Exiled

I've been home bound this week.  I woke up Monday morning with extremely swollen and red eyes.  Yes, I have pink eye, conjunctivitis, or for you German speakers out there, Bindehautentzündung.  I learned that this week.  

Been washing my hands, using paper towels to dry and generally trying not to spread it to my husband and children.  I'll be glad when this is over and I can join the rest of the world.  

On the flip side, I've been sewing and have sewn some more diaper clutches.  Have a look here.

Have a good day and remember to wash your hands.

Etsy Things

I've recently added a few things to my shop and thought I'd share them with you.

The first is this pretty nifty bag.  I like it.  I'd carry it.  Maybe someone else will think so.  Some one really ought to buy it or I'll keep it and I don't need any more bags...

or so that's what David says.

The next things are diaper bags, or a more trendy name, diaper clutches.  I started out with only a couple and I sold out of them.  It didn't occur to me to make more. Duh.  Seems a few people liked them.  I've made more and we'll wait and see what the results are.

This polkadot one is my favorite.  It's made from a laminated linen, so it's a little more sturdy than your average laminated cotton.  

I like it.  

That's all for now.  Working on a few more bags with repurposed belts for handles.  Stay tuned.

Pictures

Mom sent me these pictures yesterday.  I'm glad someone thought to bring a camera. Here we are, at the Justice of the Peace.  

Thanks mom!

12 years ago.

It was a Wednesday afternoon.  I remember I was wearing a red button up blouse.  It was December in Arizona and I even had on a jacket.  A black leather jacket to be exact.  David called me at work.  "Hey,"  he said.  "We have an appointment at 4:30."   After teaching a hand full of seventh graders and cleaning up my classroom, I climbed into the car with David and met my parents at the justice of the peace.  We were second in line.  I thought to myself, "Who gets married at the justice of the peace in the middle of the week?"  Apparently we did.  It was finally our turn.  I didn't think I'd get emotional.  After all, this was just for paper's sake and speeding up the immigration process for David's green card.  The "real" wedding  with the big dress and the black tie, wasn't until the end of the month.  But I did.  We said our vows, said I do, kissed the bride, and signed the paper.  That was that.  Done.  We were married.  Just like that.  We drove back to mom and dad's house.  Mom asked if we could pick up hamburger buns on the way home for supper.  We ate dinner, I went to worship practice, he watched the Sun's game with my dad and my brother.  We became husband and wife and I've never regretted one day since.  

Happy Anniversary David!  I love you!

P.S.  Obviously this isn't the justice of the peace. :)

Bridesmaids Bags

Here are the results of many hours at the sewing machine to make a bridesmaids bag order.   What a cool idea and even better that I was asked to make them.  The bride recently sent me a few pictures. 

I have to say, I am quite proud.  Don't they look cute?  Look how nice they go together with the dresses.  I have yards of that fabric left over.  I think I better get to sewing a few more of these bags.  

And the Costumes

I made the boys Halloween costumes this year.  I think they should go as eskimos next year, because by the end of October it's so cold they have to put jackets on over top and you can't see what they are anyway.

Here we have Super Ryan.  He wanted to be a super hero.

Next we have a Jedi.  This is Adrian's serious Jedi face, or fighting face, I'm not sure.  Thanks to the wind we got a cool shot.

The boys enjoyed them and I'm kind of proud at how they turned out.  

Now on to Thanksgiving.

A Late Halloween Update

We carved pumpkins for Halloween.  
Of course we carved them too soon and by the time Halloween rolled 

around our pumpkins were moldy.  Oh well.

Here are our three pumpkins ready to go.

These were my helpers.

Adrian cut the top off the pumpkin, but wanted nothing to do with the insides.  Ryan's help consisted of telling me I was doing a great job.

I printed some templates off of a pumpkin carving website and used those as our guides.

I vetoed Darth Vader.  And next year I'm going to do the same when it comes to anything that has letters. These things were a pain.

And here they are.  All done.  

Heres to another year of pumpkin carving.