DIY Anthro Necklace!

I've been MIA, but I have still made a little time to DIY!  There's nothing like having a little down time and getting to create a little bit!!  I found a little DIY (through Pinterest) on a blog called Studs and Pearls.  It's for an Anthro "Love" necklace and it's WAAAAYY easy!!

Here's the Anthro version:

And here's mine:

You can find the instructions on the link for the Studs and Pearls blog above.  I promise it's so simple!  It literally took 20 minutes.  And the bulk of the time is just wrapping the wire with embroidery thread.  I would love to see if you make one, too!

Until next time...

We're BAAAAACCKKK... maybe.

I can't believe it's been SOO long since I last posted.. partly because my computer is broken.. partly because I haven't been able to finger out how to upload my pictures to Kyle's computer... but MOSTLY because my life is CRAZY right now!  AHHHH.... these little ones are keeping me busyyyy.  Parker and Payton's bedtime comes and I'm done with anything and everything.  The ability to even think literally leaves my brain until... well, that ability left long ago so... well, why don't I just give you a teeny peek into life lately...

  My cuties tickling each other!  This is rare so I'm so glad I caught a picture!

 Chow time.

 Being T-rex's.  Apparently Kyle's brain is gone too!

 Parker now shares his dinosaurs with Payton!  If you truly understood how much Parker LOVES his dinosaurs, you would see why this is such a big deal!

 Just being silly.  Boston hat, Cars undies, Angry Birds band-aid, and tiger slippers all make for a cool dude!

 We have a weirdo on our hands!  Silly, silly, silly all the time!

 When her belly isn't full of milk, she likes to chew on her toes!  She has two teethies and I'm positive more are very close to making their appearance.

 Sprinkler time!  Falling... we do a lot of that these days.

Just jumpin' in her Jumperoo!  She loves it!

I hope to give some more updates soon!  That's all for now folks!

Do they look alike??

It's so hard for me to tell if they look alike......

Here's Park-man at about 2 months old...

Here's baby PayPay just a few days ago (at about 9 weeks old)...

What do you think??

P.S. I can't believe I am looking back at Parker's baby pictures... time sure does fly.

"Baby Legs"

Have you ever heard of or used (for your little ones) "Baby Legs"? They are basically leg warmers for babies, and they are awesome! They make diaper changing a little quicker since you don't have to pull pants down and put them back on. And for little girls, they work well in place of tights! From what I hear, they can be a little expensive... so why not make your own?! (This is not my original idea. I have seen a bunch of different way to make them, and I've combined the methods I liked best!)

So here's my favorite way to make Baby Legs!

What you need:

Long/knee high socks

scissors

sewing machine

thread

First, cut off the heel and the toe of your sock.

You will just need the leg and the foot part... you can tell I got impatient and wanted to just sew the striped pair because I just stopped taking pictures!

Take the foot part of the sock and fold it in half (wrong sides together) so the cut/raw ends are matched up.

Now, insert the leg part of the sock in the middle of the folded foot tube you just made. You will be sewing through 3 layers of material. At this point you can pin the pieces in place OR if you're impatient, you can just skip the pinning. You can tell the path I chose...

Onto the machine! Use the zigzag stitch since you're sewing stretchy knit fabric OR if you have a serger (I wish!), that would be even better!

I could pretend that I used a contrasting colored thread to show you what I did... but the truth is I was once again impatient and didn't want to switch out the thread... do you see a trend here??

Flip the folded part up, and guess what! That's it!

You can literally make a pair 5 minutes or less. It's probably the easiest sewing project ever. And these will fit baby girl for quite awhile! Right now she wears them scrunched up so she has plenty of length to grow!

PayPay modeling her "Baby Legs"! Oh, and her skirt? You can find it here at Delia Creates. Another VERY easy sewing project! It's made from an old T-shirt! I'm a HUGE fan of refashioning/upcycling clothes!

That's all for today! Happy Wednesday!

**SALE!!**

If you came to our Holiday Shopping Party, I probably told you I would put the items I didn't sell in our shop... Oops. I totally dropped the ball on that one! Life got a little crazy... so I'm JUST now getting around posting about the extra items!! I wanted to offer them to YOU first on my blog before I set up shop again!

Here's how it'll work:

-I have the prices posted underneath each item. (And they are all on SALE!)

-If I can figure out a way to just get the item(s) to you, I can take cash or check when we meet up! (Basically, if we know each other and will be in the same area in the near future!)

-IF you just WANT the item shipped to you, we can work out a transaction through PayPal. (Shipping will be $2)

Items will go to the first person to COMMENT AND LEAVE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS!!!

3 Lace-covered chiffon (in mustard yellow) Yo-Yo's headband - $10

3 Double Georgette (in grey) Yo-Yo's headband - $10

3 Double Georgette Rolled Rosettes (in blue-green) headband - $12

Frayed Double Georgette (in grey) & Tulle Bow -$8

Chiffon Bow with sealed edges (in mustard yellow) - $8

3 Lace-covered knit (in olive green) Yo-Yo's headband - $10

4 Mini White Lace Rolled Rosettes headband - $12

3 Canvas Yo-Yo's (in Mustard Yellow) - $10

2 Green-swirled and off-white Yo-Yo clippies - $4

2 mustard yellow chiffon rolled rosette bobby pins - $4

2 mustard yellow Yo-Yo clippies - $4

2 Light Blue and Off-white cotton Yo-Yo's on alligator clips - $6

2 Mustard Yellow Canvas Yo-Yo's on alligator clips - $6

2 Lace-covered Knit (in olive green) Yo-Yo's on alligator clips - $6

2 Olive Green cotton folded flowers on alligator clips AND brooch pins - $6

Large Mustard Yellow chiffon rolled rosette clip- $4

**SOLD**

Large Grey Double Georgette Rolled Rosette Clip - $4

Large Green-Blue Double Georgette folded flower clip - $4

If you have any questions, leave me a comment with your e-mail address! I will get back with you ASAP!

Thanks!

Parker's growing up!

No.. he's not potty-trained yet.

BUT. He will be sleeping in his new big, BIG boy bed (his big boy bed is the bed that Kyle made him I showed you here) very soon.

One of Parker's Christmas presents from his Nanna and Doc was new bedding for his bunkbed! Poor kid... his mama took FOREVER to find the PERFECT bedding. BUT, I'm so glad I did... I think we are all very happy with what we found.

Close-up of his cute Alphabet sheets!

The full view.

(Keepin' it real... this is "neatly made" in our house.. we are usually doing well to have the blankets off the floor... 8I think we only make our beds when we have visitors. Which isn't really keepin' it real I guess... I'm guilty of wanting people to think I am a tidy person, and I am SO not. So, now if you come over to my house and see beds neatly made, you'll know better.)

Back to the point.

I knew I wanted to find a comforter that would "grow" with him and last longer than his toddler years. I looked EVERYWHERE... and FINALLY found one (online) at the Land of Nod. The green one was RANDOMLY $40 cheaper than normal.. It's washable and can also be used as a duvet insert! Score!

I also knew I wanted printed sheets since the comforter was a solid color... I kept googling (that's a real word.) kids' sheet sets, and found the Alphabet set on Amazon for $67. What?? I LOVED the print but didn't like the price. Bummer. BUT. After a quick google search for alphabet sheet sets I found THE EXACT SAME SET at Target. On Sale. For $25. How 'bout a WHOOP WHOOP! I'm not the only one excited... look at this face:

I'm not even kidding, this kid doesn't want to leave his new bed! He has already spent so much time just laying on his belly trying to find his favorite letters (O, W, and M... he knows them all, but ALWAYS points those three out...)!

All in all, I'm very pleased with what we found, and we have a little guy that can't wait for us to move his new bed into his room! Yay!

And since I can't leave her out of the post...

Cutie-patootie.

We love this happy little girl! She is currently trying so hard to get her way.. she will cry her sweet little, pitiful cry... and as soon as she sees us, she gives us the BIGGEST smile! It works a lot of the time because I can hardly leave her cute baby grin!

Ok, that's all. We've gotta get back to our letter search on the alphabet sheets! :)

One Saturday Morning...

What do you do on a Saturday morning when you're tired and just want to go back to bed?

Take pictures of your fluffy-haired, sleepy little girl...

...and your full-of-energy, silly badilly Parker-man...

...and make the coolest paper airplanes...

...ever made in the history of mankind!!

It's probably because I grew up in a house of sisters (meaning barbies, dolls, playing house and school, etc...) but I didn't know it was so easy to make paper airplanes that fly really well!! I thought Parker would be impressed... but he kind of just wanted to tear them up. Oh well. I was excited about them!

Here are the tutorials I used:

Happy Saturday!