tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55107511950204286162012-01-20T15:37:24.668-06:00Jaimenoreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-28763210275247204112007-12-30T22:33:00.000-06:002007-12-31T11:48:41.259-06:00

Just FYI, I've moved! I'm over here now, so please come over for a visit, stay a while and see what's happening! Happy New Year to all!

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Gifts are being finished up and wrapping to begin shortly thereafter. There is some baking to do, a little cooking here and there and much snuggling and hot chocolate to enjoy! There is anticipation of a Jolly Old Man coming to visit and bring some goodies, but not before we bake a cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus! And with that, I leave you for the remainder of the year. It's Christmas

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-81314933571884615342007-12-14T11:29:00.000-06:002007-12-21T12:38:01.275-06:00

Wow, been a little crazy busy here as of late, but it sure didn't seem like it's been that long since I posted! But, there it is...it's been a while! However, here is a sampling of where I have been and what I've been up to the last little bit....One of our favorite holiday traditions of going to the "Trail of Lights" in town. It's been a tradition since I was little and I LOVE going there! It's

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I had a little visit from an elf the other day when getting out the Christmas decorations. He was a very helpful little fellow with lots of questions and wondering where more green lights were. Apparently green is this elf's favorite color and he would have ALL the lights for the tree and garlands and such green if he had it his way....

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Hope everyone had a splendid Thanksgiving! We did here with lots of family and fun. I really want to post some more and tell all about the fun ideas (NOTE ideas, not finished projects) I have planned for the holiday crafts and such. However, between the orders a makin', packin' and shippin', I am peeking in to say a quick hello and promise to visit again soon! Hopefully with some fun crafty

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Okay, not much posting going on here at the moment. Not that I don't have plenty to go on about....just, lots of family in and orders for Little Bird to finish up and get out tomorrow so I can enjoy the Holiday with loved ones. Then back to the studio to work on some little projects here and there that I hope to have up in my SHOP next week! Until then, I leave you with a festive little pie

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Meet Elena. She is my Matryoshka inspired doll I whipped up over the weekend. I have been wanting to get back to creating more one-of-a-kind items lately. Not that I don't LOVE making the onesies and tees and blankets and such. I do and will continue to be making those for a long time to come. I have just been feeling a pull back towards making something...different. Like these dolls! I have

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-67487081095463745592007-11-09T08:43:00.000-06:002007-11-09T08:54:57.000-06:00

Okay, I am SO in the mood for a little Christmas! I love it, even if it is due to be in the 80's today (after a thirty degree drop just Tue.!) I was so very excited to get out some long sleeves and finish up a scarf for my son. Then, just as I do these things, we have a "warming trend" and we are to be in the 80's and then 70's next week! It is November, yes?Anyway, so this year (as usual with me

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It's that time of week! And I am actually gonna post this "Thankful Thursday" post on a Thursday! Amazing, I know. It's a pretty simple one this week. As much as we all love (or not so much) doing laundry, I have to say having a machine that is working properly is very beneficial! Ours has been hit or miss for a couple months now. Then, the other night I was in there trying to get the

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I have taken the pledge! Okay, so really I have been making handmade gifts for Christmas for as long as I can remember. It all started when I learned how to knit, crotchet and sew. I was little and I took to it immediately and LOVED it! I made things here and there all the time, but when I learned I could do things with a needle and thread (or yarn and hook) well, a whole new world opened up to

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-2286441698368441942007-11-04T21:11:00.000-06:002007-11-04T21:23:52.126-06:00

Fun things for the holidays! Now up in my shop More to come!

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-47951986579211921742007-11-01T23:01:00.000-05:002007-11-04T21:32:05.427-06:00

A Fire Man/ Super Hero/ Lion?! Now ya have! Last night was fun....except for the part where I tripped over my son's bike (got some nice bruises from the fall...ouch)while trying to run from a BEE that was after me. I should mention, I am, for whatever reason, terrified of BEES! I know, silly of me, but it's true. You should have heard the rolling laughter from my sister!Happy Thursday!

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Okay. I admit it, I have been terrible about blogging lately! It's not that I have nothing to blog about, I do! Lots of goodies. Just, not always to time to sit and do it all. I have been really terrible about not getting my pics of the camera and such. Really, I do need to get better about it! I promise though to try and get better about my posts.....yikes, I am frightened actually saying I

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I am a little late with my "Thankful" post for this week. But, better than last week when I totally missed it all together and didn't even realize it until Tuesday! Maybe I should change this to another day? Nah, I will just try and keep up with what I have already started.Today was a really fun day. It was a "work" (meaning NO school) day at the monkey boy's pre-school, so we had a play date

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So much craftiness, so not enough time! I have a bajillion ideas constantly running through my brain. ALL the time. So much fun. But alas, there is just simply not enough time in my days (anyones really?) to do all of these fun ideas. However, I did manage to get one fun, just to spend time with my monkey boy, project done this weekend! Okay, it's not totally finished, but it's getting there.

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Today has been a pretty one full of much singing from the Monkey Boy! He awoke, singing all the way into our room. I cannot remember exactly what he was singing, but it was cute. Then, on the way to pre-school he sang about "A Bear Hunt" Something about "we're going on a bear hunt to find a bear with big green eyes and a fuzzy little tail" and such. Then, when I picked him up from school, all the

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-59189719240302771112007-10-02T15:51:00.001-05:002007-11-04T21:25:12.680-06:00

Here are some new items I just now put up in my Etsy shop. I have more to come and am looking forward to hopefully getting those added soon too! Happy Tuesday!

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Wow, okay so I totally missed doing my Thankful Thursday post last week! It was not due to not being able to post, but more like I had no idea what to say that day. Reason being that life can really throw some curve balls at times! Not that I would normally post about something like this on a "crafty-ness" blog, but I will go ahead and throw it out there anyway. Last week was a little scary for

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-23645833622413364972007-09-18T14:56:00.000-05:002007-09-18T15:04:15.405-05:00

This was fun! Jess over at How about orange had a great post about this, so I went on over and took the quiz myself. These would be the results:You Are CameoYou are understanding and very empathetic.You don't tend to have acquaintances. Everyone is your friend.And all of your friends tend to be friends. You have a knack for bringing very different people together.What Color Orange Are You?Seems

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-91245461984394081152007-09-15T14:16:00.001-05:002007-09-15T16:48:03.752-05:00

So when did Thursday suddenly turn into Saturday??? Hello, where have I been?! Well, obviously my "Thankful Thursday" post must have gotten lost in, uhm, blogesphere (is there such a thing?) somewhere! Yuppers. That's what happened.Anyhoo...I am very thankful for many things however, one of which is a new waffle recipe I have tweaked from a family favorite of four generations. Waffles, in our

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-439838009329611272007-09-12T22:24:00.001-05:002007-09-12T23:32:51.286-05:00

Okay, so I can be such a doofu sometimes! I, like many (maybe?) people do, have a few email accounts. Okay, so three, but only use two. However, instead of trying to remember to check all of them and which ones, I have them forwarded to one, so it keeps me mostly on top of things. Well. SO I thought! Apparently I did not have one all correctly forwarding and on a whim checked it, ya know, to make

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I feel like I am at my own private cafe here at home. We just got some new barstools for our kitchen. It took us a while to finally find some we really liked that were just simple, basic and versatile. We also got them on clearance so that was a nice perk. They are comfy and I like that the style of them allows for me to make slipcovers for them if I decided to in the future. So, here I am

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-12877689904488865552007-09-06T00:22:00.000-05:002007-09-06T00:35:23.060-05:00

Here's a little of a random conversation that took place in my car this week:"Mom?""yes.""know what's better than juice?""what's that?""chocolate milk""really? wow."A few moments later..."you know what's better than chocolate milk?""what?""you and daddy""Is that so? Wow, that's really something"How cool is that? That is my "Thankful Thursday" this week - That I win out over chocolate milk! :)

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Is it really already Wednesday? Wow, this week has gone by so very, very fast! It was a pleasant holiday weekend here just relaxing and attempting to reorganize my craft room....HA! I think I made a bigger mess. I have big plans for it like re-painting and all, but it didn't happen this past long weekend for us. Too many other things, like swimming and playing games with the litte one before he

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I have decided to try something new for my blog. I don't know if this has been done or not by anyone else out there, but I have decided to make Thursday posts on my blog all about things I am thankful for. It's just a random thought that came to my mind as I was reading books this morning with my son and thinking how precious and thankful I was for that moment.Not sure how I will work it all out

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The fabulous Pampering Beki has tagged me! The rules of the game: list 6 weird/interesting things about yourself and then tag a further 6 bloggers (by going to their blog and telling them to check out your blog post related to this) to keep the momentum going. List your 6 tagged bloggers at the bottom of your post.K, here goes....1 I am allergic to cantaloupe. I know, very sad and people look at

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Wow, this is exciting! I have a little feature on my Pumpkin Onesie over at Polka Dot Mom

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Yes, there is this little lizard that keeps visiting me on occasion in the laundry room. Cute little fella, but really, he needs to stop popping up on me like this! ( no, it's not real, just a fake one my monkey boy has-fun, huh?!)Happy Friday to you!

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Here it is, the Falling Snowflake Onesie. It will be going up in my shop this week.I have to say, it brings back memories of making paper snowflakes. In Texas, well, we just don't get much snow. Well, not the area I live anyway. I do love snowflakes though!

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I have had a few things *in progress* for a bit now and am hoping to have most of them make their debut sometime this week in my shop. I am excited to get these things accomplished, however, a delay in some deliveries of supplies might cause it not to happen when I had originally planned! Oh well, life happens. Meanwhile, it's been really fun to work on some new designs with my son close by and

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Just a couple more weeks before my little one heads back off to preschool. *sigh*. There are other moms I know that are totally ready for it to start, but I am kinda having mixed emotions about it all. I know he will have tons of fun and it will free up some time for me to start really working on all the Fall and Winter designs I have in the works for my shop. Really itching to get those ready to

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-807707201658268782007-08-13T15:04:00.000-05:002007-08-13T15:36:52.913-05:00

Wousa, I've been tagged! AND it's taken me this long to post about it! Stephanie has tagged me for The Love of Four, so, here I go:4 jobs I have had:Massage Therapist (yes, I am one, just not currently practicing), Ad Sales for a weddings magazine, Assistant Manager at a Hat store (that was TONS of fun!), File Clerk for a medical office4 films I could watch over and over:Meet the Parents, The

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I am a total disaster today! Okay, maybe not so much me, just the day. Here, at my house, Mondays and Fridays are our laundry days. So, we get up and have a pretty leisurely morning and just trying to clean up from the weekend and all that. I decide I need to get laundry started so I throw a load in. Then, I think, hmm, I will go check my email and maybe do some blogging.....being that I have

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Wow, totally took a blogging break without meaning to! That ever happen to anyone else? This week has just gotten away from me! Been pretty busy filling some orders and, of course, making time for the Monkey Boy before he heads back to pre-school. Okay, so we have like almost four weeks, but I konw they are going to go by SO very fast! Looking forward to the new school year and all the fun

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WOW, this past weekend was filled with birthdays! We had a birthday party for my son and then a "family" get together at the in-laws along with my family to celebrate both my son and my hubby's birthdays since they are so close together. It was fun, but what a whirlwind! At the same time, our house has been a little "under construction" since March. We are big DIY-ers here (would seem logical

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Four years ago today I became a mommy. I like to call it my "becoming a mother's day day". Silly I know, but without this blessed day of my son being born, I would not be a mommy! It's been a kinda bittersweet day for me. Of course it's wonderful to celebrate such a wonderful event in our lives, but a little sad to see him getting so big so very fast! I cannot believe the time that has gone by!

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Not too far from where we live there is this amazing, quaint, quiet little bit of country in the midst of a growing and ever more bustling community. In this place, literally right off a fairly busy freeway, is this amazing gathering of deer! I think it's the last "country" area where we are. So much development is happening in and around where we are, that this type of sight is pretty rare. Deer

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This has got to be one of my most favorite things ever in my house! It used to belong to my Gramms and I loved it so much growing up that when I got married she gave it to me for my own home. I LOVE it! On one side it says "coffee" (WOW, would that ever be a serious cup of java) and the other "snacks". I don't ever recall anyone using it for coffee being it's the size of a very large serving bowl

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-56923392379085999612007-07-18T13:10:00.000-05:002007-07-18T13:25:46.059-05:00

My machine, it's certainly not the best, but it works. Really, its the backup machine for when my other, work horse of machine, that actually used to be my mothers, is in for repair/maintinence. However, that one has finally gone into retirement for the people locally aren't able to either figure out or get the parts for whatever is making it not work right now. Oh, how I love that old Singer

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I was working on some projects when I decided to take a short break and found this...my son putting on a pair of gloves and already had on his puppy hat and scarf I made him almost two years ago. Now, it's the month of July and here in Texas, well, it's hot (unfortunately not even the hottest part of the year yet!). I asked him what he was doing and he said "there is a fly in here bothering me

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Okay, trying to keep my mind focused on the present month of July and not December, so here is another applique design I have in progress. This one is very much inspired by a drawing of a giraffe my son did not too long ago. It's his current favorite animal and it looks very much like the drawing itself, with the adding of a mommy/baby theme to it. The only other "tweaking" I did was the legs. My

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Is it too early to be thinking about Christmas? Maybe for some, but, as my dear spouse knows, it's about this time every year that I start getting all into the spirit of things. Which, honestly is rediculous since it's like 100 degrees outside! I think this happening stems from a Christmas pageant I was in for years that we started getting ready for in July. When you start practicing music for

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-11046612271036991652007-07-09T13:27:00.001-05:002007-07-09T22:00:32.470-05:00

There have been several new arrivals of little ones here lately. So, I have been busy sewing away on baby gifts. These are just some of what I have been working on. I am also planning on putting these up on my etsy shop as well. I am pretty new to Etsy, but have been making and selling (mostly special orders) for the last four years. I finally decided, after much prompting from friends and family

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-39364313053811945092007-06-26T20:58:00.000-05:002007-06-28T17:48:29.424-05:00

I just recently finished my apron for the Tie One On May/June pocket theme. I seem to have a pink and brown thing going on as of late. LOVE those colors. I love chocolate brown with pretty much any color combination, really. So, here it is. I was determined to use fabric from my "stash" to make this and was so happy to come across these two fabrics in there. It's almost like Christmas sometimes

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-20878701841643172412007-05-28T18:44:00.001-05:002007-06-28T15:20:50.872-05:00

I seem to have many things in progress at the moment, but these are just a few. I get these little creative "bugs" once in a while and immediately have to jot down the ideas that end up rushing through my brain! And then I come obsessed with them until I can at least start the actual process of designing and sewing it. Funny though. This one, with the poodle, for some reason has been taking me

Jaimenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510751195020428616.post-36717275829695260752007-05-07T14:19:00.000-05:002007-06-28T13:03:59.718-05:00

Okay, so, have decided to join the blogging world. I am not so sure what I have gotten myself into, but so far I am likeing it. A little bit about me: I love sewing, crafting, being a wife and mom and I love fabric. Simply love it. And, so, this is Lemon Drops. A little piece of blogness that I hope to be a place to share my thoughts and love of crafting and family. And speaking of family, I love

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