Easter Morning 2012

Our Easter Morning started off with a delicious Whole Wheat Honey Bunny from my new favorite bread store Great Harvest. 

The Easter baskets were filled with toys, books and a few bits of candy. The baskets, paper grass, books and toys were all bought from a local Thrift Store for less then $10.

Ethan woke first and dived into the bunny crackers.

Lily was not quite awake while exploring her basket,

but managed to give me a little smile.

Upcycled Christmas Stockings

This is the first year Ethan will be getting a Christmas stocking and this is Lily's first Christmas. I couldn't let them use store bought stockings!

I have been scouring the web to find ideas and tutorials to make upcycled Christmas stocking from sweaters. I found several good ones and finally talked myself into cutting into the thrifted sweaters I bought a few weeks ago.

It didn't turn out perfect and I may end up making another one next year but it will work for this year! I used sweater material for the front, back and cuff. I lined it with green polyester and used the same for the hanging tab. I machine zigzagged the 'E' on.

I knew Lily's had to be pink after seeing the pink stocking from MADE's pattern.

My sweater wasn't 100% wool so it didn't felt up much but I love it just the same. I won't win any awards for hand embroidery but I did get the 'L' on. Do you recognize the 'L'? 

HeeHee!!

I can't wait to see the kids on Christmas morning and discover all the goodies inside! Maybe I'll get Eli and I one made before next year.

Tutorials:

ReSweater

The rest can be found here under Christmas:

Sew Sew Sew

Sorry I've been a bad blogger but I'm sewing up a storm and haven't even taken time to upload the photos I've taken. I have almost 300 pics of the kids and my crafts on my camera. I haven't even done Miss Lily's 8 month update.

I am selling at a Craft Fair for the very first time in November!

I have gotten 4 dresses done (minus a few hems and some buttons) in the last week and a half. I want at least 20 done by the Fair.

I also made Lillian a tutu as part of her Halloween costume. (I made her stand up for these pics. She was only up for the little bit of time it took to snap the photos.)

I've been going to the thrift store at least once a week and finding great fabric skirts, dresses and material to upcycle. I have a whole list of stuff to sew!

Boots for Lily

Now that we are moving to Oregon, Lily needs a pair of pink Boots.

I found these at the thrift store for $1.50.

They won't fit until next fall/winter but they were so cute I couldn't pass them up!

She was a bit more interested in watching Ethan play in the water then in the Boots. But I know she will love them when she gets to wear them!

School Days

While the kids and I were shopping at the thrift store we ran across this picture frame. I passed by it thinking that my babies were too little to need this right now.

But before we know it we will be here......

And not too long after that we will be here......

He loves it.

We will hang it in his room and add a new picture each year.

And when it is full and he has graduated from High School and moved on to College I will move it out into the Living Room so I can remember the day we bought it.