You wanna be scared....

So this is my sinful craft room. This is what 18 months of no attention gets you. Its actually so bad that I am looking into hiring someone to come help me organize it. See that sewing machine in the bottom pic. Yeah remember her from the Jan sewing class post. I need professional help here. Sooo anyone busy next weekend and want to come over and be professional with me?

Super Cool!

Hey Jude Times Square Subway Station from 39forks on Vimeo.

Update on Baseball Party in Pictures!

Valentines Update in Pictures!!

Alice in Wonderland

Anyone.... anyone?? Not only does it have my fav JD in it but I am sort of a Tim Burton fan so I can't see missing it. Hmm maybe a date night is in order for this weekend.

7 years in the blink of an eye!

How did my baby go from this little nugget:

To this:

7 years old and it's amazing to me how much he has grown and in the same breath how little he still is. We have been hearing around the house about how he really wants to be treated like a big boy and how we need to stop treating him like a baby. Kind of hard to do, everytime I look at him all I see is my baby. Why is this one so hard to let grow up?

1 year old, all about the dump trucks and mud!

2 years old, the year of the pirate!

3 years old, spiderman to the rescue!

4 years old, all about Nascar!

5 years old, Are you ready for some football!!

6 years old, bowling is fun!

Window Dressing

I can't handle the blog today....

When I used to work at Universal I would sometimes get to work early just so I could watch the window dressers work their magic on the store windows inside the park. I learned so much watching them create and mold plastic garbage bags, cotton balls, styrofoam, strings of lights, material, cardboard boxes, ribbon and large props into wonderful creations. My favorite time of year was Christmas when the displays were amazing. When I started working in the events department I was even luckier to work with catering and watch tablescapes come to life for every event. Upside down milk crates and misc bowls and dishes from Ikea made wonderful displays. My favorite place in the catering workhouse, the linen closet. Every color, texture, size and style of linen just waiting to be soiled. During my travels through the Internet world I found my way back in front of those windows again. These lovelies have wowed me and inspired me to push that creativity level a little higher.

compliments of http://www.settingthemoodwithjamee.blogspot.com

Preparing for a Baseball Party

Jack turns 7 next week and with the craziness of every ones schedule we decided to host a after practice B-day party with his teammates. This year he was picked up for a minor team and we are all very excited. T-Ball was not going to cut it this year so we are pleased to see him up with the bigger kids.

So I have exactly 7 days to throw this party together. I am of course overflowing with ideas thanks to the internet but I have to remember this party is only 3 hrs long and about 14 teammates will be there. Some ideas I have come across are below, inspiration galore!

Baseball Party by cv715 on Polyvore.com

Organize.. it's what I do...

So one of my goals this year (and every year) is to get more organized and Chad and I made a huge dent in that this past weekend. Oh my gravy we re-arranged the whole bedroom and added a few pieces of storage, removed a dresser and passed that down to Jackson and moved his old dresser into the craft room. We purged some clothes, some toys and knick knacks. It felt great to finally make the move and make our bedroom a more relaxing space for all of us. Since we host 3 children in our bed on most weekend mornings and at least 2 for nighttime reading we had to make it a more usable space. We created a reading nook and have plans in the future for a comfy small couch to encourage little children to just come hangout and read. We also anchored the TV and all furniture to the wall. Recently we have had three local children die from TV's falling on them and I knew we had to make sure that we secured everything for safety.

I also cleaned out the pantry Whoo hoooo!! This meant making space for the kids to help themselves with lunch snacks in the morning and breakfast items. I must have recycled 18 boxes out of that pantry. It felt great! I added a organize set with some of the new items I picked up as well as some that I used and want.

Organize by cv715 on Polyvore.com

Adjust a what?? Also called a rough day at the buffet.

So I saw this and thought to myself... really. I mean isn't that the badge of honor when you are newly pregnant and you get to use that ole' rubberband around the button trick. Well now they have made it ok for everyone to add a extra inch to that waist on your jeans. Really this should just be called a "rough day at the buffet" or better yet how about... the "PMS bloat holder inner".



Excuse me while I reach for my wallet. I want in on these suckers before they get hawked on QVC and I have to pay double and triple for shipping. Oh just so you know, denim only, sorry yoga pants you will still have to scream for sweet release, nothing can help you guys out.

Did you know Feb is National Embroidery Month?

I have a project that I started .. ohhhh... 8 mths ago, its a wall hanging of camping images that once finished will hang in the family travel trailer. I found the patterns here and it has been a slow process for me.

Imagine that ....trying to embroider with three kids running around. Nighttime embroidery doesn't work so well for me, my eyes need the natural light to really work with the needle. So I keep my embroidery fantasies alive with the following stitching goodies that I have found in my blogging travels.

Thank god daylight savings is coming up. I might be able to actually finish my little ole' project before 2011. For more info on stitching visit here. Most patterns above found here.