place to feed the cat.

So now I'm off to continue to purge and organize my house.

Clearly I do not have enough hobbies already

Because I got on Amazon.com the other day to check out candle making supplies, something I was interested in a long time ago but never started doing and not only ordered the supplies to make candles but a bath bomb kit. The candle making supplies have yet to arrive but the bath bomb stuff did so I made some up this afternoon.

Yummy baths are just a day a way.
I ordered this stuff last week and got it yesterday, I wish all my packages would get here that fast, I have fabric that has been on it's way for a month now.

Keeping busy

These cute little baby shoes.I have been looking for a shoe pattern for baby boys and have finally found this one.
So cute and and in my shop now.

So what are you reading?

This is the pile of books I'm currently reading. My mom wouldn't be surprised by this, she often said she wished she had not taught us to read because she could never get our noses out of books. So what's there?

Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Mary Enig and Sally Fallon

Organize Now, a week-by-week guide to simplify your space and your life- Jennifer Ford Berry

One Year to an Organized Life-Regina Leeds

The Bible

a couple of catalogs because I need to order some clothing

The Coconut Oil Miracle-Bruce Fife

Civilization, A New History of the Western World- Roger Osborne

The Good News About Women's Hormones- Geoffrey Redmond MD

The Hormonally Vulnerable Woman-Geoffrey Redmond MD

Suppermom Has Left the Building (that book has moved since I took the pic and I do not remember who it is by)

So what are you reading right now?

A look into my home

I want to get better at blogging, both as a creative outlet and a way to share my everyday live with others.

There have been a few people who have wanted to see what our new home looks like so bit by bit I will post photos. This is my work room, just one shot of it. It's one of two downstairs rooms in the flint cottage part of our house.

A crochet hat and four pairs of booties

I am having so much fun making things, I wish there were more hours in the day!

This is a hat I made, I wanted to make if for Olivia but it turned out to be too small, it's still supper cute though and will look cute on some little girl who is about 1 or 2.
And here are the booties, I'm addicted to making these the are so simple and quick to put together. I got the patteren from My Sweet Little on Etsy. I plan to make these for my shop in the near future.
Well off to do some more creative work:)

Longgies and a photo prop cocoon

Longgies I made yesterday, quick project and so fun. I need to find lanolin and waterproof them for diaper covers.
I made this cocoon and hat for my SIL to use as a photography prop. Erik does not appreciate being a model for me.

I couldn't wait to share

This will be Olivia's good coat this winter. I have had it cut out for awhile but just found the pieces after our move. It's not quite done yet, putting the lining in and button holes/buttons are next on the list. I just think it's too cute, made from a vintage McCall pattern.

New Diapers

The next size up from new born, Erik is growing fast and will be in these soon! This is the one I have done, a fitted diaper with a cute tractor print flannel on the outside. This diaper has a layer of bamboo french terry on the side that touches the bottom, inside I put a layer of Zorb sandwiched between two layers of diaper flannel. This should be one heavy duty diaper, can't wait to try it out when I get a cover made, or maybe I will try out the wool soakers I made :).

My latest creations

I haven't blogged in a long time, I feel like I have done so much more than I have pictures to post, and I have I just don't have the pictures. I have been a diaper making machine getting new born diapers done just before our new baby arrived, then burp cloths also as I realized that we did not have any that were not pink LOL. I don't have pictures of the new diapers (well very used now) and burb cloths but here is what I have done in the last few weeks.

This is a baby quilt (or lap quilt) made from squares of denim and DCU's with a flannel backing that has John Deer tractor camo pattern.
The next two are some dish towel sets I made up by crochet, I have taken a liking to crochet and have found I can do it while nursing the baby.


And finaly here is our beautiful baby boy, Erik, born June 15 after a fairly uneventful pregnancy. He is 9 weeks old in this picuter.