Just call me Martha... LOL

I posted these on Facebook and My Sister in Law said she was gonna call me Martha from now on. She is silly!

I have been wanting a cute apron and decided that today is the day! I made this one out of a pair of old jeans... Actually I just cut the inseam and used one leg. This is the box pleat I made at the bottom. It turned out soooo cute. I am wearing it right now. I might need to make an apron to keep it clean while I cook... :)

Here is the finished project.
I love it. It is just perfect for me! :)

sewing again

I made this shirt from one of my old shirts. They are so cute and so easy! It also will double as a dress (with leggings) for Courtney. All I will do is safety pin the straps to make them a bit shorter, on my next one I am gonna put buttons on the back so the straps will be adjustable.

This is the back

This is the front. I stitched little flowers around the top and bottom for fun. I was gonna add ribbon around for a tie, but Aubrey liked it this way. She's the one wearing it! :) I think when I have a minute I will shorten the straps so it hangs a little bit higher on the chest too.

I'm a princess...

Courtney saw this picture and exclaimed "you're a princess mommy! Aubrey a princess too! Daddy a man..." A long pause then she shook her head and said "there is no witch, nope." I guess she thought we were in front of a castle. It made me smile, I thought you guys might like it too. :)

Ashley is one!

I can't even believe that my littlest one is already a year old! Here are some pictures of her eating her cake. Sure wish you all could have been here to celebrate with us!

MMMMM that is good!!!

I have made this cake for all four girls and it is fun to see how each one eats it. Aubrey would barely touch it and wasn't sure what to do with it. Whit was a little more into it, but still was pretty careful. Court was happy to dig in, but Ashley well she just LOVED it! She couldn't get it in fast enough as you can see she decided to by pass the whole hand to mouth thing (really over rated!!!)

MMMMM that is REALLY goo..mmfff

Here she is before she ate her cake. All nice and clean Oh I love this little one!
And here is the traditional cake! Each of the girls has had a block cake, and then for fun we let them destroy, I mean eat a block by themselves. I put all the letters of everyone in our family on each side of the blocks. I also used Dan's side of the family and my side of the family, brothers, sisters, Bro in law, sis in law, nieces, nephews and our parents. We had 1 space that we had to fill in with a random letter. Evidently we have a lot of the same 1st initial in our families! :)

Anyway I am proud of myself because that is two new blog entries this week! I know I am amazing! HAHAHA :)

I was feeling creative

So I got a boys dress shirt and made some stuff. I took the sleeves, cut them apart, then stitched them together. I added a little ribbon then finished the bottom. This is what I ended up with. I did have to take in the sides a bit more to make it fit this doll, but I put it on (as it was) a baby doll and it fit perfect. Whitney told me I should have made it more modest. :) I guess I need to put a shirt on under the dress...

Here is the dress I made from the middle of the shirt. I made some shoes and a hair bow to match. I think it turned out pretty cute. I love to get creative, it is so relaxing for me. I think it is what other people describe as the "runner's high" (that I have never felt.) I just feel so great when I'm working on it and when it is done!

Here is my little model.

I liked it with the bottons on the back, but I could totally see it as a tank top dress with the buttons down the front, and instead of taking the pocket off and tossing it. I could just move it down lower... I am getting all sorts of ideas. These are so easy!