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FREE! Golfer Bunny Pattern!

With Easter right around the corner and spring in full swing around here, I wanted to make something fun and festive for my Little Man to wear out for egg hunting and general Spring flinging...

 
Golfer Bunny!

My little guy loves golf.  How do I know this?  When I brought him to the office during the snow storm last winter, he immediately ran over to the golf clubs, chose one, and began setting up and hitting golf balls with it... seriously.  Have I mentioned that I'm not the sporty type?  Nature vs. nurture...

I'm pretty darn fond of this Golfer Bunny - so fond in fact, that I want to share the spring time love - click here to download the pattern sheet! 

Oh, and if you do happen to make your own Golfer Bunny, pretty please post pics?

 

Dollar General Wreath

It all started when my buddy Vickie invited myself and our friend Jen over to make holiday wreaths...

 
This is the 'before' pic of our supplies.  Each of us brought a huge bag of goodies and no one had a plan... a perfect recipe for crafty goodness.

Since our playdate was after work, I didn't have a lot of time to shop for my supplies, but thankfully, there's a Dollar General on the way to Little Man's escuela...

It became a mission to see if I could make a cute wreath out of things found at the dollar store...

Did I succeed?

 

I think it turned out pretty cute! 

Materials used were 4 bunches of ribbon - two red, two gold - $.79 each, 10 'poinsetta' bows - 2 for $1.00, and one string of red glitter pom pom garland - on sale for $1.50. 

Not too shabby... maybe even a little chic... :)

A tree fit for a toddler...

We've always loved having a real tree for a Christmas tree for many many years.  I've made it a bit of a mission to have a great collection of personalized special ornaments for these trees as I didn't have those sorts of traditions growing up.

This year, however, our house has been invaded by a creature the likes of which had never occured to us... he's a Man-ster... he's a Toddler-saurus Rex... he's 18-months of pure fury... Weighing in at 24 pounds and 4 ounces... He's our sweet baby boy...

 

...and he's not very fond of Santa or Christmas...

We knew that he would absolutely destroy any sort of Christmas tree situation, so, we had to get crafty... and get crafty is exactly what happened...

It all started with some holiday themed scrapbook paper and cookie cutters...

 

The Hubs and I drew the outline of many different holiday shapes onto the different papers.  Then, he spent hours and hours and hours cutting them out... glad I missed this part.  After all were cut out, we made ourselves a tree shaped collage of sorts on our 'why is there a door in the middle of this wall' closet door...

 

 I think it turned out perfect!  Little man has inspected it thoroughly and determined that since it does not pose a danger to him and will not get him into any trouble, it isn't really worth the time to fiddle with it... :)

 

Turkey Day Bibs for Tots!

We were oh so lucky this past Thanksgiving when our dear family friends invited us out to Fredericksburg, TX to spend the holiday at a ranch house. 

Last year, when every holiday was 'baby's first', it was easy to find accessories and outfits to mark all of our special occasions.  This year, however, being 'baby's second' holiday season, has been a bit of a challenge.

Not one to give up so easily, I decided to make Quinn and his baby buddy Clover some special bibs - just for Thanksgiving.

Instead of trying to find the perfect pattern, I thought I would just wing it, so, I drew an outline around an existing bib...

 

Freehanded my embroidery design...

 

and voila! Baby's Second Thanksgiving bib.

 

Had to add the pockets - our little ones tend to drop lots of things and if it lands in the pocket, well, that's what we call 'seconds' at our house...

I think the babies were pleased...

 

 

...or maybe just distracted by all the delicious choices we had at our dinner...

I am so glad we were able to spend Thanksgiving with such good friends and that our babies got to dine in style!

P.S. Homemade cranberry sauce is the total baby jam...

 

 

Ornament of the Year!

We set up our Christmas tree yesterday, which did wonders for our Christmas spirit!

Right up until yesterday, we were both feeling a little 'Bah Humbug'... perhaps it's the recession... perhaps not...



Every year since we got married (in 2004) I've purchased an ornament of the year for our tree...

Usually, the Pottery Barn helps me out with this task, but this year they had no 2008 love for me... So, I turned to the internets...

Yikes, ever Googled "2008 Keepsake Ornament"... there's some big ugly out there... huge.

So, no thanks internets... how about Etsy? Yatzee!

Check out the amazing 2008 Commemorative Dove Keepsake Ornament by none other than my almost neighbor Paloma's Nest...


This sweet little ornament seems like it's made out of sanddollar... very delicate and absolutely gorgeous - the perfect addition to our 2008 Christmas tree!