Plan B

I had awesome plans today--hitting up the anniversary sale at my fav little fabric shop and coffee with friends while our kids play at the indoor playground. (ie conversation that didn't revolve around transformers or Legos.) Alas, nothing throws a last minute wrench in your plans like a sick kid. I'll save you all the details but it involves Hudson and a beef burrito and took a shower, the washer, and the garden hose at 4am to clean up. Yikes.
Plan B. I needed a craft to distract me from my bummed out-ness. So Jude and I made an Eli doll today from one of Jude's drawings.



I traced his drawing onto some scrap fabric and together we used the sewing machine to go over and over his lines.





We backed it with some of the robot fabric left over from his pajama pants.


A little stuffing...


...and Wallah!


A kissable cuddly mini Eli.





Striking resemblance I'd say!

Not as fun as an afternoon with friends but not too bad either : )

Happy Friday!

Arian

Happy Valentines Day!

Hope you all had a lovely Valentines Day! I loved this holiday even before I had someone official to share it with. It's all about love and pretty flowers and chocolate!
I spent the afternoon eating delicious food and looking at pretty things with my sister (no pictures 'cause sometimes I just need to put the camera/iPhone down for awhile) : ).
Then I spent the evening with my FOUR handsome Valentines.


We ate chocolate coconut pudding I made by blending then chilling silk tofu, coconut milk, cocoa powder, cocoa nibs, vanilla, agave, and coconut shavings. Pretty tasty!


And Daniel gave me dark chocolate made locally with fair trade cocoa and packaged in Eco-friendly packaging. He knows me very well. : )


Now I'm just hoping this littlest cuddly Valentine of mine will gift his tired mommy a good night's sleep.

You're loved!

Arian : )

Good Friday

Happy Friday! It's actually starting to look like winter around these parts but we still ventured out into the city to explore some new places!





First, Taste of Belgium, where you can get tasty sandwiches on sugar coated waffles. Fried chicken ON a waffle. God bless America.





Then we went in search of some used office furniture for Daniel's latest new employee, Justin.



Though I'm pretty sure this lovely yellow chair wanted to come home with me.


As did several of these vintage metal file cabinets. Someday...someday.





Daniel and his office posse..if they ever record an album this shall be their cover. : )

And finally, Friday family movie night. Five Star Wars movies down, one to go.








Love my boys! Happy weekend!

Arian

Bow Ties & Wedding Cake

So I did end up making bow ties for the boys using this tutorial and they were quite a handsome duo. Though I went with some cute plaid remnants I had instead of that other fabric. I thought, since I am a novice quilter at best, better save all that fabric for Eli's quilt in case I make a mistake : )

The wedding was beautiful--lots of beautiful people in a beautiful space. Hudson is now a fan of bow ties (he wore his all the next day as well) and wants a whole bunch of them. Jude, however, has already lost his. Either way, sounds like I'll be making more!

Arian : )

Making Clothes

One of my 2012 goals is to make more clothes for my family. Granted, it may not be cheaper than just buying clothes from Target. And it's certainly not easier. But I LOVE wearing dresses that my granny made...seeing what kinds of patterns, fabrics, and detail she chose for herself.

I'm starting slowly, though, with simple, simple patterns. And I'm augmenting things I already own. Like this dress I've had for awhile that had slowly shrank to a weird "not quite long, not quite short" length. I chopped off a few inches, reattached the ruffle at the bottom and thats it! It's been so unseasonably warm around here that I've already worn it several times this week without leggings. February and we've got the windows open!

The boys are in a wedding tomorrow and I just had this crazy idea of making bow ties for them. How hard could it be? (haha). I'll give it a try!

Happy crafting!
Arian

Rest in peace

Jude has a heart of gold that's deeply affected by loss. He came in our room this morning with a dead lady bug--his new friend that needed to be brought back to life. All day he kept checking on the ladybug to see if it was alive yet. But when its head fell off the truth set in.

So we spent the next hour mourning our loss, talking about heaven, and giving the bug a proper resting place in a baby food jar with a cotton ball. What a sweetheart that Jude kid is. I'm glad to have him around : )

Arian

Awesome Points

Daniel is spending the weekend in New York City on a creative getaway with our good friend and photographer extraordinaire, Jon Willis. They're hanging out, exploring the city, and dreaming up projects they can collaborate on.

Letting him go while I stay home with the three boys earns me about 27 "awesome wife" points which I BELIEVE is worth roughly two new vintage dresses and perhaps an afternoon sans children to sew some time in the next few weeks : )

I also insisted Jon take no less than 3-5 Instagram photos of some of their adventures. So here is what they've been up to so far. Looks like fun!