Recovered nap mat

Good morning everyone!!  I have started to get back into my crafts, slowly but surely.

I’m sure most of yall have seen those ugly red and blue nap mats that the kids take to school for nap time.  Well we inherited a pretty well used one the other day and my oldest son Landon loved it, but I was ready to get rid of it as soon as we received it.  It was so worn there were several rips and tears all over it.   BUT since he wouldn’t let me throw it out I decided I would recover it and make it look much better so that I would at least feel a little better about him laying on it. 

             

Can you see the big tear right in the middle?  There are also several small rips and tears all over it.

           

I found the fabric I used at Goodwill, it was a duvet cover that originally came from Ikea.  He LOVES it.  I am working on a pillow to go with it.  I love how it has the extra sheet part for him to cover up with.  This is going to be perfect for sleep overs or nap time at school.  And the next best part,  it still folds up and stores away nicely.

                                 

See how nice it folds up, it won’t take up much space at all in their room so I guess we can hold on to this nap mat for a little while longer.  Oh and I also re-used the plastic that was covering the foam.  I cut it into squares and punched a hole through one of the corners making it into a type of dry erase book.  They can write all over the plastic and then wipe it clean.  So none of the original mat went to waste.  That’s my kind of project.  So what do you think?  So until next time….

 

Happy Crafting!!!

It has been a while!!

Good Morning everyone that has stuck around!!  Thank yall that have had the patience to wait around on me.  I had found myself in a little bit of a funk recently and I think I have finally gotten myself out of it.  I have actually finished several projects here lately and I want to share a few of them that I have photographed with yall. 
We had a very busy Independence day, but I did manage to make a very delicious desert and a shirt for me since I forgot to get one when I got everyone else’s shirts. 
                                      
I don’t think that my desert lasted an hour after we started eating it, and I’ve actually already been asked to make it again so I guess it was a hit!!  We had so much fun on the 4th watching the parade and fireworks, my boys loved it!!
            
           
And I must say Independence day is my ALL time favorite holiday!!  After all it is the day after mine and my Dad’s birthday so they must be popping the fireworks for us, right?  It is amazing how beautiful the fireworks are I could watch them all year long for hours at a time!!!

Ok now onto what else I was wanting to share with yall today.  I have never made anything special for anyone and have only been to 1 craft show and I only sold a few things at that show so the thought of selling the things I make has been pretty far fetched for awhile.  BUT the other day I was asked by a friend from my personal Facebook to make cell phone purse for her that she could clip on any bag and could be washable, so after a few practice runs I finally got it right and wanted to share it with yall today just to get some opinions.
The first one was my second attempt and the handle was too long and it is a little to small for the type of phone she has so I decided I would keep it.  The second one (green with pink polka dots) is the one that I am sending to her, what do yall think?
                                   
I must say I am pretty proud of them both because this was the first time I have ever used snaps and on the one that I will be sending to her, I actually made a tag for it.  Honest opinions please, what do yall think?  Well I’m going to go be productive, but I will try my hardest to not disappear for so long next time!!  So until then………………..

Happy Crafting!!

Pinterest

Good Afternoon Everyone!!

I hope yall are all doing great and keeping cool!!  It has been so hot here in Texas that I don't look forward to going outside EVER!!  I have been slacking when it comes to my crafts, just can't seem to get inspired.  And this is what is leading me to talk about printerest today.  I have requested an invitation from printerest several times, but I still haven't gotten an invite!!  So my question is, how do you get an invitation to printerest?  How long does it usually take before they respond?

I don't know what has gotten me into this rut that I'm in, but I'm trying to get myself out of it.  I still read all my favorite blogs and I do see plenty of great ideas out there, but it's not helping.  Maybe I need to do a craft supply swap or something because I am to the point that I don't even need to pull my fabric and supplies out to look at them anymore because I know what I have by heart.  Maybe I need to open the blinds and let some sunlight in and that would help me too!!  Well if you have any advice or info about Pinterest would you let me know.  I'd really appreciate it!!  So until next time............

Happy Crafting!!

UGGGG Blogger!!

Ok, first off let me just say Happy father’s day to all the wonderful father’s out there!!

I am not happy with blogger, I got on this morning while everyone was still asleep and found out that a post that  I had typed up and THOUGHT I posted yesterday NEVER got posted and it was deleted!! 

Yesterday was my youngest son Justin’s third birthday!!!  He was born exactly 2 years and 1 day after my oldest!!

                                             

So since Blogger erased my post this is just for Little Man!!

Justin you are such an interesting little boy, the last sonogram I had done before you were born the Dr. said he could see little fat rolls on you little thighs!!   You were such a little chunk and so full of energy.  You hardly slept at all, you were so afraid you were going to miss something.  You keep us all so busy and our home is so full of life because of you.  I think you are the most active little boy I have ever seen.  You make me laugh everyday with your little stunts.  Even when you throw a fit I have to turn to laugh so that you don’t know I’m laughing at you!!!  Thank you baby boy for bringing a smile to my face everyday!!  Thank you for completing our little family and for teaching us all how to laugh and just let go!!  I love you so very much, you will never know how grateful we are to have you in our lives!!!

                     

5 years ago today

I became a mother!!!  I had my oldest son by emergency c-section 5 years ago today.  I had pre-eclamsya which led to high blood pressure and severe swelling.  My blood pressure was at stroke level when Landon was finally taken.  He was a tiny baby only weighing 4lbs 10 ozs, he went straight to the NICU and I went straight to ICU.  I didn't get to touch or lay eyes on my tiny bundle of joy until he was 24 hours old.  He was so tiny and there were so many machines that he was hooked up to, just looking at him was scary.  He had a wonderful nurse that allowed me to lift him up just a little bit off of his little bed.  The emotions that ran through me were so overwhelming I didn't know if I was going to cry from happiness or cry because I was so worried, but either way the tears came in streams.

Even to this day thinking about the moment I became a mother makes me tear up and become very emotional.  This little boy has taught me so many things about myself and life in general that I don't think I would've ever learned on my own.

At 6 months old Landon was diagnosed with a rare birth defect in his right eye called PHPV(persistent hyper plastic primary vitreous), that was one of the most devastating days of my life!!  For months we had told his pediatrician that we thought something was wrong with our babies eye, he wouldn't open it for the first several weeks and when he finally did he would shriek in pain and we could see a white mass in his eye.  There is nothing like being told that your baby has a cataract in his eye, glaucoma, and will be blind with a very high chance of loosing his eye all together and will face several surgeries to repair the many things that this birth defect has caused.  There were so many thoughts that ran through my head, I blamed myself for a very long time because of this horrible thing.  A few weeks before Christmas our beautiful baby boy went through his first 2 surgeries.  He was such a trooper!!!  I think he gave us the strength we needed to pull our selves together and be strong.   Little did we know that our baby would end up having a total of 7 eye surgeries and 1 arm surgery before he was even 5 years old. 

He has done so many things that make me so proud and he is so full of love!!  He is probably the most loving little boy I have ever met, he will walk up and hug someone he's only known for 5 minutes and not even think twice about it.  He has opened my eyes and taught me how to love with every ounce of my being!!  I love you Landon and you make me so proud to be your Mommy!!!!  Happy Birthday baby boy, I hope that rest of your life is filled with smiles and TONS and TONS of love!!!

Look at those beautiful blue eyes and that beautiful smile!!  Oh how I love this boy!!!



Wedding (Final Post)

Ok this will be the final post on our wedding, I swear!  I have enjoyed sharing all the details from our special day with yall!!  It truly was an amazing day and it was as perfect as I imagined it would be. 

When we took our group photos after the wedding we all sat down on the steps, because Justin wasn’t having any part of standing up.  He was so tired, hot and hungry to cooperate so I decided we would let him decide how we took the photos.  I am actually glad I did because I think they turned out great!!

The above photo is actually a favorite for a lot of our friends and family.  Don’t my guys look so handsome!!

When Landon saw this photo he said and I quote “Mommy can I have that picture?”  I smiled so big and told him yes, so now I have to get busy and get it printed. 

    

Those 4 photos are my favorites!!!  They turned out so perfect!!  I was told several times throughout the day that I looked like Marilyn Monroe.  I’m not exactly the girly girl type of gal, but I loved being so fixed up I felt so pretty that day!!  Just a few more photos and then I’m off to get ready for a baby shower, so come back Monday and I will hopefully have the post about that ready.

           

Wedding part 3

I am so sorry that I have left yall waiting to see more photos for days now.  I have been so busy making baby shower gifts, it’s been crazy around here!!!  I will be sharing those projects with yall in the next few days, so if you’re interested keep checking back.  But anyway on to what I wanted to share today.

I got dressed and ready for the wedding at my grandmother’s house since that is where my mom and my aunt and her kids were.  Not to mention she has a much bigger house than our tiny apartment and it was so much easier to move around and get things done.   I was a hot mess that morning while we were setting things up, I wore a black Harley Davidson shirt and blue shorts, I didn’t match AT ALL!! 

I practiced for 2 weeks on tying a tie because I had no idea how to do it and the day of the wedding it slipped my mind and for the life of me I couldn’t figure it out.  But after about 10 tries I finally got it down and my Dad looked so handsome!!  He is not a tie person, he wears jeans and t-shirts more often then not so when he offered to wear my favorite tie for the wedding I was so excited!!  Thank you Dad!!!  Doesn’t Justin (my youngest) look so handsome??  My Aunt said she was going to call him Baby Face Cahill.  I love it!!

                                     

That is the ring pillow I made and blogged about awhile back.  Do you see those purple flowers up in the top of the photo?  Those are my new favorite flower, they are called wax flowers and they are absolutely beautiful!!  They were my bouquet along with white daisies and my Matron of honors bouquet was the same, but with yellow daisies. 

      

My oldest (Landon) sat on the steps and played with rocks while we said our vows, he was so quiet he never made a sound.  My youngest on the other hand did exactly what we thought he would do and made as much noise as he possibly could, but he still did really well considering how long winded the preacher was.  I will be back soon to show you a few more photos, but I’m going to have to go for now because my sewing machine is calling my name.  So until then…………

Happy Crafting!!!