Birthday Girl!

Today, Miss A turns 6!

The 3rd of July we had a party with friends and family. We started the day off by going to a parade. Then party time with. . .

a hello kitty pinata,

cake balls,
hello kitty cake - using this homemade marshmallow fondant

and ended the day with fireworks. A great day!

Happy Birthday Miss A!

Mother's Day Present

I saw this pillow on One Pretty Thing and decided to make one for my mom for Mother's Day. I didn't follow her pattern word for word, just read through it and winged it. This is what it turned out to be. . .


Then I saw this wonky cross tutorial on Sew Mama Sew and decided to try it out for the back of the pillow.
I really liked how it turned out and can't wait to make one for myself!

Ready to be quilted. . .

After starting this wonky log cabin several months ago. . . I can now say that I have the front put together. . .

And the back and it is ready to be pinned together. It may just have to wait a few more months to be quilted.

And now there is three. . .

The newest little man arrived on February 26.

A few recipes from blogland. . .

I love to cook and try new recipes and we rarely eat the same thing twice around here. So I thought I would try a few from the blogs I frequent.

A Year of Slow Cooking had a few I tried out Orange Chicken, which was good but I think I will cut back on the orange juice next time. She also has a recipe forSalsa Chicken and Black Bean Soup, we all enjoyed this. I just wasn't sure why she put mushrooms in, I put them in but probably won't next time. Sweet Mustard Roast, I made this with a beef roast. The flavor was alright but I just don't care for roast, hubby enjoyed it. Sweet and Sour Tofu, I did not make this in the crockpot,I didn't really see the need to. We all enjoyed this too.


I also made Skillet Lasagna from Sister's Stuff. It was yummy and the kids loved it. The same night I decided to try and make bread, remember I am not much of a baker. Gourmet Mom-on-the-Go had a No Fail Quick French Bread. I don't know if I would call it french bread but it was yummy home made bread.


I have a list of other recipes I would like to try out before baby arrives and I don't have as much time.

Baby's Quilt. . . Done

After seeing this tutorial for a rag quilt on Creations by Kara we decided to try it out for the baby's car seat quilt. I had just enough of this snowflake flannel and a solid light blue flannel to make it big enough to snuggle in the car seat.

I think the snowflake fabric is neutral enough and then if we have a girl we will whip up a more girly version.

Stained Glass Snowflakes

These snowflakes look great in our window when the sun is out!

I cut a snowflake out of black construction paper laid it on contact paper and had the kids rip tissue paper and stick it on.

This is the back. . .

and the beautiful fronts!