My Little Soccer Princess!

Look at my girl go! This is her first time to play soccer and she LOVES it! I was so proud watching her hustle...oh, and let me add, that she giggled and squealed EVERY time she had the ball or was close to the ball. It was so funny!

Bow Party at Belly Buttons Boutique

I'm so excited about my upcoming bow party at an adorable local boutique. I will have a table set up in the corner of the store and will make custom made-to-match bows for people as they shop in the boutique. It should be fun and I'm hoping it will be good for my Etsy store, as well. The picture here is the flyer that Belly Buttons had done for the one day event (the MAIN event is the one day photography special--I just got lucky enough to be asked to be a part of it). I think it turned out super cute. If you want to read it more clearly, click on the photo, and you should be able to see a larger version.

"Sparkle in My Heart" Onesie/Bloomers Set

I've decided that I need to change my seems-to-be-latest-phrasing from "my new favorite project" to "my favorite project today", because, I've just realized, that my favorite project seems to be the one I'm working on at the moment.

That being said, This set IS my favorite new project. Isn't it so sweet with the chenille heart, crystal centered bows, and pastel edged organza ruffles on the booty! I truly did make this set for the sparkle in my heart, my Molly Claire.

Because it was so much fun, though, I did put it in my Etsy store, as well. I guess we'll see of others love it as much as I do!

Glass Pendants

These glass pendants are one of my new favorite projects and here's why:

• Anyone can wear them! Depending on the background and chain/ribbon, they can look fun or elegant for grown-ups and can also look super cute for little girls


• Possibilities are ENDLESS. Have a favorite flower, painting, sports team, or photo? If I have digital access to it, it can be made into a pendant.


• Farkles! (Sparkles will forever be farkles to me thanks my Princess Grace) Glitter and crystals are great way to sass them up and make them farkle in the light. :)
  

I'm still looking for the perfect black and white photo of my girls to make a photo version...someting sweet and vintage-y, I'm thinking. When I find it, I'll make it...and post it. Oh, and they're in my Etsy store, as well.

From the Mouths of Babes

Every Sunday Grace looks forward to "Children's Time" at church. We can usually count on her to be good while listening to the lesson and usually even to participate in the discussion...as she did today. Today's lesson was about "praying without ceasing" and that led to a discussion of all the different times and ways to pray and how every way is good. During the "time to pray" portion Ms. Cathy asked the children to share times they think are good times to pray. Ms. Cathy looked at Grace (who was sitting right next to her) when she asked this question. Without hesitation, Grace answered, "at bedtime" and then she paused and said a little louder "and sometimes when my daddy is driving!". Needless to say, there was a roar of laughter (which, of course, made Grace quite proud) and I got the kind of teary giggles that are hard to control once they start.

Now, in my husbands defense, I do think this came from a place that, of course, the rest of the congregation does not know. I THINK (I need to ask her!) that she was LIKELY thinking of the tense time recently during the ice storm when we prayed in the car after fleeing the house while trees and power lines were LITERALLY falling all around us. That little nugget of information, though, Grace chose to keep to herself this morning. :)