Sunday, February 22, 2009

My Valentine Sweethearts...

Last Saturday, (Valentine's Day), I got to spend time babysitting all 4 of my nieces and nephews with their Yaya! What a day! I can't even tell you how much I love these 4...These kids are the light of my life. Maya, 5, and Lucas, 10 months, are a product of my brother, Schon and sister-n-law, Linda. Sidney, 11, and Zurhi, 17 months, are a product of my brother, Greg and sister-n-law, Folake. We had a blast!


We watched Sid play guitar hero and I swear we were witnessing a rock star in the making. He's got the looks and the spunk to be a huge star...


I got a kick out of Maya watching and singing all the songs in Camp Rock 2 at the early age of 5. She is very dramatic and loves to act out the songs while singing along. It's as if she's putting together an interpretive dance to go along with the drama in the teeny bopper flick. She's a crack up.

Zurhi is our super tall, super active, curly haired beauty. She is so sweet and we enjoyed hearing all the words she can say and repeat. She quickly went up to her baby cousin, Lucas, and said "baby." Later in the day she was repeating "cousin Lucas." She gave all of us kisses including Lucas and Maya, which was so sweet to see. She follows her big brother around and adores the ground he walks on....

And then there is Mr. Lucas. This guy is growing up so quickly with his natural rock star mohawk and huge brown eyes! He started walking around the furniture while I was there last weekend and he "scoots" all over the place. I had the pleasure of rocking him to sleep several times over the weekend. That has always been a favorite activity when I'm with the littlest ones. Anyhoo, I just wanted to post an update on my favorite kids on earth!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Gifts from Christmas last...

Since I hadn't entered the blog world by last Christmas, I thought I'd take a couple minutes to share some of the handmade gifts I made this last year...I try to put a lot of effort in my gift decisions and these were the gifts that made the most sense to make last year:

The "She's Crafty" apron for sister-n-law, LindaLu...also embellished with Urban Threads' "Craft Ninja:"

The Zombie sock monkey emerging from the wrapping, for roommate, JJ. Equipped with stump and chewing on brains:

The Punk Rock sock monkey for my friend, Pete . Punk Rock sock monkey was made with a felt mohawk, star butt, and pipe cleaner tail for bendy action!
The Camp Fire USA wall hanging for my boss, Michelle, using Sublime Stitching camp patterns:

The pillowcase for my mom and her new husband, also made with Sublime Stitching patterns:

Here's the t-shirt tote bag that I made when I got back from the Swap-o-rama-rama in LA in November. It says "Let's Hug it Out Bitch." I gave it to my friend, Suzanne, for Christmas (Thanks for the sexy modeling SuzieQ!!!):

And, last but not least...my roommate, JJ, works for Blizzard and had to come up with a hand crafted Christmas decoration with a Blizzard theme. So, with his help, I made a Blizzard stocking made out of a Diablo shirt. I hand embroidered Blizzard in the most God forsaken metallic craft thread ever made!!! That stuff was awful to work with...but alas...we won the contest:

This year's Christmas crafting is already simmering in my brain...so more to come in the future!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Love conquers all!!!

The latest project with the students in my sewing club is making Monsters and Ninjas... My friend (and instructor), Jessica, had her sister and mom come volunteer in our program last week and we started our felt softies... So I shrunk my Mon Softie pattern down and Jessica's sister, Nichole, brought her Ninja pattern and the kids went to town... So that the kids could watch the project in action while they made their own, I made a Ninja with them... Here is the result: the Love Ninja!!!
The love ninja fights with love cuz love conquers all!!!! CHEESY...