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:: Shirt Dress ::

:: New shirt dress made from a flowy, gauzy, curtain panel and lined with white linen from a thrifted napkin.  Straps are cotton twill tape that i block-printed.  The gray jersey cotton at the top is a thrifted pillow case.  Raw seems, exposed stitches, and a bit of deconstruction makes me happy ::

:: The only drawback to not using a pattern is the squirminess of the manikin ::

:: and just forget about having a proper model to show off your handiwork! ::

:: my sewing machine is happy with all of the attention ::

:: drama queen ::

:: Our little drama queen! :: 

:: We have had some definite transitional issues with Paige and have discovered her strong, stubborn, and completely endearing personality is a force to be reckoned with.  She is strong-willed, super-snuggly, loving, warm, impatient, extremely funny, and adorable.  We have such a great time just sitting around making her laugh, which is not hard to do at all!  She laughs at anything!  She is expressive and dramatic.  She will give anything to be held and is content for hours and hours sitting in a lap.  She's getting the hang of Life at the Miear's.  She adores her big sissy and cannot wait to get walking so she can run and play.  She is already pulling up and crawling everywhere.  She has a mouth full of teeth and hasn't skipped a beat while cutting them.  She is our sweet angel ::

:: These pictures are actually how she laughs!  She schrunches up her nose and shows off her teeth.  It makes us laugh so hard that she just keeps on doing it!  She's a total ham-bone! ::

:: Quartz ::

:: day 7 macro challenge ::

:: Switch ::

:: Day 6 Macro challenge ::

:: Twisted ::

:: day 5 macro challenge :: the texture of the toy chest/coffee table in our living room ::

:: A date with RoRo ::

:: Sammi is on a date with RoRo (my mom) today.  they are going to see Horton Hears a Hoo.  It is sammi's first movie in a theater.  She requested a Pony (what she calls a ponytail), but we stepped it up for the big occasion and went with piggies (what she calls pigtails).  She loved her piggies!  Have fun today, my sweet little girl!

:: Birch ::

:: Day 4 Macro Challenge :: Inside shot of birch tubes purchased here ::

:: Juicy ::

:: Day 3 Macro Challenge ::

::Macro Photo Challenge Accepted::

:: I am happy to accept a photo challenge that will force me to take my poor, lonely camera out of its bag.  The only stated rule is that you have to set your camera on Macro to shoot the pics.  I am adding a few rules for  myself...to keep me sane and honest ::

::  my rules ::

1. set camera on macro
2. if it is not raining, the picture must be taken outside
3. no editing of any kind can be done to the photo...just shoot and upload
4. all photos must be taken during Nap Time
5. post at least one pic every day in april

:: there you have it...at least now this blog will have a few more entries!  it might even motivate me to post more pics of the girls and a few other crafty projects i have done around the house! ::

:: macro shot :: day 1 (i missed yesterday) ::

:: macro shot :: day 2 ::

:: thanks to orange flower for the challenge ::

:: check out the flickr group here ::

::Dine.A.Swores!

The last time we took Sammi to the doctor's she was given a little plastic "dine.A.swore!"  (that's exactly how she says it...too cute!)  Back then, we were all excited because she was saying a three-syllable word.  Little did we know that a mere 5 weeks later she would be speaking in 5 WORD sentences!  And, as if she isn't showing off her smartness enough already...listen to what happened last night at the dinner table!

The little pink dinosaur was her special toy for about a week, traveling in car, hanging out in her high chair, and finally ended up in the bottom of the toy chest, where it has been hiding out for over two weeks now.  So, imagine our surprise when sammi started frantically chanting "DINASWORE! DINASWORE! DINASWORE! DINASWORE!" during dinner last night.  She was pointing and chanting like she was seeing an actual, stinkin' dinosaur!  I look in the direction she was pointing and made the classic mistake of thinking she was aiming behind me and turned around to see...nothing.  She was emphatic!  I asked her "where dinosaur?" and she leaned closer and pointed to my hand.   I was completely SHOCKED when i looked down and saw a Dinosaur-shaped pizza crust in my hand!  (yep frozen pizza for dinner!  i baked a new cake recipe yesterday, but failed to make dinner...priorities, priorities! )  At this point Mark was also trying to figure out where Sammi's sudden, intense obsession with DINASWORE was coming from.  I lifted my hand to reveal the pizza crusted Dino and he was equally amazed at the Smartness of our first-born!  You can get NOTHING past this child!

Behold....Plastic and Pizza DinAswores!