Early Presents

There is always such a let down after visitor’s leave. You have to get back into your “normal” routine, which seams so boring after you’ve had people here visiting, keeping you entertained for awhile. So, my blogging has been suffering because, well, life seems boring and like there isn’t really anything too exciting to post about. Don’t worry all 2 of you avid readers who are checking my blog everyday hoping for a new post, I’ll get it turned around again!

While Royal’s family was here though, they decided to do Jayden’s, Royal’s, and my birthday all at the same time. So even though my birthday was 2 months away I got presents! (see why life seemed so much more exciting???) I got these 5 great hanging baskets to make my backyard more colorful.




And Royal’s mom bought me a sewing machine! I’m super excited and wish I had a pocket full of money to buy material and at least 10 more free hours in the day so I can figure out how to use the darn thing! It took me a good 30 minutes to figure out how to wind a bobbin and then how to thread the needle. :) Royal’s mom did bring me some material from her stash and a pattern for something to make, so that’s the first thing I did. She swore it was something for a beginner, but I was so confused half the time I must be like a beginner-beginner or something. In the end though, I got it figured out (hopefully) and this is what I ended up with, who knows if it will actually hold something, it might be for display only. And not even that nice of a display, don’t look too closely, none of the seams on the blocks really match up. :)



And then last night, I got a crazy idea and was just itching to sew something, so after doing a bunch of research on the internet, I made Willow a skirt! I don’t think it turned out half bad and it only took me like an hour. ha ha ha :)