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embrace the camera {3 little hooligans at Grammy’s}


We just got back from spending a few days at Grammy’s house. While I spent the days sewing a way, the kids spent their days playing and being entertained by Grammy. It was a long two days, but I managed to get a ton of sewing done and the kids had a lot of fun! Thank you Grammy!!




But as you can guess, two days with no naps and having gone to bed at 10pm, I have three insanely cranky kids. But thanks to Daddy’s suggestion of going to play in the barn before bedtime, the kids are now happy as can be. My little guy is out in the barn hammering a whole box of nails into a piece of wood. And my little girl, well, she is running around the house like this!

It is amazing how a box of nails and a pair of welding glasses can turn their moods around.

casserole carrier

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! You sure know how to make a girl feel special! I received a ton of emails (ok, so maybe it was only 6) wanting a tutorial for this beauty and well I just don’t have time to put one together right now, sorry. And actually, I think this beauty deserves a real pattern! So we will see. But for now, enjoy the pictures and who knows maybe I will add a few of these and a pattern to my etsy shop in time for Christmas.




Here is what I have been sewing lately.

My first set of bibs that were shipped to NYC!!! I still can’t believe that something I made is being sold in NYC.


A messenger bag for my sister-in-law’s birthday.

One of the many gifts I made for my little niece’s Baptism.

And lastly, here is the gift I made for the bride-to-be. It’s a casserole carrier. I love, love, LOVE this! Seriously, she almost didn’t get it. I love everything about it. The design is my own that I made up as I went along. I may share it with you, If I can find the time to put together a tutorial.

Oh, I just LOVE it!

The bridal shower by the way, was AMAZING! I can’t wait to share the details with all of you. But for now, I have a lot of sewing to do and a ton of tomatoes that need to be canned and made into spaghetti sauce.

So what have you been sewing lately?

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Operation Shower

I am so excited to be partaking in Operation Shower by donating some of my burp cloths to this amazing organization. Operation Shower is a non-profit organization that recognizes and honors the sacrifices military families make by producing and coordinating baby showers and “Showers in A Box” for pregnant and expecting military personnel and their families.

To find out more about Operation Shower and how you can help out go here!

Giveaway winner

The winner of the diaper and wipes bag giveaway is TJ and Amy!
Congratulations!!
I will be sending you an email shortly.

60 days from today…

It’s wedding time!

My brother-in-law and soon to be sister-in-law are finally getting married after 10 years of dating! WOO HOO! My husband and I are both in the wedding party, along with all of our brother and sister-in-laws. You can only imagine the excitement we are all having over this and well, maybe we are a little stressed too. But we won’t talk about the bridesmaids dresses that may or may not be here in time.

I was asked this winter if I would be willing to grow some pumpkins for the reception. Of course I said “YES!!” See, we have two gardens. One where we grow all of our veggies (the one I post pictures from on a daily basis) and one for our pumpkins and squash. Normally we grow all of our winter squash and pumpkins there, but this year it is strictly WEDDING PUMPKINS!! Here are a few of the many pumpkins and gourds that are growing there.

How gorgeous are these going to be at the wedding reception?!?
And since we are talking wedding talk, we may as well talk about the BRIDAL SHOWER that is this weekend!! I am in charge of the decorations and as you can imagine, I’m LOVING it! I am finally able to put my love for bunting and pom poms to good use. I am also making them a scrapbook of their wedding. You didn’t know I scrap booked did you? Those pictures will all be posted later. I can’t spoil the surprise. Ok, and maybe I haven’t started the scrapbook yet either! Right now I’m working on a HUGE order to send to Chicago and to a store in Philadelphia. As you can imagine, I am over the top excited about this! This is such an amazing opportunity for me. Well that’s enough about my life right now. Hope you all have a wonderful week and I will pick a winner for the giveaway by Wednesday.

Canning Resources

I have had a few people contact me with questions about canning. While I would love to share my thoughts and methods on it, I think I better leave that up to those more educated in the canning field. While canning is not hard, you need to be educated on the basic methods of doing it. There are chances of getting sick and even potentially dying from not following the proper canning methods. With that said, here are some great resources that I use frequently. They can give you the basics on canning and preserving veggies and fruit along with a ton of recipes.

Online Resources:

National Center for Home Preservation : http://www.uga.edu/
PickYourOwn.Org : http://www.pickyourown.org/

Books:

Now let’s share our favorite canning recipes!

{embrace the camera} In the kitchen

Thanks to embrace the camera I have a ton of photos documenting our life. Thanks em for the challenge! Join in.

This is the time of year when we spend everyday freezing, canning and baking all of the fresh veggies from our garden. On this day we were making 9 loaves of zucchini bread to freeze.
3 kids and 1 mom in the kitchen baking 9 loaves of bread, can you chaos?
One little girl is running over our toes with her bike, as she is riding around and around in circles. She keeps running into the exersaucer where the baby is trying to stay safe. We are listening to Big Green Tractor by Jason Aldean and Single Ladies by Beyonce over, and over, and over, again! Seriously, for hours!



Funny thing, these pictures don’t make it look so bad. Look at the chubs!!

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway and I have been working on a new accessory for nursing moms. I can’t wait to show you! It’s almost finished.

now picking…



10 ears of corn were consumed by the two of them in the matter of minutes.

THIS makes all the hard work that comes along with having a garden so worth it! There is nothing sweeter then watching them play and eat freshly picked veggies in the garden.

Wishing we could share with all of you!