Rewind

So I know I have been MIA, yet again.... It has been crazy learning to juggle God, family, and business. I am going to just post some photos to let you see what I have been up to :-)

This is just a little of what I have been up to :-) You can check out some more of  Tree Babies <---here! But I haven't been all work and no play ;) Here are a few fun shots

I know what your thinking, "What is this?" Just look here :-)

The boys decorating :-)

So I have decided to take on organizing my house....This was the first step, organizing the pantry...it is not done, but a good start I think. I will post more pictures as time allows.

I have also been busy volunteering with Kids4Christ.  I am excited to see what God has instore for the new year.  I have really enjoyed teaching my Bible class. The children so easily grab ahold of my heart!

I am behind...

So I know it has been a while since I have posted.  Things have been pretty busy around here...If  you have been following me on FB you prob had an idea! LOL! So I finally hit over 200 fans!!! I am working with the winner of the free sign and waiting on her list of words and phrases! She LOVES the Typography signs (shh so do I)! I am also working on a sign for a wedding venue.  A family farm turned dream wedding place. I will be posting pictures when I am done. I have also been busy filling local orders :-) God is so good! Business is growing and I am so happy! I owe it all to Him!

Idea madness!

So I received my Silhouette this past Tuesday, and since then I have been having a flood of ideas! I can't wait to try them all!  I will post as I finish each one.  I think each week I will just focus on making couple. As I hope to be filling orders as well.  On top of normal life this month, I have my youngest son's first birthday, our wedding anniversary, two baby showers, and I hope to get out and promote my business. 

I have a few plans for my blog as well.  Next Monday (not tomorrow) I will be starting a Monday Spam Party.  Where you and others can leave links to their business pages on my Tree Babies FB page.  I will go through them all and then share the link with all my fans.  All you have to do in return is 1) Follow my blog 2) share a link to Tree Babies on your FB page :-)  Then Tuesday Talk I will talk about all the new pages and products and leave links to them right here on my blog :-). 

Specials on my Facebook page!!! ~GIVEAWAY~

So while I am getting my things together to start my etsy page I am running specials on my FB page Tree Babies!!!  Like the page and enter to win a free custom hand painted wood sign! Also go have your firends like it (make sure they post who sent them) and who ever sends the most wins a free vinyl wall decal!

Here is my favorite sign (might be because it is MY sign)!  I am running specials this month as my wedding anniversary and the 1st anniversary of Tree Baby Crafts is this month!

I hope  to have some new fun picutres posted monday (I know I am slow, but good things are always worth the wait!!!).

Blueberries in Georgia

So I haven't posted in a little while....I have been pretty busy.  The hubs and I have been going through all our things and donating items we no longer need or wear.  We are rearranging the back two bedrooms to paint and rip the carpet out...I know sounds like a fun project to some. Not to me.  I hate the whole process. But I love the finish.  I wouldn't hate it so bad if it wasn't wood paneling. YUCK.  It takes so many layers of primer and then still takes forever because you have lost momentum to put the color on.   I am not joking when I tell you it took a year to paint our living room.  Since we bought our home in 2007 we have only painted the living room, kitchen, and the boys bedroom and the nursery room (3rd bedroom).  I still lack the bathroom, our bedroom, the laundry room, back porch (here in the south we have these random rooms in the back of the house usually where the back door is that is just strange space-but great storage space for outdoor furniture or even easy space to build on later).  We are in no rush.  I plan to make the nursery into the boys class/art room.  I am pretty excited about it.  I am also excited about getting the last of the carpet out of the house :-)

Sooo your wondering where the blueberries come into play?  Well my precious MIL received some fresh picked blueberries from a dear friend at church.  And she didn't know what to do with them all...so I made my first blueberry pie! Soo yummy! It was very simple.  Not having time to make a crust last night and let it sit, I picked up the premade pie shells in the refrigerated section where you find the biscuts...I was a little leary not having used them before but it still turned out pretty good.

 I used about 4 cups of blueberries, a cup of sugar, 4 tbs of cornstarch and a tsp or more of cinnamon ( I eyeballed it). I served it with vanilla ice cream :-) 



Sorry the picture is a little blurry...I took it with my cell phone.

Wednesday I am going fabric shopping and plan to show a friend how to applique! I am pretty excited about it.  We are going to make her two precious girls shirts...then I am going to sew them skirts to match ;-)

I am also getting stuff ready for my etsy page!!! I will keep you posted as it comes along!

MIA?

So I know I haven't posted in a little while...But I promise I have been doing a LOT!  Made a couple skirt and shirt combos for some friends, as well as several hair barrettes.  On top of that I have made the boys a few shirts. I am all about my boys ;-) Plus I signed up for The Pampered Chef and have been busy getting that going...

We are currently without water as my dumb dog broke the pipe going into our house...anyone want a sweet husky? So we have eaten the last several meals out and I have had my fill...But it should be fixed tomorrow. 

Tomorrow, tomorrow is also the Welcome to America party for that cute little china doll! I have had the pleasure of watching her some in the nursey on Wednesday nights and she really is a sweet little thing :-) I have made a precious little outfit for her and I found a really great book called Waiting for May.  It was just a fluke that I even found it too! I was at the grocery store picking up some last minute things for dinner one night and beside the checkout line was a bin of books on discount so I was getting a few for my oldest boy when I picked this one up! I thought it was a wonderful find! So I am excited and will post pictures of the outfit tomorrow...

But I can't leave you with out posting a few pictures right....so I will post a few of the shirts I made my boys!

Weekend in review

I have been looking at girl patterns and fun things I could make for that cute little China doll I had told you all about and couldn't really decide on anything.  So, this weekend I decided to practice and make something for my cousin's little girl. It was her fourth birthday.  This is what I put together: One frilly little skirt (pattern from Dana Made It), shirt with matching applique and embroidered name, matching hair barrette...Cute is it not?!

Here are a few close ups...

I just love this skirt pattern! Thank you for sharing! I plan on making more of these...maybe a few for myself as well. I think just below the knee would be a  great lenght too! Don't you? I did make a change or two...I used 1 inch elastic instead of 2 inch. I did this mainly for personal preference...When I make mine I think it will be more comfortable as I wear my waist at my hip. If you would like to make one and post picks please do. I would love to see your creations too. Want/need help? Let me know.