As yet unnamed!

Nothing creative to share at the moment...

so I'll share a photo of N making a funny face earlier today. She's been making this puckered up face the last few days, usually when she's bored or whatever. I keep telling her the sooner she walks the sooner we can go run in the park rather than her having to sit in her stroller all the time. She has tried to pull herself up on the couch a few times so maybe she'll stand up soon?

I've totally stalled creatively at the moment. I have lots of photos to scrap but my room is a chaotic mess and it's not getting any better so I have no space (or desire) to scrap. I thought to work on a quilt but then got distracted by stitching but that is really slow going so it's hard to show progress updates. I think I just need a little creative break and I'll get back to it all.

The new face

In the past few days I've noticed Noemie scrunch her nose/mouth up like this whenever she's not amused about something. It's not quite a pout but it's more like she's just expressing disdain or something.

We had a play date earlier this week with a friend of mine and her little boy Alexander who is 6 weeks younger than Noemie. They were so cute together (I forgot my camera, duh!). Alexander was a bit scared at first and cried but before long they were holding hands and sharing his toys. Hopefully we'll have another play date and it will be even more fun once they are both more mobile and can run around together. Times like this I wish I had twins so they could play together all the time! Then reality hits and I realize I'd go crazy with two same aged babies and I'm thankful Noemie is a singleton!

All her tricks

Lately, Noemie claps a lot but usually it made no sound. Today after her nap she was sitting on the floor and I saw her clapping and I heard it too! So, I grabbed the camcorder and she put on a full show. Clapping, blowing raspberries and then babbling. Other than trying to climb into various drawers this is pretty much her routine!

Change of pace

I am slowly stitching the Truly Scrumptious block but my focus has shifted a bit toward my dollhouse stitching again. This photo is from the 10th of Feb when we post updates to the stitching list I am on called Petitpointers. It's a yahoo group. I've stitched more on this since the photo was taken (it's the top left part of the screen kit I bought recently, 40ct silk gauze worked with 1 strand of floss) but am already thinking of going back to a rug I started I believe 2 years ago! It feels so good to get back to some form of miniaturing again after so long though my scrapping has totally been cast aside. I've put up a few things to sell on UKS this weekend. Will put more up next weekend... might get rid of half my card stock as no one needs 1000 sheets of bazzill. I sold my Clip it Up this weekend as well so now need to sort through all my alpha sticker and rub on sheets that are now homeless. I'll take a pic of the pile tomorrow. For now, it's off to do some more stitching before bed. I've been so tired lately and napping a lot so maybe I need to go to bed a bit earlier as well!

Truly Scrumptious

I took this photo yesterday of N and forgot to share it! She turned 10 months old yesterday. She's been in this incredibly happy mood (more so than usual if that's even possible) and so much fun to be around. We've had loads of giggles and cuddles, she's my little buddy. Seriously don't know how we got so lucky with such a happy baby! My folks are coming down for lunch tomorrow so we'll go to the pub on our street corner. We've gone the last few weeks and N is so well behaved. She has a crush on one of the young guys who works behind the bar so she gives him extra smiles while we are there. Hopefully he is working tomorrow or else she'll be so disappointed!

Here is my progress on the Truly Scrumptious BOM kit that arrived yesterday. I've cut everything and hand pieced it and just need to do the stitchery. I've traced the design though you can't really see it in this photo. The stitching is my favorite part so I'll enjoy that the next few nights and nap times. It went together so quickly and easily!

Last but not least... I am so spoiled! K had ordered himself the new Mac Airbook which arrived today. I didn't know this but he had also ordered an iTouch for me with a pink case :) He has an iTouch and I had been admiring it last month so he though he'd surprise me. I was totally surprised and will spend some time over the next few days setting it up and making use of it. I'd share a photo but I haven't managed to get a good one tonight so I'll try again in the daylight!

10 months old-- yesterday!

Can you believe??? 10 months old already. We've been having such a great time together. She is just so much fun to be around :)

Sooooo excited!

My first kit for the Truly Scrumptious BOM quilt finally arrived today! It was a bit delayed (they dispatched back in mid January) as I was accidentally missed when the mailing went out. I think the next block should be due soon so I'll have to get to work on this one right away if I want to catch up. In fact, I'll email the shop now to find out what day each month they plan to post the kit so I know when to worry if it hasn't turned up.

Last night I started the first block on The Christmas Story Quilt. It's totally a different style from what I've been doing and has almost all applique so I figured it's good practice! It's also really a sweet design so will be nice for Noemie to cuddle and keep warm with it at a future Christmas. It's broken down into 5 blocks and Julia from the shop I ordered from, Cross-Patch, said she'd send a kit every other month unless I get way ahead of the game and she can send another kit sooner for the next block. We'll see!!! I've now got 5 BOMs and my Dear Jane quilt in progress!

On that note, I better get sewing :)

Oh my gosh!

I knocked this page out in 15 minutes today (no comments on how it's obvious please, lol). I used a recent Sketch This sketch as it made it so much easier than having to come up with a design myself. I used Daisy Bucket papers, AC Thickers, SR chipboard and a Luxe journaling tab. Now that I got the page out of the way, I'm going to go do some more quilting!

Butterfly Garden BOM 1 done!

Finally finished the first block! Lots of applique and some stitching on this block. It was fun to do but I think I prefer stitching to applique. The pattern for the next block should be with me sometime in March so until then I have a few other things to work on. Just trying to decide what to do next.... start another block on my Sweet Peas Quilt? Work on a secret project? Do another block on my Make your Heart Make You Grateful quilt? Start another Xmas block of the month quilt that arrived this past week?

I wish I had more hours in a day as there are so many things I want to do!

DJ BOW K-13 Done!

Yay! Got it done tonight. Super easy one to do but with 25 fiddly little pieces. If I get time tomorrow I might do another block or two. We'll see as I've still got to do the final applique piece on the Butterfly Garden as well. My updated numbers are 11, 0, 200.