A few of my favorite things...

I am in love with these paper dolls! She'll custom make you a darling little boy or girl to look like YOUR darling little boy or girl. She also has lots of different outfit lines to choose from. I have been cutting and laminating for weeks now so both my girls can get a set for Christmas. It's been so much fun! You can click on any of these pictures to take you to the creators blog.

This site is full of the cutest little gnomes I've ever seen. I have a thing for gnomes but I try to keep my collection small because my husband thinks it's kind of weird. I have also purchased her latest book. It's full of wonderful little embroidery patterns for gnomes, animals, cupcakes and more.

This is my favorite quilt right now, and I get to stare at it every time I go to work! It was created by the owner of Pine Needles. I can't wait to get started on making my own.

I couldn't list my favorite things without mentioning these 3 little people! We took a trip to Temple Square the other night. It was sooooooooooooo cold! Still without a camera (hint hint Santa) so these pictures are pretty dark.

And lastly, a picture for my favorite time of year... CHRISTMAS!

So I changed the look of my blog, again. I think this one will stick though, it feels more my style. And it feels more relaxed, which I am happy to say, my life has become a lot more relaxed since my kids went off to school. I am surprised at just how peaceful and relaxed my days have become now that The Boy and P are at school most of the day. I knew I was looking forward to this day, but I forgot just how easy only have one child is. Our mornings are still hectic and come 3:30 our home becomes very loud and energetic, but for those hours in between when it is just me and little C, it's bliss! I do love our loud and crazy family though. I love that my children's friends feel welcome here and that we usually have a full house. And I absolutely adore my children and all that they are. But let me tell you what, it's a lot easier to say all this now that they are gone for a good chunk of the day! If you would have asked me 2 weeks ago how I felt about our home life, I don't know that I could have been so optimistic.


Since things have slowed down quite a bit I have made it a point to be extra patient when I do need to step it up and become super mom. I have that time durning the day to get some things done around the house and recharge my batteries, as well as spend quality time with my baby. I have also been working on a bunch of new projects and I hope to put up tutorials soon. Here is an idea that I am super excited to get started on...

http://www.thetraintocrazy.com/tutorial-hooded-beach-towel-backpack.html

You can follow the link above to this really fun blog and this incredibly cute idea! Me and C are off to Target to look for some bright beach towels and probably grab an ice cream cone. Maybe we'll stop by the big kids school for lunch and drop off a special treat for them too. Whew, I feel like I am on top of this mommy thing again!

My Girls Room

I had a limited budget to work with and I am not some fantastic designer, but I think I created a very girly little place for my girls to call their own. Here are some pictures of my favorite things in the room...

The dress up corner with the 4$ mirror from Target is C's favorite spot.

Loved this color blue spray paint I found and went a little crazy with it. (can of spray paint- 3$, frames- basement find FREE, cute scrapbook paper- 3$)
The little owls are a pattern I made that perhaps someday I will get around to

posting on this blog.

My wonderfully talented mom painted this picture for P.

(hoping to get one for C soon *hint hint*)

The Cutest Quilt Ever (if I do say so myself). It hangs crooked but I love it anyway. It's a pattern by Pine Mountain Designs called Little Things.

My favorite block of the Cutest Quilt Ever Quilt.

Another cute block (don't look at my quilting, I was still practicing!)

The curtain I made from a 6$ flat sheet from Target and a couple yards of rick rack.

And my most favorite thing about the room, THE GIRLS! Here is P and her BFF

on the new bunk bed.

My weekend project...

I've been searching for some giant polka dot fabric for awhile, but I couldn't ever find a print where the dots were big enough. I wanted BIG dots! I was so excited when I found these polka dots at one of my favorite shops, The Material Girls Quilts in South Jordan Utah. The dots are pretty big, I could have probably gone a little bigger, but maybe that would have been over the top. They had all sorts of colors, but I settled on the black with white dots and bought 2 yards.

I've made plenty of skirts for my two girls, but never one for me. I'm afraid of zippers and the size of my hips. But I wanted a big polka dot skirt so bad that I decided I could wait no longer. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. It has an elastic waist band (no scary zipper), which wasn't my first choice, but it was also the easiest choice.

I think it turned out pretty cute. I call it my "I don't have anything to wear to church tomorrow!" skirt, because it only took me about an hour and a half to make Saturday night. I thought about taking pictures and writting up a tutorial, but gave up half way through. There are already tons of free skirt patterns on the web anyway. My favorite thing is it only cost me about 20$ to make (2 yards of fabric and elastic). It would have cost less if I could have settled for sale fabric (I hate spending 10$ a yard on fabric!!!) but when I find what I am looking for I gotta grab it up. I have a quarter of a yard left over, what do you think... matching bag or matching skirt for my little "C"?

My first blog, my first post!

I've started a BLOG! I read plenty of them so I thought it's about time to start my own. I hope to make this a place to share my creativity with family and friends (both real and virtual), and I'm sure my kids will make the occasional appearance too.

Just a little about myself... I am a mom of 3 beautiful children whom I will refer to from here on out as I, C, and P (to bad there is not a U, that would be funny. I'll have to remember that if I ever have a 4th kid... not likely) "I" is my 8 year old boy, "P" is my 6 year old girl and "C" is my 3 year old girl. I have been married 10 years this month to a wonderful husband. I am so grateful for all the love I have in my life!

Next to my family my second love is creating, mostly with fabric. Quilts are my favorite but I also make a bag or skirt every now and again. I have to carve out a little fabric time every day or I can get pretty cranky. I sell some of my creations on my etsy site mycottoncreations.etsy.com, mostly just for the fun of it.

Well, I guess that is about it. I am sure more about me and my wild and crazy (and with 3 kids, pretty loud) life will unfold in this blog over time so... stay tuned!