OMGoodness does that sound like a blast or what?!!!! I sure wish I were your sister in law or something.....that really sounds like so much fun with all of kids and extended family......I assume a few customs are in order....
Just sneak in, we may not notice for awhile!
We have a
few (if you call a mile long list a few!) customs planned! Our sister-in-law, as much as I lover her, does NOT have any sense of what to put on the kids. So, it is kind of up to me, my Mom and Heather to make sure they look good! Not that I'm planning on making customs for them every day too, but I do have a few outfits I want to make for them.
I just wanted to say that I miss you all and I'm thinking of you everytime I see a custom outfit. I have stopped a couple people with kids in customs (good thing I'm not shy) but I haven't found TNMom yet but I'm not giving up just yet! I'll probably find her at
MVMCP.
I've been keeping up when we're back in the room because I don't want to keep up when we get home.
I thought I posted yesterday but I can't find it, I did stop one mom who reads the disboards but didn't know about us. She made her two DDs customs so hopefully she'll stop over when she gets home.
I hope you are having a great time! I can't wait to see your pictures!
All of this fabric was crammed into about 15 different Rubbermaid containers!
Now it is all neatly folded and organized, at least in my mind!
I won't have to juggle falling over containers, and now I have lots more room to work!
I used some of the containers to store all the trims, ribbons, and buttons that we have accumulated.
Is it weird that I love seeing pictures of other people's stashes and sewing rooms??
Nah, I didn't think so either!
I once had my fabrics all neatly organized by color, pattern and theme. Then, I decided to sew something and completely messed it up!
Thanks! Eeek - How did DD do having her tooth pulled?
I konw you weren't asking me, but that's never stopped me from answering on here before, right???
When Arminda was about 6 or so, she had to have a tooth pulled. I took her in, they numbed her mouth, and yanked it out. They then put her tooth in a little box for her. On the way out, I handed her the box and said, "Here's your tooth." She looked at me completely suprised and confused and said, "WHAT tooth???" She had NO idea that they had just pulled her tooth out! We laughed about that all the way home!
Hoooray got tickets for DD8 for Hannah Montana concert in DC in a second chance sale ! Miley World sent out a letter about it with a code and the address
. I was in shock when I actually got them LOL. They will be a gift from Santa
. Now I just have to find something for her to wear. I am so happy and so excited for her. When I tried last time to get them for her and could'nt she was so great about it and said "It's ok Mommy I can go another time, I know you tried." So Santa is going to make her dream come true
.
That is SOOOOOO EXCITING!!!! I am so happy for you!!!!
Can I ask how much those tickets went for? I just wonder, becasue I know the scalpers were selling them for $1000 or so, I wondered what kind of mark up they had!
Okay, don't know what to do. My sewing machine is about 10 years old. At the time I bought it, it was the cheapest Singer at
Walmart, so I'd be surprised if I spent more than $100 on it. I have been calling around for repairs on it and all estimates are from $85-$90. It is not a great machine, pretty basic and I'm always having problems with the bobbin case popping out, which I've heard is a problem with that model. I do have my mom's 50 year old Singer, which never breaks, but I can only do a straight stitch on it (I have a giant clunky zig-zag attatchment for it that makes a ruffler foot look dainty, but it does not work well enough for a satin stitch). I might as well buy a new machine, right? But really can't afford it right now since I just bought a serger. The brother 7700 is on sale right now at costco.com for $169, does anyone know how much it costs in the store? I know on-line Costco automatically factors in shipping to the price. It is probably a moot point anyway, but just trying to figure my options. Our Disneyworld trip is coming up in January and I have a lot of appliques planned that I have not done yet. Just needed to vent I guess, don't know what I will do.
UGGH!
I am so sorry about that. It is so frustrating when you have so much you need to get done and things go wrong like this. I hope you get a new machine and love it!
Better late than never...here are a couple of outfits that I made for my DD and my DN for Thanksgiving. They both loved them and loved that they got to match with each other. They are very close to each other (18mos difference), probably because my sister and I have a relationship like Teresa and Heather do, so they hang out all the time. We always joke that our kids act and argue more like brothers and sisters than cousins!
My sis and I were both very sad that our 3rd kids were both boys and that our girls won't get to have a relationship with a sister like we did. So we both think that it is great that they are so close!!!
Pics are done uploading so here we go...
Here is her twirl!
YEAH for sisters!!!!
I am so glad that Tessa and Lydia are so close! I mean that in several different ways, they are close in age (EXACTLY 3 months), distance from houses (about 15-20 minutes) and they are BEST friends! We were never really close to our cousins, so it's really neat to see the two of them together. I think we are closer with our cousins now that we are all grown up than we were ask kids.
And, duh!!! I forgot to tell you how much I loved the outfits!! They are really adorable!! And what cute girls!!!!
I need to get my hair cut in the next two weeks and I'm afraid 
Wait a minute I think my mom said she was in high school when she got gray hair
maybe it's hereditary?
So I'm 33 and I've been coloring my hair since I was 19. I'd say I'm 99% gray underneath all the Miss Clairol.We definitely want to see the whole party picture!!
... and I would like to dress the thing in an inexpensive way.
