Okay...so really I'm not that creative, I do however enjoy "borrowing" ideas from friends, sometimes I throw my own little twist on things, but normally that is because I can't figure out how the original person made a particular look. So... here are a few of my favorite things I've made. Please, forgive the quality of pics, you will soon come to find out that I ALWAYS forget my camera so these are taken with my handy dandy Samsung pic phone!!
#1. Aaah.. BOWS! These are my favorite things to make. One of the coolest girls ever happens to be my friend... she is seriously sooo creative. She taught us how to make all kinds of bows, and now I'm totally in debt and have thousands of yards of ribbon. Okay... kidding about the debt, but I do have a lot of ribbon. The girls love wearing bows...and it is awesome because you can create them to match any outfit. These are two of the first ones I made solo...and I have found if you use different shades of the same color they are more versatile. AND... if you make two of the same, you can do pigtails, or you can quickly settle a fight if you have two Princesses insisting on wearing the same bow!!
#2. I made these burp cloths for my cousin... No pattern, no help...just me and the old trusty Singer Sewing machine. I used an absorbent soft Terri cloth material on one side, and then a super soft flannel print on the other side. I was pretty stinkin' proud of this project. I also made him a camouflage baby blanket w/ hunter orange fuzzy side on it, but I forgot to snap a pic of that. Seriously, the coolest blanket I have ever seen and that was all my idea!! WOW! Maybe I am creative??
#3 My first project with a pattern, this is an apron in the making... My friend Renae (my first follower on this blog...YEAH), has an awesome mom who is taking the time to teach three of us to sew using a pattern. It isn't as hard as I thought it would be, but it is somewhat intimidating (especially since I check and re-check all the time) so I'm looking forward to the other things I will be able to sew soon!!
On a side note... we did get some good news today. The ARMY FINALLY got the control numbers for Brent's new contract and he is signing the official one tomorrow. Orders still stand, and we are sad about that... especially since dang Obama just ordered 17k more troops into Afghanistan just over a week ago (hmmm I wondered why news wasn't reporting on that too...don't worry). But with the control numbers in place that means the bonus is for sure. The $$ doesn't make it any easier to send him off...but at least we know he gets the same perks as everyone else in his unit.
**Just another little side note, it is a good thing they FINALLY got it fixed, because there are no more bonuses after March 1st, we heard Obama say they were cutting troop funding in an attempt to recover for the stimulus package.. but he didn't waste ANY time at all did he!?!?
