Our Week in Review - Sept. 15-19, 2014

Usually when I sit down to write this up, I am thinking that we really didn't do a whole lot during the week or that maybe I didn't take enough pictures of the things we DID do. Then I start looking and remembering and realize that once again, I was wrong. 

That being said, we didn't do as much as I had planned, but that's not always a bad thing. ;)

Here's a look back at our week.

Deanna, Cailey and Colin sitting on the couch watching TV together. Ahhh, the moments when they aren't arguing are so precious! ;)

Colin is excavating a triceratops! (And making a big mess!) He still loves dinosaurs! 

We were reading about Leonardo da Vinci and how he painted frescoes. We decided to paint some ourselves. :D
Colin's is a battle scene. He even painted a siege tower like the one we made a couple of weeks ago. 

At one of our co-ops we did wet felting again. This time the kids made shooting starts in preparation for Michaelmas. 
Don't you just love our outdoor classroom???

In our other co-op the kids took their first Art & Architecture class as well as their first Geography class. 
I didn't get a picture of their art work (it was a collaborative effort) but I did get these from Geography! 

If you've known me for a while then you'll know how I love cows. Sure, they are being overshadowed by my love of owls these days but they are still there! I just had to have these cow cookies from World Market!!! LOL I haven't tried them yet but the others say they are very good. 
That reminds me! I need to try them before they are all gone!!! 

           Silly Cailey Bird and her crazy candy!! 

See the sweet little bunny we found in our yard?? It never fails to amaze me at the wild life we find living just a couple of miles from the city limits. We live in a very busy area! Just because we aren't in the "city limits" does NOT mean we are in the country. Not here!! LOL This whole county is still "city". 


These are things that I remembered to take pictures of!!! LOL

I also got quite a bit of sewing in this week. WOO HOO!! You know what that means! Lots of tutorials coming up!!
I started on Cailey's Halloween costume the other day! I am thrilled with the way Anna's cape is taking shape! 

             HAVE FUN WITH YOUR WEEK!!!!!

Upcoming Projects

I have quite a few things in the works! I am soooo excited!!!

One - I will be making something very special for a very special friend of mine. That's all I'm saying right now. ;)

Two - I will be attempting to make a headboard out of a door. I know you all have seen them on Pinterest! We gave the girls our old bed frame and no we are on nothing but rails!!!

Three - I will be repainting the chest of drawers that I painted less than a year ago! LOL It no longer matches.

Four - I will be painting and updating an old cedar chest that was given to Colin for a toy box.

I LOVE painting and it's been entirely too long since I've done any!!!

OH!! And I have been SUCH a slacker lately!! I still have to finish the last set of sewing for Sewing to Rebuild! I want to mail all of them out at the end of the week!

AND I still need to sew a couple of things for Colin. He's been feeling a little left out. Poor fella.



I will be doing tutorials for the all the painting projects. Well, if they turn out.... LOL No matter what, I will still show you all the results! LOL I just hope they are GOOD! ;)



We will also be having TONS of company in the next few weeks!! BUSY BUSY BUSY!! My goodness! :)

Retro Butterick '56 Will Be the Death of Me!

SIGH... It has now taken me 2 days to figure that collar out! My goodness!!! GRRR!! The directions in the pattern aren't clear at all. But that's OK... I figured it out. I still need to pick out the threads and do a little tweaking but for now I will be moving on the skirt part! SHEW!!! I should have this finished up tomorrow! YAY!!! It has never taken me this long to sew a dress! LOL

The pattern called for interfacing for the collar and of course I didn't have any so I came up with an alternative. ;) I had just bought a white sheet that I planning to turn into a petticoat. So this is what I did -



I cut it out of the sheet! It worked wonderfully! :)

I promised D that I would show off the cute manicure she did. Tiger stripes!



It was a no-go again on bottle feeding Butch and Sundance this morning but we spent a lot of time holding and loving on them. They are SOOOOO cute. c2 is a little afraid of them, I think. He would touch them but not hold them. I think he will come around, though.

Here are a couple of past projects I have worked on.



My fairy garden!!




It's full of weeds right now. I guess I need to take care of that... Darn lazy fairies! You would think the least they could do is a little weeding after I took the time to make this for them! ;)

Cupcake Soap -



Making soap is a lot of fun. There's so many ways to do it! I haven't made any in a while. More projects for Christmas presents! LOL



My coat rack!! We needed this in a BAD way!! Everyone would just hang their coats on the banister! It was driving me crazy!! LOL



It was very simple to make. I took a plain board and spray painted it almond. After that dried I stick some letters on. Then I went over it with a couple coats of terracotta rose. When it was dry I peeled the letters off. Then I took some 25 cent hooks and spray painted them with the almond. Once dry I had The Hubby help me hand screw them in. All-in-all it took 2 days.

My Harry Potter Nook cover! This was before my sewing machine so it was hand-stitched.



Well, that's it for now! Wish me luck on finishing the dress!! LOL The darn light is still out on my sewing machine. GRR!!!

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