Life Is Good...

Life is good, the title of my newest book. 

Using the 'Collecting Moments' papers from Fancy Pants. With a few extra odds and ends! I'm excited for this book. I'm the focus, which is new, weird, and exciting for me. Lots of journaling too, which is also new for me!!! Stay tuned, I'll post updates as I make progress.

Thankful Tuesdays...

Well it's officially...we've hit the halfway mark of November!! That means *insert drumroolllll please* December is a mere couple of weeks away! Yippee.

Today I'm thankful for...

~ Baby B going down for his naps and bedtime (on occasion) on his own.

This is HUGE progress and it makes me giddy with excitement. Why? Because up until now, Baby B has needed to be nursed and held while sleeping or in his car seat in the car. Trust me when I say, it was a wee bit much.

~ That hubs is coming home!

This time away, although shorter (by a mere couple of days) was a lot harder than the first time around. I think being with family over thanksgiving really helped. Being away from family this time really sucked. Also, I really want to decorate for christmas but I can't until the hubs is here, I promised! <~ I know what in the world was I thinking, ugh!

Thankful Tuesday's...

Another thankful Tuesday is among us...at least I think it's Tuesday. The days kind of blur together with the hubs gone :)

So today I'm thankful for:

- a husband that is willing to work out of town so I can be home with B-man,

- friends that keep me from becoming CRAZY while hubs is gone,

- an awesome doctor who fixed my toe :),

- B-man who behaved himself for my awesome friends who watched him today;

- and we can't forget my family, so thankful for them!

Happy thankful Tuesday everyone! 

November First...

Wow, November already; October where did you go?

It was a crazy month. Hubs was gone from the end of September came home for a week October 19th and promptly left again. He'll be away until the end of November. It's hard, but it goes by fairly quickly. Luckily I have a pretty sweet babe that is happy 99% of the time.

Enough of that, lets do an October recap...

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was spent in Calgary this year. We decided to fly home so that Baby B could meet some more family. Plus it was the first thanksgiving in a while since I've been home...all in all it was a lot of fun. Exhausting, but fun.

Autumn Fun
Hubs flew back from work on the 19th, so we managed to get some Autumn/Halloween festivities done. Took baby B to a pumpkin patch. Dressed him up in his halloween costume and took a bunch of photos. I have to say he was the cutest Penguin I have ever seen.

Halloween
Baby B's first halloween was a huge success! Hubs had to go back to work so he missed it unfortunately, but that did not stop us. B and I went to the mall, they have a little trick or treat session for the little kidlets. We were also invited to go out trick or treating with one of my gf's and her son. It'[s almost frightening how much candy little babies get!! I'm not ashamed to say that I am wearing sweats and eating B's candy...he'll get it in a couple of hours anyways ;)
This halloween was 100% all for me, lots of pictures and memories to look back on. I'm a little sad it's over.

Now for the really exciting news!!! I broke down and joined a monthly scrapbook kit. Insert excitement here!! Seriously, it's about time I got back on the whole scrapbook/card making train, since that's what this blog is literally about...hopefully early next week I will have a post on the first kit I got and what I plan on doing with it. I'm also currently printing pictures for B's baby book...lots of future excitement for sure.

Until then, feast your eyes on this cutie-pa-tootie!!!

Nursery Art...

Pinterest is an amazing source for all things. I love going on the site, checking out other people's inspiration boards and coming up with my own ideas or adding little twists to pre-existing ideas. I wanted some art for the nursery that didn't need to be framed (more on that later). To be honest, I initially checked out Etsy; but I could not bring myself to pay the kind of $$$ they were asking for artwork that I could easily do myself, with supplies I already had at home. So with a quick trip to Michael's and a 40% of coupon, I bought myself some paint and created this little master piece...

Here it is cropped and zoomed in...

Materials...

1. Canvas (already had)

2. White paint (already had)

3. Paint brushes (already had)

4. Blue metallic paint $2 with coupon.

= easy peasy

And here it hangs on the wall...looks waaaaay better in person!

Thanks for stopping by... :)

Thankful Tuesdays and The First Day of October...

October 1st, October 1st, it is indeed October 1st....!

Why all the excitement, cueing of angels harking hallelujah, stringing harps, and the occasional firework? Well...October 1st means...

Baby B is 4 months old!!!
...Whoa, what...? Yes, FOUR months old! And I am so thankful that he is one healthy, happy, baby boy, who at this moment is behaving so that I can write this. Yippee!

Halloween is almost upon us!!!
Yes, I am so excited for Halloween. Baby's firsts guys! Plus I love pumpkin carving and going to the pumpkin patch, fall colors, falling leaves, crisp, clean air, shall I go on...This year I totally plan on going to an apple orchard and picking apples. Will be a great photo op for B and I found a yummy apple caramel bar recipe.

And, Well it's simply the first of the month!!!
I love it when the months change on the calender. Something perfectly awesome about the first of each month, a day that marks the fresh start of well everything!

So c'mon guys, what's not to love about October 1st?

:)

A Little Homemade Mobile...

Hi all, I am finally back with a blog post featuring something I have made!!! Today I am going to share the mobile I made for my son's nursery. Right from the start I new I wanted something that wasn't plastic or cheap for a mobile. I also knew I didn't want to spend 70+ bucks for something that usually ended up not working after a while. There was also the issue of not finding one that fit my "ideals". Cue husband shuddering in background. So at the end of the day I decided I was going to make one. Okay, lets be more realistic - coming from a very crafty family, I was always going to make one.

In keeping with my theme, I chose to make a mobile of elephants using colors that (thanks to my diaper pail) made up the nursery.

I started by drawing out a template on some plain white card stock. I got mine from Staples. I used an elephant punch from Martha Stewart as my Elephant inspiration. I wanted the mobile to look cute and not so real.

Once I was pleased with my templates, I cut them out and traced the outline onto some felt. I used this teal color (was as close as I could get to my robins egg blue diaper pail), grey, and white. As soon as that job was done, I began the tedious job of cutting out all the pieces. There were a lot!

The next step was sewing two of the same pieces together, but leaving about an inch opening so that I could stuff them. Once all the pieces were sewn and stuffed and sewn again, I started piecing them all together. 

I spray painted a wood floral wreath in semi-gloss white spray paint. Used the existing pre-drilled holes to hang my threaded elephants and birds, and voila...my mobile. 

I also added some beads in between the shapes to make the mobile more interesting. Everything was triple knotted and glossy accents were added to double ensure that the mobile would not fall apart. Small broken pieces and babies mouths don't mix, ya know. 

I have also added some blue, white, and silver ribbon from which I plan to hang it. Since baby B has just started sleeping in his own room, I have yet to hang the mobile. As soon as hubs is back from up North, this bad boy is going up and B's room will be complete! Yippe! I'll update this post as soon as the mobile is hung!

Have a happy fall afternoon!! 

:)