Just when I thought she was going to have a full set of teeth again, she goes and looses another one!
I've been bitten by the creativity bug. Since David's been gone, I've had to find something to do to occupy my time (cough, choke, gag! - Like I don't have enough to do!). But I have had material for months with intentions of making different things, and I just always seem to find other things to do.
But with my precious boy begging me for curtains, I just had to get them done! You see, several months ago, the apartment complex we live in placed a street light right outside his window, and it was like sleeping at high noon instead of midnight - even with the shade pulled. Well, all the blackout curtains we could find around here were hideous, but I did manage to find a really cute cloth shower curtain. I then proceeded to buy some dark blue sheets and planned to line said shower curtain and hang them in his room. Well, that was back before we had to return to the States for a month, it was before Christmas, it was before preparing for David to leave - see, I always found something better to do! But I knew it was time when Tristan would ask me daily about his curtains. So, here they are:
This is a picture with his bedroom light on.
This is a picture of his room with the light off and just the "shade" drawn.
And this is with his curtains blocking the majority of the light from outside - I think I still took it without a flash so the light provided is from when the camera "highlights" it's subject.
He still has a nice night light with just a crack left in the curtains - hey it saves on my electric bill!
And while I had my sewing machine out (in the middle of the living room), I decided I'd go ahead and work on the other projects that I'd had in mind since about July...
A cover for my mixer (I used a pattern offline for this one)
This one is for my deep-fryer - and I made the pattern all by myself!
This brightly colored fabric is not normally one I would choose, but my lower cabinets are lime green, so it fits nicely.
After Tristan had curtains in his room, the princess decided that she needed to have curtains too.
So, my friend Kim and I went to Happy Quilt, and just as I was walking in the door I found this printed fabric - and if you know my daughter, it's TOTALLY her! Fairys, a unicorn, a castle... Thankfully I was able to find another fabric that somewhat went with it as I knew the panels would not be enough to cover her window. I lined the other side with pink fabric, so if she ever grows out of her fairy tale world we can still use the curtains! I loved her reaction when she walked into her room and saw them hanging! There was a big gasp and then she came running into the living room and gave me a great big hug and a great big thank you.
And I don't think I ever posted pictures of Grace's completed projects that she was working with Grandma on. She did most of the work on these doll clothes herself.
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