Monday, January 17, 2011

BIG GIRL BED


The weekend before last Violet's BIG girl bed arrived and I also finished working on all the bedding and decor. I bought the pink comforter and pillow shams in a Full, in order to get the two pillow shams, and then cut the comforter down to a Twin size. The left over material from that I used to make the two small longer pillows on the end of the bed. Last spring I purchased 4 yards of the bird material and used every bit of it.

Made the wall hangings out of different size embroidery hoops and used the fabric.

Fuzzy pom-poms!!

Bought these bird cages at Hobby Lobby last summer and painted them to match the room. I still haven't decided if I want to hang them or not.
I'd still like to make a green shaped bird pillow for the bed or chair and a stuffed bird on a stand.

I found this plastic cuckoo clock last summer but decided it looked tooo small hanging on the wall by itself so I bought a plaque to hang it on. I spray painted it pink then used that Martha Stewart glitter I like so much and glued it all over it. It looks much better now.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

I HAVE CAZY HAIR!


The result of rubbing her head all over the bean bag. She'd roll her head all over the bean bag and then run to the bathroom mirror to see what it looked like. She did this for about 10 minutes.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I MIGHT HAVE GONE OVERBOARD


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Violet's 3rd birthday is coming up on March 1st. She's getting an 18" doll for her birthday. This is a Madame Alexander doll not Am. Girl. I can't justify spending $95 for a 3yr old, even if she is really gentle with her toys. Maybe someday. So to save money I decided to make a wardrobe of clothing instead of buying any. I started just before Thanksgiving. I have tons of scraps just collecting dust and this was a great way to use a lot of them up. Yes, I might have made a few to many but it was fun.
Violet is also getting a bed that I need to finish the bed skirt on and a doll box that we have yet to start working on.


The blue dress, the last dress shown, is Violet's birthday dress. I am currently working on that right now.

Monday, January 10, 2011

SNOW DAY


Violet loved the snow this year. No crying and screaming like last year. She mostly enjoyed the eating of the snow.

Don't eat yellow snow.



Everyone came out to play.

Super red cheeks. I'll have to put Aquaphor on that tonight. Violet gets chapped lips and cheeks easily.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

EVENING GRUMPIES


Most evenings Violet is pretty grumpy on the way home from school.

Friday, January 7, 2011

SANTA @ SCHOOL


This photo came home from school this week. Violet does not look happy.

FLASHBACK FRIDAYS


Aunt Karen to Violet

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

ARCADE


Wednesday afternoon we decided to go to Incredible Pizza and Arcade. The pizza is not so incredible, but Violet and Jackson had fun playing some of the games. Actually I think Chris had the most fun.


Playing skee ball for the first time. She'd want to throw over hand.


They had the most fun playing mini bowling. Aunt Karen was trying to show Violet how.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

LOOKIN' GOOD


Hanging out all day in our matching jammies. Chris has the same jammies only in brown.

Ivy and Willow got baths, a brushing and haircuts yesterday. Those are Violets bows.

OPENING GIFTS


BUNNY CAR!!
It took Violet 1 1/2hrs to open her gifts and it wasn't because there were a ton, she wanted to play with each toy.




Ivy and Willow got some treats from Santa too.


Yeah! I can take pics of artwork and Violet now without complaining about my lighting situation.