Disboutiquers Part 13 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[Eyore4Ever149]

Raspberry leaf tea- I buy mine at a natural food store (Chammomile's) don't get it at your grocer- and skip it if it says "tisane" you want the real deal and you may need a strainer thingy. Has all sorts of good for you qualities in it
i also take Omega 3 Efficiency- good for fighting depression- during and post pardum and very good for baby brain development early on and I take Pefect Prenatal (Vitamin Shoppe) one of the few thats high quality and doesn't make me sick.

Oh Im due May 25th

 

[Adi12982]

Raspberry leaf tea- I buy mine at a natural food store (Chammomile's) don't get it at your grocer- and skip it if it says "tisane" you want the real deal and you may need a strainer thingy. Has all sorts of good for you qualities in it
i also take Omega 3 Efficiency- good for fighting depression- during and post pardum and very good for baby brain development early on and I take Pefect Prenatal (Vitamin Shoppe) one of the few thats high quality and doesn't make me sick.

Oh Im due May 25th

Do you think whole foods would have it??

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

I haven't shopped there- but it sounds like it.

here's an interesting link on it

http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/07/raspberry-leaf-tea-recommended-for-pregnant-women.html

i can tell you my midwife recommended it to me in response to my complaint of extremely painful leg aches at night- in addition to increasing green veggies (asparagus, broccolli, spinich, etc) and drink water, water, water. I thought I was- then I started setting a clock and every hour I would have 1 cup of water- and i realized I really hadn't been drinking enough. tea and greens also help combat swelling. I am picking up my tea tomorrow.

 

[mom2prettyprincess]

I know this is kind of a silly question...but I was just trying to get an idea of what state everyone was from? Thanks.

 

[MyCathryn]

I am in New Jersey about 5 minutes from the shore.

 

[Adi12982]

I am in Miami, Florida - Southern Miami though (near the metro zoo).

 

[t-beri]

Where do you get this Raspberry leaf tea??

I am due 10/16, so wayyyy behind the two of you. I think Snubie is more newly prego than me.

Well, now I'm questioning mine. I have 2 different ones. One came from the health food store ( I never thought to compare the ingredients) it's Pregnancy Tea by Traditional Medicinals and the other is Third Trimester Tea by Earth Mama Angel Baby Organics that I got in Babies R Us. Both mainly consist of raspberry leaf and nettles. I think the difference is mostly in the flavoring herbs. I haven't tried the one my girlfriend gave me that came from the healthfood store though. Both suggest 3 cups a day...I better get on it. My diet has been HORRIBLE the last 3 weeks.

 

[twob4him]

I think I have posted this embroidery machine before but check her out:

http://www.babylock.com/embroidery/ellure-plus/

I think this one runs around $1000 or maybe $1200???? If I gathered a group of us who would be willing to buy it (like 5 or 6 or more of us), do you think the dealer would discount it for all of us....like down to $800???? I mean, the economy how it is, I can't imagine business is exactly booming right now???

What do you think and are you interested? Maybe PM me if so!

 

[twob4him]

I am in New Jersey about 5 minutes from the shore.

Me too! (about 1.5 minutes by car)

 

[teresajoy]

I want to buy a small suitcase for Megan, to pack for her for when I have to go to the hospital- anyone have any suggestions?
I suppose I could use one of our black ones that's part of a set, but the "small" still seems really big for her.

Im worried about her, she has never slept anywhere without us and she has only met the family I made arrangements with once (saturday they babysat her for 4 hours). They are a REALLY nice family- but there are twin 6 yr old boys, 7yr boy and 8yr old girl- MUCH busier household and of course we wont be there.
i wondered if DH should pick her up and bring her to hospital for an hour or so to meet her new sister and see us- but DH thinks that would be worse- because she would have to say goodbye again????? Should I have her come and then send her back to the family watching her, or wait til we get home?

In the meantime I can't sleep at night, my pubic bone and back keep me constantly uncomfortable. I can't believe Im only 34 weeks- 6 weeks seems so far from now.

Today my parents called to say they wont be coming on Megan's birthday (which they said they would be doing for the last month). DH has his MIS (IT)support person leave, so he can no longer take the day off and DB abd SIL were going to come visit this weekend, but I guess that is out now too (SIL decided she wants to go to NYC instead) My Mom told me not SIL.
So Megan's 3rd B-Day will be just the 2 of us. I didn't/couldn't do a party this year, but I had at least expected to have family visit or mail her a card/present. DH's family wont be calling/showing up/mailing card either.
As kids growing up no one lived near us, so I got things in the mail on my B-day and I loved that. i suppose at 3 she wont care.
Sigh....sorry for the vent. I'm emotional today.

On a side note i can't blame my parents, they are really busy and i know my father's pain really limits him and i worry how many of Megan's b-days he will be around for- will he even be here next year???? IV injections and radiation have helped reduce pain in his back- but this week his chest/ribs are hurting (more cancer cells).

Boy- this is turning into a depressing post. I'm Sorry- but I know ya'll will understand.

doing Itty Bitty- I think I will have to put it on Megan's doll to show you how small it is!

I'm sorry you don't have any family close by that Megan can stay with. When my Mom had Heather, waaaaay waaaaaay back when, they didn't allow kids to come to the hosptial. It was HORRIBLE for me, absolutely HORRIBLE!!! I remember I cried a lot. I would have loved to be able to go to the hospital to see her, even if it was hard to leave it would have been better than not seeing her at all.

With my kids, I had them at the hospital while I was having them, so they got to see them right away. Mom and Heather brought the kids to the hospital to see me every day.

Okay, so Sydni wanted me to show all of the ladies on the disney board her handstands! So here she is in all of her handstand glory!

Well, Rylie could not be left out, so here she is doing her "fip"

And then Sydni wanted me to show you her "drivers license" that she got today

And one last pic because they are just tooo cute:

Oh my goodness Sydni that is FANTASTIC!!!! You are an expert handstander!!!

And, that driver's license is really cool! Where did you get that? Arminda and Lydia would love it!

Rylie!! GREAT FLIP!!! You go girl!

Ok, here is my alice version of the precious dress:

I love this pattern. I truly didn't think I could do collars and sleeves, but it was not as bad as i thought.
I this readily recognizable as Alice? I thought mabye it needs to be a little shorter. What do you guys think? I will porbably wait to closer to the trip to hem it up more incase she hits a growth spurt.

That is really great!! ABSOLUTELY it looks like Alice!!! You did a really wonderful job on that. I wouldn't shorten it, like you said your daughter could grow!

Since I am not interested in doing anything I should be doing (like sewing a dress that I HAVE to finish) I thought I would write a tutorial of how to make a ruffle using the dental floss method.

http://magicalmemoriesbyjessica.blogspot.com/2009/04/ruffling-using-dental-floss.html

Hopefully it makes sense. I think I overcomplicated it by taking so many pictures and trying to make sure I explained it thoroughly.

I was just wondering today if you had finished that yet!!! Yeah!

I know this is kind of a silly question...but I was just trying to get an idea of what state everyone was from? Thanks.

Michigan, cold, cloudy Michigan, about 30 minutes from Indiana.

 

[CampbellScot]

hey girlie!!! Stick around for awhile this time!

I'm always around...just in lurker mode these days!!

Okay Disboutiquers...I have a quick request for prayers/good thoughts! My little step daughter is having surgery tomorrow,(Thursday), at 12:30pm East Coast time. It's nothing real big or life threatening but she is having general anesthesia and that always makes me nervous. She's having a cyst like thing removed from an area above her upper lip. You can't see it at all when you look at her, but it causes her to bite her lip a lot. We were told it should come out. She had surgery to have this thing removed for the second time last week. The first time she had this done two years ago the doctor doing it had no business doing that kind of surgery. At all. He admits this. He's not a surgeon. He said it was a quick in office "procedure". Not so much. He made a terrible mess of it, Sally had a post op infection and he didn't get all of it. We went to a plastic surgeon for this go round b/c the cyst had grown back. Apparently it's a very tricky little thing to get out. After the pathology report came back last week the surgeon discovered he didn't get all of it b/c some of the cyst was in the facial muscle. This makes the surgery much more complicated and poor Sally will have quite a bit more pain in recovery.

anyhow...I would appreciate any good thoughts and/or prayers. I love this little girl so much and it kills me that she is having to go through this a third time. My biggest prayer will be that the surgeon will get EVERYTHING and we can leave this behind us for good. This is a heck of a way for Sally to end her spring break, but she is being such a little soldier.

Thanks everyone. Much appreciated!

 

[karebear1]

When my Mom had Heather, waaaaay waaaaaay back when..........

Them there are fightin' words Missy!

 

[sweetstitches]

Have had a lot of things going on.... so sorry I have been absent from the board... I am back and trying to be more productive everywhere...
here is a new alice set I completed....

Lori

Very pretty. Great fabric choice.

Yeah I finally got some things done and I actually got pics loaded on to my computer so I can share with you all! My husband is gone on business and my daughter went to sleep on time, so I finally could sew!
First off, my daughters Easter dress. I made the Feliz and just love this pattern!! I had to size it down to fit a 9 month old, but I think it turned out pretty good. I really love how it turned out! The only thing I don't like about it are the straps. I can't tell if I did them wrong or if it is just because the dress is just a tad bit too big on her. The straps fall off her shoulders a bit. Any ideas suggestions?? (She didn't much care for the Easter Bunny!!)

And I finally finished a pettiskirt. I haven't tried it on my daughter yet, but I think it looks really good. I think on my next one I am going to add just a bit of extra yardage on each tier to make it a teeny bit more full, but I am really pleased with it. And if I just sit and take the time, it's really pretty easy!

I've ordered a bunch more chiffon and I can't wait to make a few more! Much better than shelling out $60!!

Thanks for looking!

Piglet's so cute--perfect for Easter. The pettiskirt came out cute too.

I finally found my cord for my camera! My son had it, he has no idea why I guess it just took it's self into his room and jumped into his USB port! Anyway I can post pix of little warriors give items.

Shirt design for the girls and boys:

And for "Super Froggy Girl!"

Tracie

Sorry for the pix size photobucket is having issues they are either tiny or huge!

They turned out great.

 

[MouseTriper]

If you can , please, please say a prayer for our family. I am not allowed to discuss what is going on right now but I am in tears and need some major prayers. Please. I am very emotional right now and do not know how much more I can take. I know I haven't met most of you but I feel like I know all of you and I know you care. Thank you.

 

[teresajoy]

I'm always around...just in lurker mode these days!!

Okay Disboutiquers...I have a quick request for prayers/good thoughts! My little step daughter is having surgery tomorrow,(Thursday), at 12:30pm East Coast time. It's nothing real big or life threatening but she is having general anesthesia and that always makes me nervous. She's having a cyst like thing removed from an area above her upper lip. You can't see it at all when you look at her, but it causes her to bite her lip a lot. We were told it should come out. She had surgery to have this thing removed for the second time last week. The first time she had this done two years ago the doctor doing it had no business doing that kind of surgery. At all. He admits this. He's not a surgeon. He said it was a quick in office "procedure". Not so much. He made a terrible mess of it, Sally had a post op infection and he didn't get all of it. We went to a plastic surgeon for this go round b/c the cyst had grown back. Apparently it's a very tricky little thing to get out. After the pathology report came back last week the surgeon discovered he didn't get all of it b/c some of the cyst was in the facial muscle. This makes the surgery much more complicated and poor Sally will have quite a bit more pain in recovery.

anyhow...I would appreciate any good thoughts and/or prayers. I love this little girl so much and it kills me that she is having to go through this a third time. My biggest prayer will be that the surgeon will get EVERYTHING and we can leave this behind us for good. This is a heck of a way for Sally to end her spring break, but she is being such a little soldier.

Thanks everyone. Much appreciated!

Of course we will pray for her!!!

Them there are fightin' words Missy!

Uh oh!

 

[ibesue]

Ok, here is my alice version of the precious dress:

I love this pattern. I truly didn't think I could do collars and sleeves, but it was not as bad as i thought.
I this readily recognizable as Alice? I thought mabye it needs to be a little shorter. What do you guys think? I will porbably wait to closer to the trip to hem it up more incase she hits a growth spurt.

It looks exactly like Alice!!! Great job!

I'm always around...just in lurker mode these days!!

Okay Disboutiquers...I have a quick request for prayers/good thoughts! My little step daughter is having surgery tomorrow,(Thursday), at 12:30pm East Coast time. It's nothing real big or life threatening but she is having general anesthesia and that always makes me nervous. She's having a cyst like thing removed from an area above her upper lip. You can't see it at all when you look at her, but it causes her to bite her lip a lot. We were told it should come out. She had surgery to have this thing removed for the second time last week. The first time she had this done two years ago the doctor doing it had no business doing that kind of surgery. At all. He admits this. He's not a surgeon. He said it was a quick in office "procedure". Not so much. He made a terrible mess of it, Sally had a post op infection and he didn't get all of it. We went to a plastic surgeon for this go round b/c the cyst had grown back. Apparently it's a very tricky little thing to get out. After the pathology report came back last week the surgeon discovered he didn't get all of it b/c some of the cyst was in the facial muscle. This makes the surgery much more complicated and poor Sally will have quite a bit more pain in recovery.

anyhow...I would appreciate any good thoughts and/or prayers. I love this little girl so much and it kills me that she is having to go through this a third time. My biggest prayer will be that the surgeon will get EVERYTHING and we can leave this behind us for good. This is a heck of a way for Sally to end her spring break, but she is being such a little soldier.

Thanks everyone. Much appreciated!

Saying prayers for little Sally. Please let us know how it goes in the morning.

If you can , please, please say a prayer for our family. I am not allowed to discuss what is going on right now but I am in tears and need some major prayers. Please. I know I haven't met most of you but I feel like I know all of you and I know you care. Thank you.

More prayers coming for your family. If you want to talk, I am here.

And I live in CA about 30 minutes from DISNEYLAND!!!!

 

[teresajoy]

If you can , please, please say a prayer for our family. I am not allowed to discuss what is going on right now but I am in tears and need some major prayers. Please. I know I haven't met most of you but I feel like I know all of you and I know you care. Thank you.

Oh Beth!!! I pray it's not what I'm thinking.

 

[eeyore3847]

i know this is kind of a silly question...but i was just trying to get an idea of what state everyone was from? Thanks.

az

 

[eeyore3847]

If you can , please, please say a prayer for our family. I am not allowed to discuss what is going on right now but I am in tears and need some major prayers. Please. I am very emotional right now and do not know how much more I can take. I know I haven't met most of you but I feel like I know all of you and I know you care. Thank you.

I hope everything is ok......... thinking of you

 

[t-beri]

I'm always around...just in lurker mode these days!!

Okay Disboutiquers...I have a quick request for prayers/good thoughts! My little step daughter is having surgery tomorrow,(Thursday), at 12:30pm East Coast time. It's nothing real big or life threatening but she is having general anesthesia and that always makes me nervous. She's having a cyst like thing removed from an area above her upper lip. You can't see it at all when you look at her, but it causes her to bite her lip a lot. We were told it should come out. She had surgery to have this thing removed for the second time last week. The first time she had this done two years ago the doctor doing it had no business doing that kind of surgery. At all. He admits this. He's not a surgeon. He said it was a quick in office "procedure". Not so much. He made a terrible mess of it, Sally had a post op infection and he didn't get all of it. We went to a plastic surgeon for this go round b/c the cyst had grown back. Apparently it's a very tricky little thing to get out. After the pathology report came back last week the surgeon discovered he didn't get all of it b/c some of the cyst was in the facial muscle. This makes the surgery much more complicated and poor Sally will have quite a bit more pain in recovery.

anyhow...I would appreciate any good thoughts and/or prayers. I love this little girl so much and it kills me that she is having to go through this a third time. My biggest prayer will be that the surgeon will get EVERYTHING and we can leave this behind us for good. This is a heck of a way for Sally to end her spring break, but she is being such a little soldier.

Thanks everyone. Much appreciated!

If you can , please, please say a prayer for our family. I am not allowed to discuss what is going on right now but I am in tears and need some major prayers. Please. I am very emotional right now and do not know how much more I can take. I know I haven't met most of you but I feel like I know all of you and I know you care. Thank you.

Sending prayers and pixie dust both of your ways!