I am Back

How relaxing it was to spend a whole week away from work ..crafts..blogging and completely wrapped up in my boys !
My holiday looked something like this


It felt like Love


It sparkled like temple square

It included Family


It involved Excitement


It was cute as a button




Aww Christmas won't you come back again soon
♥Sarah

Treasure Hunting

This evening we spent the night with our good friends at Gardner Village

We were on a mission that lead us to the Christmas shop for these little beauties

1ST

This is Squirmy's Baby ornament and I must describe to you the details that I feel this picture leaves out ... This is a marshmallow man standing on a chocolate and a graham cracker holding a baby marshmallow in a stocking that says first Christmas ... I just can't stop laughing at this "Smore" Ornament

2nd

This is a Pickle .. What you do with this pickle is hide him in the tree and then the first person to find him on Christmas morning gets an extra gift from Santa... The hubby hid it so well before I got the chance to take a picture of it that it took me a several minutes to find it and I knew what I was looking for ... We are going to have a lot of fun with this tradition

Do you have any cool Christmas tradition games?

♥Sarah

Sugar Plums Danced in their Heads

I've been up to goodies

The Roll Call for these yummy treat boxes that went to ten of our friends/family and works are

1. Buckeye Brownies 
2. Kris Krinkle Wreaths 
3. Candy Cane Pretzels 
4. Ginger Snap Truffles 

You can find all the recipes for these at Beter Homes and Gardens

Happy  Baking

♥ Sarah

You little Sneaker

what is this you may ask.. 

This fellow bloggers is my son unwrapping the christmas gifts and getting caught

He can't crawl he can't walk but he knows how and where the good stuff is 

YOU GOT TO LOVE MOMENTS LIKE THIS

♥Sarah

Weekend Crafts

What a great weekend for crafts .. A snow storm that makes you want to stay inside definitely encourages my craftiness.. Things I worked on .....

1. Finished the 30 hand made Christmas Cards Featured in last weeks Weekend Crafts
2. I am Half way done with baby tatum's blanket and found the perfect hat pattern
3. Bought all the treat box goodies I will be making fresh on WED
   
4. Finally Went DI scavenger hunting and found these little beauties for $12 bucks

and if you where wondering yes that is fake snow :)
♥sarah

Christmas Party Preperation

Last week was the hubby's work christmas party it was a lot of fun!

This week is my work christmas party this time Squirmy gets to come with! 

It is a potluck/white elepant party so what are we bringing

-Spegehtti [which the hubby will make tomorrow on his day off *got to love him*]

-Pumpkin Roll 

-Homade egg nog

 You can find the recipe here

I added a cute little label and some ribbion to add to the festive feel 

This pumpkin roll is my Grandmother's recipe 

you can find a simular one here

I have to ideas for white elephants that I think are really funny

1. A fruit cake [which we will be using for this party]

2. buying one of those chocolate boxes and then eating all the good ones out before you gift it 

Happy Holidays 

♥Sarah

12 Days of Christmas

There is a blog I ran into a couple of weeks ago called Design mom
She is an amazing writer and always has fun ideas and great "mom" finds...
And today is your lucky day not only am I presenting to you a blog that you too will soon become addicted to but she is also doing a 12 days of Christmas give away which equals goodies for you!
GO CHECK IT OUT GO!

♥Sarah

Weekend Crafts

This weekend I made our christmas cards

I found some blank cards that had a spot for a picture

Purchased some red ribbion & bows

Found a Festive graphic for the inside and used a lot of hot glue and photo paper

[these are the three variations..the cards were $1 for an 8 pack@ target][I then printed our family photos out on photo paper and glued them to the cards fronts]

[then i printed this graphic on all the insides]

[Then I made all these bands by cutting 10" of ribbon and hot glueing it together with a bow then you simply slide it over the card]

And your done cute personal christmas cards

here is a sneak peak at some of my other projects at the moment

♥Sarah

Deck the Halls?

That is Exactly what we did this weekend although technically we don't have a hall... See for your self

Happy Holidays

♥Sarah

Grins and Giggles

For your enjoyment 

♥ Sarah

7 months

Dear Squirmy today you turned 7 months.. HOLY SMOKES KIDDO..Just the other day I was saying how I couldn't believe a 7 month old was my best friend.. but you know what your truly are and I would take our baby talk conversations of baoogoabdoo over any adult conversation because lets face it your gummy little smile gives more satisfaction to me then any intellectual conversation ever could.. and watching you grow and thrive fills my heart to the very top. Oh my how you have grown in the last month!!!

-You play rock band (your an awesome DRUMMER)
-You learned how to stand up in your crib
-You can finally reach the birdy on your jumper [and are now eating him for his numerous accounts of not playing with you]
-You have moved onto the next stage of diapers "cruisers" size 3
-You said MAMA YAY!!
-You watched your first Ohio VS Michigan game [Ohio was victorious]
-You learned how to drink out of a cup [its your new obsession]
-You have been to a new state [New Mexico]
-You have eaten turkey baby food [YUCK]
-You celebrated your first thanksgiving with your Mayberry family
-You saw santa
-you rode the carousel
-You wear 6-9 month clothing
-You weigh 16lbs 13 oz
-You are 27.5 inches long

and we love every bit of you!
Love MOM

Sleep Sack

If your a new mommy or you've been at the game for a while we all know there is one concern that is constently on the back of or minds SIDS

Halo has come up with a great solution SLEEP SACKS

they retail for around $30 and look like this

Squirmy grows all to quick and I don't really want to spend 30 bucks every 2-3 months so I made my own it was really cheap and super easy

the supplies you will need are

-needle and thread and less your are a lucky one and have a sewing machine

-a zipper I got mine out of the sale bucked for .49 cents and it is 14" [my son is 7 months old and about 28" long]

-fleece fabric [I purchased 3 yards for 3 bucks :)]

STEPS

-measure your little one on the fabric by puting a dot with a marker at his shoulder and then a dot about 5-6 inches below his feet

-draw our a pattern using these to dots as guidelines [i did this all free form]

-then cut out your first peace
-trace your first peace to make the second [make sure the top scoops more for the front]
-Sew the two together
-turn inside out & cut a slit down the front in the length of you zipper

-Sew zipper on
AND THATS IT YOUR DONE

it took me about and hour total to make this by
hand
and I even added this cute little label in that says for my little one by mom

♥ Sarah

Weekend Craft

I know its not Monday but .... here we go

This is a very wintery "Snowflake" baby set
[every thing kinda blends together]

This is the same pattern as my other baby hats except this time I add the little ties for my winter theme your can accomplish this by...

*ch 50, sc in second ch from hook, sc 48, tie a not in the end end cut the strings to make them look frayed* do this twice one for each side

sew them to the inside of the hat :)

These are the booties they are the same pattern as the ones I have done before but I ran into a problem with the yarn I was using it was to think and I had to start over several times

This isn't the greatest picture but I just loved these mittens they reminded me of the ones in the book were all the animal try to fit in the mitten


























This is my pride and JOY I had thoughts of keeping if for my baby boy for two reasons 1)Squirmy loves it he was contently stealing it while it waited to go to its new home 2) I worked so hard on it so far it is the hardest thing I have done and it turned out so pretty Megan is very lucky that I love her so much or it would still be at our house
Now for the pattern .. I tried following one which I wrote about earlier but ended up developing my own which I find to be really easy and really pretty
Rnd 1= Ch5, Loop, Ch 3, 2 dc in lp, ch2, 3 dc in loop, ch2, 3dc in lp, ch2, 3dc, 1sc in the first ch of the ch3
Rnd 2 =*(ch3, l dc in each stich out to four (this will include one dc in the first ch on the ch2 corners,))* Repeat 3 times
**Repeat rnd 2 till squre is desired length **
Sew squares together add a dc border

HAPPY Crocheting
♥Sarah