getting crafty with em

honey's out of town again.  he left for st. louis this morning and doesn't get back til wednesday night.  so instead of making dinner or something when baby got up from nap, we went to hobby lobby!  if you check out any pictures i've posted that take place in our front yard, you may notice our fall wreath hanging on the front door.  i never took it down.  left it there clear through winter and now spring.  well, on april 16th at 8:10pm, that wreath came down!  and then my door was naked for a few hours while i crafted something new.

while baby ate dinner, i came up with this...

but then realized that with my house being on the right side of the street, the door handle on the right side of the door, and our driveway and walk way also on the right... those flowers would be better placed on the left.    

so...

BAM.  i made it happen.

which really isn't impressive at all since you just buy a $6 grape vine wreath and a stem of 50% off flowers, cut, and place.  i didn't want to hot glue it because a) i'm lazy and b) my talents do not lie in crafting.  i decided securing  the flowers with bread ties would be best because a) i'm cheap and b) i have a million of them.  this actually didn't happen though because a) i'm lazy and b) i thought it would be too difficult for me to manage.  so if you come to my house and are critiquing my wreath while you wait for me to come to the door, feel free to just do a littler maneuvering with those flowers, they are literally just poked in.

there's a reason tutorials for this kind of wreath do not exist.  and that you won't see this wreath going viral on pinterest.  

total cost $11.  and now it's on my door.  hopefully it doesn't look too terrible in the daylight... i just wanted it out of my kitchen asap so i could clean.  seriously looked like i had a team of lumberjacks over for dinner.

while i made this wreath at midnight, i hung out with my single sister emmy.  on speaker phone.  it used to be skype but then my laptop needed charging.  speaker phone on my new razer phone.  i'll rant about that phone situation another time.  ps- tonight i found myself wishing for a bluetooth.

 

but i came up with an alternative solution.  i'm just glad the speaker phone comes out of those convenient little holes you see there.

and then emmy and i said goodbye and i proceeded to clean the kitchen (typical before i go to bed at night) and eventually found myself hand scrubbing the floors and baseboards (not typical... ever).  

so that whole a) and b) crap?  a lesson on why you shouldn't blog at 2am.

ps- i tried on that new blue dress so emmy could see it on skype.  and then, because i'm lazy, i never changed out of it.  in case you were wondering, it is just as comfortable as yoga pants and completely correct clothing for crafting and kitchen cleaning.  

now how do you like that alliteration?!

photo dump

here is a host of poor quality photos... for your viewing pleasure.

i've been too lazy to charge the battery of our big camera so these are all from the point and shoot.  which is sad because some of the pictures could have been cute.  let that be a lesson to me.

during conference, my honey made jello.  and he cut out this jello heart for me.  nothing says love like heart shaped jello.  the first thing he said when he handed it to me was "yeah, it took me like seven trys."  (that's why the pan looks ripped apart. 

my baby, my wreath, my pumpkin.  these are a few of my favorite things.

check out my wreath.  I MADE IT.

and a third picture of the wreath.  because that's totally necessary.

we went to story time and the park the other day with jodi and her little girl elle.  they stopped to pick up lunch, so we had a photo shoot while we waited.

she looks like such a little girl when she sits like that.  it's so cute!

look at her flushed little cheeks.  it was hot.

how gorgeous is that weather?!?!

okay, again.  the squatting.  i'm in love with it.  ps- freshman year college roommates call me squats.  bonus points if you knew that... and why.

and this one is probably my favorite.  woodchip bum.  make a note of it.  the newest catchphrase.

we went to kohls to use one of those $10 cards they send out.  we didn't get these shorts because even though they're only 12 months, there is no freaking way they'd fit by next summer.

i know she looks malnourished, but really, she eats as much as i do.

we didn't get this coat because it's $20 and i'm cheap.  

but that didn't stop me from taking two pictures of it.  another girl came up minutes later and took it off the rack for her baby.  and bought it.  along with a million pairs of baby shoes.  that kid must have a killer closet.

hopefully this will fit next summer.  ;-)  it's not from kohls, but we got some good deals i'll have to write about later.  love it.

someone crawled right out of their little skirt.

she looked straight out of one of those "it's the first day of school and i forgot my pants!" dreams.

and the eyes.  mmmm we get comments on those every time we go out.  it's always semi sad for me because i know people look at my eyes after they spot hers.  nope, not from the mom.

in other news, baby girl is getting BOTH of her top molars.  thankfully it's not screwing with her sleep, but she's definitely not feeling hot during her waking hours.  and i think that's probably what the saturday fever spike was all about.

poor baby.  crossing our fingers it gets better soon!

this is what i made today

here are some phone pictures to show what i did today.

i sewed some ribbons and tags to a piece of fleece.

and i admired the finished product.

the rest of the day was spent holding and comforting my child.

i think today was just as bad as yesterday.  my child has never fussed and cried this much in her whole life.  combined.  so in all seriousness, please pray for her.  i'm guessing it's teething but really i have no idea what's wrong with her.  a complete 180 from my normal baby girl.  it's like i don't even know this kid anymore and i just want her to be happy again.

love bug craft

at bizkids story time on wednesday, baby and i made this little love bug. i ate the chocolate, she ate the paper. a win-win for everyone.