happenings lately

Sooo....business wise, here's what I've been up to.  Summer headbands, $7.50.  They are lightweight yarn, so they wouldn't be hot.  I mean, you could wear them year round, but they are spring/summer appropriate as well.

I'm totally in love with this apron.  If it weren't already purchased, I'd keep it for myself!  It took all day to make, but my goodness, I LOVE it!  Very retro...verrrrry verrrrry adorable!  I hope who receives it loves it!!!

The other day, I was able to clean my entire house while Brandon was at work, and Ridge was with me. Ridge doesn't play well alone, and wants to be held like 98.6% of the time.  So...how was I able to clean my house, all of it, and make these for Sawyer -- and myself-- (which are just like the ones my Mamaw used to make at Christmas):

 

AND these, which I love even more, and was so glad I had strawberries on hand, and leftover chocolate to put on them.....(but it really was too bad we ate them all, bc Gibby came, and she loves them!)

So, how did I do it?  Well praise be, glory be, thank you Lord, and hallelujah....Ridge, even with IV cords and pulse-ox cords and a medicine pump and bag.....can STILL rock it in the sling! i LOVE my hotsling!  and Ridgey does too:

spring has sprung!

i loooove flowers.  planting them. receiving them. smelling them. looking at them. whatever.  love them. so on Easter, I planted some flowers. I only took backyard pics.  So here ya go.

I also love turquoise.  And yellow. And hot pink....and on and on...

we also planted a garden again this year, including strawberries! a couple of teeny green berries sit waiting....so exciting!

Sawyer....loves shrimp.  He ate and ate and ate this shrimp the other night.  to be honest, it WAS rather good.

 

I found Sawyer a few cute things at our local consignment sale this week.  Including the super cute vintage pearl snap shirt he's sporting in these photos....

Ridge got a walker at the sale.  I'm opposed to walkers.  However, when your child, who is attached to 3 ft of cord by another cord in his CHEST, and who wants to walk,  improvising is mandatory.  So, against my better judgement, I got him a walker.  But when that line is gone, so is the walker.

 

Lastly, another shot, this time of all the cuppycakes.

Here's a nice reel of photos for you to look at. None of them turned out well of everyone in the picture, but someone looks okay in each one.  So....anyway, here we are, before Easter church service....all decked out, but no pic of the four of us...bc that's kinda difficult to swing when it IS just the four of us!

recent projects

Here are some photos of my most recent things.  A few things you should know: Some people have asked about having jewelry parties.  SURE!  Give me about a month's notice so I can get some supply made up, and I will bring some jewelry to your house, or wherever, for a party!  You get first pick of the jewelry, and that pick will be free to you for hosting the party!  I would also be glad to throw any kind of party- don't want jewelry? aprons, crocheted whatevers, burp rags, baby stuff, signs, whatever, you tell me what you want me to bring, and i will bring it!  Hope you enjoy the pics!

I'm just gonna start with the big one.  This is some stuff for an upcoming jewelry party.  I'm about halfway finished with making product for it.  See anything you like?  ALSO, I decided to make myself some signs for parties, and for craft shows, etc.  Signs for me, advertising our company.  However, after I was finished, and they turned out rather cute, I thought, "HEY! i could make those for OTHER people!"  So....baby names? verses? artsy stuff?  I have a cricut, so I can do pretty much anything.  You just let. me. know.  I figure I can make signs anywhere from $10-$30, depending on what you want, and what I actually have to purchase to get it done.  Of course, price could be more than that if you commission something rather large.  Anyway, so there's that.

 

This cross necklace is for a jewelry party.  The following necklaces are Team necklaces.  Name your team, and I can get the necklace ready.  The team necklaces are about $20, depending on supplies. 

 

The Mustang necklace and the turq. and purple bracelet are door prizes for FBC Mustang's BUNKO night 4/8.  So heads up, if you're a lady going to that...those will be there!  The back of the Mustang necklace says "Mustang."

  because they are zoomed in, you can't (maybe) tell what this is...these are cupcakes.  I made a set of them for a certain young lady's birthday coming up, but I'm not mentioning names.

 We colored Easter Eggs.  It was fun. Here are the 2 pics I got.

These last few are just for fun.  Here you see Ridge....eating a book that Sawyer received for Christmas last year.  Ridge likes to get under the desk and get that book...daily.  You also see three two  chrashed boys.  Sawyer can outlast everyone in this house.

Also, we have this novelty that my mom had printed.  For those of you who don't know, YHS Deca had Team Ridge shirts made and sold them for $10 a few weeks back.  LOTS of people bought them.  So now, when we all wear OUR Team Ridge shirts, he can wear HIS, so everyone knows exactly who's who.

And lastly, some photos of Sawyer around the same age as Ridge.  I keep thinking they look more and more different than alike.  Then I look at these pictures, and no.  They still look verrrrrry verrrrry similar.  Similar.  That's a new word Sawyer has mastered.  Or something.

 

Happy Easter, Happy Easter!  Tomorrow, we are hoping to go to church, hoping the Easter Bunny visits, and hoping to get flowers and a garden planted.  Here's to HOPE!