Monkeys and Outrageous Green paint – the reality October 5, 2009
The babies/kids room painting is almost completed. I was shocked at how quickly I got it done. I thought it would take me all day to paint a wall or even half the room but in a short 2 hours I had over half the room painted. Painting is so much easier when you attach a broom handle to the roller and just attack the walls with paint. I had an edger tool also that I didn’t love that did most of the edging, it was much faster than brush painting it all but I still found it frustrating and can’t imagine what the ceiling and baseboards would have looked like if I hadn’t taped/covered them all. In theory with this edger tool I shouldn’t have had to do that but I’m glad I did.
We purchased a color called Outrageous Green which truly lives up to its name. It is very bright and fun. Perfect for a babies/kids room. It’s almost overwhelmingly bright but once we get the curtains and art back up and some furniture it will tone it down just a bit.. WE LOVE IT!
We will still eventually be painting a mural on one of the walls and need all the kids furniture but wanted to get started and have it painted and looking more kid friendly for our dossier pictures. Totally not required but it makes me feel better that we are doing everything we can to put our best foot forward.
After another 4 hours of sitting in front of my embroidery/sewing machine I finished one panel of the curtains for the baby room.
The pictures are not the best but you can get the idea.
Monkeys and green paint September 29, 2009
I purchased a new sewing machine that has amazing embroidery abilities. I also invested in a monkey embroidery CD with 33 different monkeys just waiting for me to embroider them. Above is the sample monkey I embroidered on a cloth diaper a couple weeks ago. It is 5″ x 7″ and took my machine almost two hours to embroider.
The plan is to embroider a bunch of monkeys on some curtains I purchased for our children’s room and paint the walls a coordinating green. I doubt we will be able to get this completed this weekend. But I am sure going to try.
It’s fun to finally be able to prepare. We need to take some pictures of the house and the children’s room for our dossier. The room doesn’t need to be completed, but I would like to show that we have at least started preparing for them.
Summer has arrived July 3, 2009
The Fourth of July is tomorrow. Everyone seems to have plans all day but this year it sounds like ours will be low key. Which is fine as we have been so busy the adoption, work, our new Cyberpoo, and the new Sew Cuddly Blankets by Tucker Creations.
I’m going to be working on making blankets tonight and tomorrow. The Esty site (a place for homemade products to be sold) for Tucker Creations and the new Sew Cuddly Blankets I have been making is almost finished. I just have to post items for sale – I will soon. I put the link in the top post under the inchworm, it can also be found in the blogroll to the right.
Tomorrow night we are going to dinner (or BBQ) with my mom then go see fireworks. It will be great after a day of cutting, ironing, and sewing to get outside and take in the holiday atmosphere.
Now that summer is here I can’t walk out my door without seeing one of those kiddie inflatable pools on at least two of our neighbors yards with their children laughing and playing. It looks like a lot of fun, but I think if Jason and I put a inflatable pool in our yard and started playing in it wouldn’t go over so well. 
La Semana – Latin Culture Camp
I really wanted to volunteer at the Latin Culture Camp that isn’t far from our house this summer but it’s too late. Summer just snuck up on me this year. The last three months of been crazy, with the mortgage boom but, now we are just started to slow down so we can enjoy summer. Yippee! That means more bicycle rides. Last summer we rode our bikes all over town and found some nice bike paths. We absolutely love it and feel like kids again. Just grab the bikes and a couple bucks to buy a beverage and we are gone for the afternoon! Hopefully we will get a ride or two in on Sunday!
Happy Fourth of July Everyone!!!
Threads of Hope has accepted us! November 12, 2008
Just a quick note as I am having a crazy day.
I received an email this morning for Alex at Threads of Hope and they have agreed to send us their bracelets for us to sell at our craft fairs! I love that this helps families in the Philippians and it will help us with adoption expenses.
We send 60% of proceeds back to Threads of Hope as we sell the bracelets. I am excited to be a part of this effort to help families in the Philippians.
We are hoping to have the bracelets in time for our 11/22 craft fair in Prior Lake. I don’t think we will have them for the one this weekend.
Here is their website that shows photos of the bracelets.
Our Journey to adopt an infant, twins/siblings from Colombia November 5, 2008
Sew Cuddly Blankets & Accessories
By Tucker Creations
Find fun Cuddly Blankets, burp clothes, and diaper change bags all made by me at the link below.
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**Craft Fair** October 7, 2008
I signed up for three craft fairs in November. The first one is November 1st!
My house looks like a tornado hit it with a craft store. Glitter, paint, beads, and fabric everywhere! It’s a wonderful mess.
So far my booth will have the following:
Christmas bulbs – decorated in various ways. {Jason made an amazing mosaic bulb but it took him about 20 hours. It’s beautiful but we haven’t found a way to mass produce these yet. And to sell the one he made for even $20 hardly seems worth his time and effort.}
Bracelets, necklaces, and possibly earrings.
Fun baby onesies with images/sayings
Bath salts – several types and sizes (will be great stocking stuffers to main gifts!) I even made a Coffee one. That was the hardest, but it smells great!
I don’t expect to become rich crafting, although I wish I could. I am hoping to earn some money to help pay for some of our adoption expenses. Every night and weekend for the last three weeks I have been crafting. Some projects that I thought would work didn’t and other things I tried did work.
I am still working on a couple more idea that include but are not limited to:
Pet beds (dogs or cats under 25lbs)
Doggie Bandana’s – I got making them down but making several sizes that will work for people I haven’t figured out yet. I can make them for large dogs (since I have one I know how it works). I have to size Milo my mom’s Lhasa Alpso for an alternate size. (still working this all out)
I’m just really hoping that it’s not a complete bust. The first one is in Eden Prairie and sounds like a large show. I’ve never sold my crafts before, I sold jewelry to random people and coworkers by word of mouth about 10+ years ago… But much has changed since then.
I initially wanted fall crafts too, but just didn’t find the right projects for them. So we might be just a Xmas decoration and gift booth. Which would be fine if I end up doing more shows in DECEMBER.
A True Honda Family August 7, 2008
We finally traded in my 9 year old Nissan Citrus that I hated and got a new reliable car.
Introducing our newest addition my 2008 Honda Civic LX in Black. I love it! I’m finally in a car I love and my 2 hour drive just doesn’t feel that bad anymore. AND!!! I get better gas mileage! Even my almost freakishly tall hubby can sit comfortably in the backseat, so we know whatever children we have will enjoy it too. (I couldn’t get photo’s to post so here is a link)
http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-sedan/exterior-photos.aspx
We bought my car three weeks ago today. I’m still really mad at Walser Honda and will be mailing off a letter soon about our experience but in the end… I LOVE MY CAR! I also love that I don’t have to worry about it breaking down (like my old car) and the payments are very reasonable… Just a win win situation.
Jason’s car is a 2000 accord but still in perfect condition and will probably run another 100K miles.
We are now a true happy Honda family… Bring on the cheese factor.. but it’s true..
Remodeling??? Making a 3rd bedroom… July 30, 2008
Jason has really taken charge of managing our mini construction remodeling project. There are huge benefits to having a spouse that’s a project manager. This means I don’t need to stress about it because Jason’s an expert. Woo Hoo.
Our plan is closing off our upstairs livingroom/loft area by building a couple small walls, add a door and a closet. It should be realitively inexpensive and increase the value of our home. I will hate to lose our upstairs living room but honestly, we hardly ever use it so making it a 3rd bedroom for a potential child is a much better use of space.
