I've been having major computer problems today! I've tried to put these pictures up a million different times, and it's just not working! So I made a slideshow w/ them, hopefully that'll work!
Edited: it didn't work. the slideshow is off-centered and I don't know why. sorry.
They're pretty self explanitory....First is Arissa with an embroidery piece she made. I was so impressed, I figured on her first try that her stitches would be all wide and far apart but she did perfectly! She did two small pieces so I sewed them together and stuffed them & added a ribbon so she could display it. The next day she did another one...it was for her teacher Mrs. Wood & it was a fraction. That's right, it was: 3/4 or something like that. :o) How cute is that. Mrs. Wood was astonished. :O)
Next is Mariah's piece, she did a really good job too. She felt so special that I trusted her to do it...both the girls used my normal needles & other materials.
Then there's the shirt I made for Mariah. I got the template off a website, I think it was supposed to be for a picnic table centerpiece or something. But I bought a $3 plain shirt at walmart and sewed the bird to it. Mariah loved it, you'll see her wearing it in one of the next pictures...she wore it all weekend.
The fabric banner I made for the girls room. I had bought some really pretty fabric off etsy.com, and I saw the idea for this in a book. In the book it was used for a party but I thought it was cute for everyday.
The "quilt" I made. The squares are supposed to line up....obviously they don't. I'm impatient and very bad at math...and so I get results like this all the time. But once it was put all together,I thought it looked nice anyways. Especially if you haven't seen the picture of the one I was copying! I embroidered the big center square.
My new table is even prettier now! My grandma had made me some table runners last christmas, and when I was thinking of which placemats I was going to buy, I thought maybe she could do the runners for me but just smaller so that they could be placemats. So I bought some cute fabric online and she sewed these for me. We had enough fabric left for a center piece too. Not only did she make them beautifully, but when we realized that I was probably never going to actually let my family eat on them since they're so pretty, she went out and bought some clear vinyl type stuff, cut it to fit, and then VELCROWED it inconspicuously to each one. You can't even tell it's velcrowed. It's the coolest thing. So not only are my new placesettings super cute, but they're special because they were made by my Nana. :O)
And the rest of the pics are from Balboa Park. We went on Sunday when it was General Conference at church (= no church for us!). The girls loved the fountain of course....I ran out of pennies and they threw like $3 my other coins in! We went to the botanical gardens, which was very pretty. Mallory just liked the beautiful big buildings, which she said were "Belle's Castle". :O) Fun times.
pictures to come....
Several things have happened recently and I've been mindful enough to take pictures, but haven't found the time to upload them here and write about them. But I will!
Some of the things I need to post about are:
1. My first "quilt" being "finished" (quilt is in quotes because it's a tiny little thing, hardly qualifies as a blanket, and finished is in quotes because I still need to put the bias tape on one end of it).
2. Embroidery projects: aforementioned quilt, Arissa & Mariah's projects, a super sweet embroidery I did of one of Mariah's drawings
3. A fabric banner I did for the girls' room just because
4. A cyst I had in my foot that I went to the dr for last week and have been limping around since because of
5. A shirt I made for Mallory and/or Mariah
6. A new set of placemats that my Nana personally quilted for us
7. A scrapbook that I helped Arissa's class put together for a special friend of Arissa's who was in the hospital recently
Hopefully I remember to post pictures soon. Otherwise it all doesn't sound real exciting. :O)
My new beauties:
LOTS of photos, TONS of cuteness....
Easter Sunday, heading in to church.
Mariah gave a spur-of-the-moment talk in Primary...this was her as she finished, can you tell how proud of herself she was??
Finding the eggs!
Discovering the easter baskets. The Easter bunny didn't lead the girls on a hunt w/ cute clues like he did last year. They were a little disappointed, but liked their baskets & goodies nonetheless.
"Found one, mama!"
Going through their loot at the annual church Easter Egg hunt (this was actually the day before Easter).
In the middle of making the headbands:
These flowers were sitting on my desk my first day at my new job. I walked in, all nervous of course, and saw these.....I was instantly happier and at ease, especially when I saw the card. They were from my three friends who used to work in South Bay w/ me but had transferred to downtown several months before I did. I was so appreciative and I'm sure my day ended up being a good one mostly because of these flowers!
Welcome spring!
new card
photo tag.....
usually blue, but sometimes apple green, or a pale yellow.
how many other cities have a big old lemon as their mascot? 
I eat way too many of these!
Favorite Animal:
I love me some rottweilers!! This one looks just like the one I had when I was younger.
Favorite food:
Enchiladas suizas...avovado slices on top.....refried beans.....mexican rice. if I could eat this for dinner every day of my life, I'd be happy.
I have many but these are the ones that take up most of my time. Mommy to 3 little girls, and a Legal Support Assistant @ the district attorney's office.
I would generally say my hobby is "crafting", but that's too broad a term to find good pictures of! So knitting represents it all.
I tag....anyone I know who has a blog and happens to read this. :O)
New Blog Look!
You like??? I know I know....it's harder to read and makes the pictures look funky. But I just loved the background picture so much, I figured I'll leave it for awhile. Then I'll change it back. :O)
I'm in love!
With our newest addition to our family....a new table.
Saturday as Arissa and I were going shopping, we passes by a yard sale on our street and my eyes were drawn to this table. A new kitchen table has been on my list of "things we so need but so can't afford" for a long time. The only kitchen table we've ever had was my parents when they were first married...that's an old table. The chairs were upholstered and were just a mess, ripped and ugly, and.....brown and orange (they were probably really stylish when my parents got them). The wobbled, we had to prop the table itself up w/ a book under one leg. It only sat 4 people, which obviously is a problem considering our family of 5!
So anyway we drove past the yard sale and I saw the table...it was exactly what I had been thinking about when I imagined what kind of table I'd like to buy. It looked kind of country, shabby chic, which I loved. And I counted 1, 2, 3,4, 5 chairs! I drove right by though because I knew I wouldn't be able to afford it.
On our way back from the mall, it was still there. I sped into our driveway and told Jesse just go look at it! Just go see what it's like and ask the lady how much. So he did, and he came back and said it was really nice.....that sealed the deal because before when I've seen things I wanted at yard sales, he just dismissed it completely. I had to borrow money from my Grandma to pay for it, we had to have a friend pick it up and bring it home. But now it's there and everytime I walk into the kitchen I smile because my kitchen actually looks how I would like it to. It's so great!
It has a nice shiny top so spills wipe up easy and it gleams in the sunlight. It came with two leaves, and Jesse wanted to put both of them in right away. I thought it was too big, but we're trying it out. It's just so perfect because it CAN fit 6, maybe even 8 people if need be. And maybe we WILL have some people over for dinner now that I'm not embarrassed to sit at my own table!
And here's our first meal at the new table....minus the family photographer (me!):
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