wow!

i'm such a blog slacker! i haven't posted in forever. sorry.
we've been quite busy around here lately. trips to visit the fam over the fourth, trips down to see the progress on our new house**, visits with my parents and my sister, and don't forget....

gotta find time in our busy schedule to paint our toe nails.

**yes! we're having a house built for us. it's a dream come true! i can't believe it! and they actually started building it last week! :)

father's day

surrounded by love!

sorry

wow! sorry i left you hanging about the cake. it was a blimp.... the coolest blimp you ever did see. unfortunately, the pictures got erased off of my camera BEFORE they got put on the computer. you'll just have to use your imagination - as we will - to "see" our beautiful blimp cake.

but we did manage to get this picture of the king on his big day!

Black and White

Here's my latest treasury... only a few hours left. It's been a busy weekend!

Alright! Cast Your Votes!

The little man turns three tomorrow...

Can you guess what he wants his birthday* to be?


we have a square cake, a round cake, and a cupcake.

blue icing,

yellow icing,

and gray icing....

*my kids ALL think that the "birthday" is the cake. it's not the day you were born. no. it's the CAKE. i dare anybody to try to convince them otherwise. they're a stubborn bunch.

oh, and we must not forget to wish Grandpa Harv and our cousin a happy birthday TOADY!

Got The Organic Baby Blues!

this one was fun!


click here to visit the treasury! don't forget to visit all of these wonderful shops :)

SUDS!

happy happy bath time essentials!


mama would love to have this soft yellow cotton soap cozy.

visit elliefitz for this reusable machine washable bath time fun.


just can't resist the watermelons...

how about PoofNoggin's felted soap! now THAT looks like bath time fun!

for the kid in your family... or just the kid in you...

try treatsoap's chocolate dipped donut soap WITH SPRINKLES!!!

and everybody needs a bath time ducky!

check out DuckySoaps for your favorite ducky soap combination!

i'm sure any and all of these bath time *toys* are sure to put a smile on your face...

on second thought, maybe this blog should have been about my favorite razors ;P

It's Organic Baby!

You're going to get tired of me posting my tresuries, but they're just so much fun!

Here's the one I made yesterday.

And as a warning, I'm working on another ALREADY! :)
Hope you have a nice day. Feel free to clicky and check out all these wonderful shops.

baby legs n tutus

aren't all those chubby legs so cute?

Batman and Peanutbutter Fudge

inspired by my seven year old who decided he was batman this morning.....


a true superhero mixes his peanut butter "fudge" with his mask and cape on.



homemadeheores can make the perfect cape for your little superhero. as i type this my kids are hanging around the computer in excitement over all of the nifty capes. three cheers for the larry boy cape!



here's what my little batman came up with... don't they look delish?




i'm positive he would have enjoyed these sweet and salty peanut butter cups by BlissCandies! mmmmm.... check out ALL of the delicious things they have over there!!!




as for now, we'll have to enjoy our peanut butter, honey, and powdered milk balls :)

Here they are...

the promised pictures of baby in her new hat from gramma harv! we had sunshine yesterday - YAY! a perfect setting for some nice pictures with natural light. do you know how hard it is to get a picture of an infant without the shadow of loving siblings? placing a baby in the sunlight is like putting a piece of candy in front of them.... only better! :) anyway, here's what we got:


*she* wasn't too happy about the sun shining in her eyes! but that's what you get when you live in seattle... sunlight is a foreign thing!

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Originally uploaded by Our Lady of the Snows

hey mom! did you know i have 352 rolls on my tummy alone?

Treasury!

I know you're waiting to see pictures of our new hat. That'll come tonight. For now I'll leave you with my treasury I created today...

click on the image above to see the real thing.
Click here for my sister's treasury and here for my sil's treasury. :)

New Hats!

gramma harv over at deusprovidebit made this hat for our newest little peanut as a welcome gift.

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Originally uploaded by Our Lady of the Snows

now that she's 3 months old, she's growing out of her precious little hat... so we ordered another.
there was much excitement in the house when the package arrived with THREE new hats. one for our baby, one for our friend's little boy who is just a few days younger, and one for....



the almost three year old in the house who thinks that everything is a hat! unfortunately, baby was sleeping, so she'll have to wait to try on her hat. but for the young lad... well, he ran around the house shouting, "i am the king! i am the king!"

thanks, gramma harv, for the crown :)

A few new favorites

Last night while my kiddos were snuggled in their beds and my hubby was learning a new song on his guitar, I was *shopping*! Here's what I came up with....


This upcycled storybook pillow. Who can resist the beauty of that bird? Visit ravenwren's shop for so many more beautiful things!


On the lines of upcycled we have this...

flip flop jeans blanket. Check out AudreysCountryCrafts and receive a set of SIX blank note cards with your order!

And this is just cool...

A camera zipper pouch! Visit kaylah7's shop for a huge variety of "high quality, ridiculously cute handemade zipper pouches." She puts it so much better than I ever could! :)

Oh, and this morning I found some time to sew up a few more shorties. They'll be added to my shop later on today, but for now, I must tend to my hungry children.

new stuff!

yeah - i actually listed a few NEW things in my shop. and there ARE more to come. i have some more things cut out AND the sewing table is cleared off and ready to use at will...


we have these nifty girly longies. perfect for these cooler spring days and nights.


and some nice light weight neutral tan shorties! a great way to keep your child cool this summer! no more sweaty plasticy covers.

Treasury!

I managed to snag myself my first treasury yesterday! So much fun!


Click on the picture to view my treasury and these featured shops.
I can't wait until I can make another :)

If I only had a fence!

Oh, to have a fence for these boys to sit on for the pictures for this blog!

Terry's been blogging about Sacred Heart Saddlery today. She has said it much better than I. Hardly a day passes without me yearning for the days gone by in such a lovely setting! We spent Easter there, and Tim Shatraw made these belts for my boys.





Even if cowboy stuff is not your thing, every man needs a belt - order yours today! My hubby is a recent leather belt convert. He says he'll never wear another type of belt again!

A few of my favorite things...

Okay, so now that I've promised I would not be posting my favorite things until after Easter, I've found some time... go figure!

gemsbowtique is making these adorable kitten hats


nogginsnbobbins will crochet your little one a hat like this... free shipping!


elliefitz has this beautiful cable knit hat for your young 'un...


Who can resist a cupcake hat from artology?


And all kinds of beautiful things over at BabbidgePatch


Even in my house there aren't enough heads for all of the beautiful hats these sellers are making! Oh, to have a different hat to perfectly match every outfit I could ever put on one of my children. :)

Empty promises....

You're probably thinking I'm never going to show you those favorite shops. I will. I promise! Really! We're busy preparing for Easter. I'll probably not get to my favorite things until after Easter. In the mean time, I'll show you some more "homemade" hats....

oops!

didn't get to my favorite shops yesterday... sorry! a nice visit with great friends is much better than blogging. i did start my post, though. maybe i'll finish today?


another example of what my favorite etsy hats DON'T look like. the kid's got style, though. don't ya think?

Hats!

Today I'd like to find some time to show you some of my other favorite hat sellers on etsy.
That's later... right now it's time to feed the hungry mungries. Yesterday everybody had a bowl of cereal, then made myself some eggs... three of them because there's always somebody that needs to "share" my eggs with me. I sat down at the table (big mistake). I got three, "I want eggs!" Gave away the three eggs. Made three more eggs. Two more, "I want eggs!" and TWO "Can I have another?" ***Just in case you've lost track, that left me at a negative egg*** So I make three more... another, "Can I have more?"... I give away one and a half of the last the batch (yes, I was selfish and gave a, "Can I have more?" only a half an egg). That left me with an egg and a half to eat hiding IN THE KITCHEN.... just in case! It's a good thing they had already had breakfast. I may STILL be there cooking eggs!

One final picutre thought....

The thinking cap.

We're studying our shapes today.

(I promise the hats in my favorite etsy shops don't look like this one)

Busy busy busy

Okay, so I should have been trying to tidy up the house because they're coming (already have come and are in the process) to fix the ceiling in the laundry room today***, but instead I decided to take advantage of the SUNSHINE! We had a small photo shoot. Here's a sample of what we came up with.


My hand crocheted Easter bonnet listed here.

I thought it would be nice to include some of my favorite shops in my blog too. I'll start with deusprovidebit! My absolute favorite shop. :) Okay, so it's my mom's shop. So! I know she makes beautiful QUALITY things. How do I know? Anything that can stand the test of time in MY house with MY kids... it's gotta be good. Gramma Harv (as she's known around these parts) loves to knit, but has run out of heads (even with 25 grandchildren and several *adopted* ones) to put all of her hats on.... She'd love to make one for you!

Here's her youngest grandchild modeling a sample of Gramma Harv's Easter bonnet. The one listed is a slight different color, but just as beautiful! And what could be better than a matching cocoon??? This baby LIVES in her cocoon! Seriously!

And one last picture thought....



Have a nice day :P






***the washer upstairs so kindly leaked into our house

one handed here...

i've been sadly neglecting my blog and sewing machine, but i'm going to make an effort to change that. the newest little muchkin (now almost 7 weeks old) has had a drastic change in schedule as of late. we went from sleeping all the time (thank you for the nice recovery period) to "i like to sleep a lot in the day and fairly well in the important sleep hours for mom (the wee hours of the morning), BUT i like to stay up until.... oh... about 1 am or so" mode. guess that gives me more blogging time, right?
i'm not sure how much sewing time that'll give me, but i should be able to get in some crocheting time...
don't forget to check out my crocheted easter hats. perfect for your spring photo shoot! :)
i hate to type and run leaving this post photoless, but....
shhh......
she's sleeping!