Taking A to the show

I just found out that the show that The Head and the Heart are playing in March is an all ages show. This means I get to take A with! She's so excited and knows all of their songs. I told her that we are going to wear fancy dresses and curl her hair. :)

This song really struck a chord with me and has had me hooked since the first time I heard them:

Soft Paws

Last week, our cat Howard was almost declawed until I read up on the awful procedure. I don't know what I thought it was going to be like but I definitely did not think it was going to be like this! Crazy! There was no way I was going to send him off to do that, but he is a scratcher so I had to do something to keep him from not tearing up the furniture, (and us!)

Enter Soft Paws. They are little vinyl caps that get glued onto his nails and for each treatment, they last about 6 weeks. After seeing the color list I was sold on at least trying them. And, after a few days, I'm sold on them entirely. Howard has not been able to scratch at all and the girls and I can play with him without getting all scratched up.

I think he likes them, I mean, he's posing and all...

These guys:

The 2011 Doe Bay Sessions - Pickwick (Bonus) from Sound on the Sound on Vimeo.

we can't get enough of them and truly wish we lived in Seattle when we hear them.

doily garland

Here's the how to: Buy a package of small paper doilies. I think the one I bought had 35 for about $2, found in the wedding section at Hobby Lobby. Also, get a package of ribbon. I got the thinnest I could find, 18 feet of it, for $1 on sale. Then, sew the doilies onto the ribbon, leaving a few inches in between each doily. (It helped me see the ribbon if I slid each doily underneath the ribbon, then sewed on.) That's it! Cute doily garland for about $3!

These would be really cute in heart doilies for Valentine's day, right?

Pip

I made this little sweater with the intentions of gifting it but I didn't know to who at first. Then it hit me, that my dear friend who was in a crazy accident could use some loving. She has a little girl, who is 8 months old, that I'm pretty sure this will look cute on. So, that's where it's going!

There's something about knitting, making rather, that really gets me praying. I love praying for whoever the gift is intended for. Whether it be art, something knitted, sewed, or just crafted, sending out love that entire time I'm making it is something that feeds my soul. I love doing it and I think that's why I'm always making.

Ravelry notes here.

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Joining in with Soulemama today for a favorite moment from my week.

Sewing for the girls

I've been sewing little things over the last few days and have been making/finishing little easy projects. It feels so good! We also started on E's room, which needed to be painted ceiling to floor! Lot's of painting going on around these parts. I am so excited for how it will turn out. The color is totally her, as are the things going up on her wall. Can't wait to post pictures on here! Here is the little corner that I have finished so far:

I love making new spaces!
Back to sewing! I've made each girl their own dress over the last two days. A gets the sparkly red one, as she adores anything red and sparkly. Her dress is just a t-shirt dress. I used an unused undershirt, cut off the bottom 3 inches and attached the red fabric. That stuff was so silly to work with! Here Jean, from the artful parent, shows just how to convert a t-shirt to a dress, (which is more or less what I did with this one, and definitely where I got the idea to do so :)

And here is little E's dress. I had this idea last year to make a dress with a knit top for the last year or so and even made the knit part last spring. Last spring! So, it sat there for the last few seasons, waiting for me to put it to something. I used two fat quarters that had originally been intended for napkins, but never were actually sewn. And the little flower I found at Hobby Lobby, in there scrap booking section. I think the pack came with 5 or 6 little flowers for a few dollars. So, I just made a tub with the fat quarters, cinched them up and sewed them to the knit top. I didn't sew the knit top closed but did have enough sense to put a button hole in. It fits her great and I LOVE how it turned out. I'm kind of kicking myself for not starting this last year, but oh well :) A wants one, too, so she's up next.

I think it would be so cute with pockets, or in ladies size :)