Charlie James Carpenter

12.30.2011
6:13pm
9lbs
20 inches long
Short and Chubby- Perfect in every way!

When Grandpa Babysits

 Things get technical

52 Finishes: Week 31- Ellorie's Dress

My friend Brittany is an Artist.  A couple months ago I asked her if she would trade me a dress for a painting of Max.  She agreed, and made THIS awesome painting of Max.  I had the idea of what I wanted to make for a while now, but actually made the dress last week.  Here it is!  Modeling it is my niece Alexis.  The dress is for Brittany's almost 8 year old who is getting baptized in January. 

It's made out of Cotton Sateen mostly, but has a lace overlay on the skirt.  There is also a Satin Sash and ribbon.

 I think it turned our really cute, there were a couple areas I had to troubleshoot.  Like the ruffles- they were er.... fun to work with.  Overall, I am in LOVE, it was a pretty great project.  Its fun to make something from scratch and have it work out.

To see my other finishes, click HERE

34 Weeks 3 Days

I go through about 3 bags of pebbled ice a week, sometimes more...

I take a bath almost every night between 11pm-1am cause I get the Jimmy Legs

My shirts keep getting shorter

I like to sit on the floor

My toes need to be painted...

December hasn't even started and I feel like the month is almost over, time is flying by

I'm excited for this baby, I wonder what he looks like...

My belly button is popping out

Double the Pregnancy... Take 3

This is my 3rd Pregnancy, and I'm lucky enough to have sisters who are pregnant the same time I am.  My sister-in-law  Karissa is due February 15th, so she's about 6 weeks behind me.  Let's just say that's why I'm so much bigger than her :)

 Karissa is 28 weeks and I'm 34 weeks

 This little photo shoot was sorta a last minute 11:30pm at night thing, hence the lack of cuteness on my part.  I don't think I have any makeup on.  And who knows what my hair is doing... oh well, its for posterity's sake. Plus Karissa looks beautiful and so she makes up for my shortcomings haha!

Remember when I was pregnant with Max, and took pictures like this with my sister Courtney? Ya me too, I had great hair that day :)

52 Finishes: Week 30- Monsters!

I have a craft fair coming up and I wanted to restock my Etsy Shop, so I made a few (7) Sweater Monsters.

 Its so hard to choose a favorite, they seem to get personalities of their own.

 I love the pocket in the front, perfect for a tired baby monster.

Sometimes the babies look just like their momma, or daddy...

 And sometimes they have a color pattern all their own.

 One thing's for sure...

 They are totally lovable!

To see my other finishes, click HERE

52 Finishes: Week 29 Baby Wood's Blessing

A couple weeks ago my sister Shavonne's baby was blessed.  I made his little outfit back in July, but wanted a picture of him in it before I posted it as a finish. 

I love this suit pattern, these little blessing outfits are probably one of my most favorite thing I make. 

 The embellishments include sheer ribbon, and pockets.  So simple, but they make a huge impact on dressing up a pair of pants

 Isn't he just perfect!? Serious, I loved seeing him on his special day

To see my other finishes, click HERE

Oversized Black Glasses

They just make pictures better

Once Upon a Time...

There was a girl named Little Red Riding hood...

Who was bringing a basket of goodies to her Grandmother.

 ("Grandmother what a large tummy you have!")

(30 weeks. pregnant...)

On her way there she saw a BIG BAD WOLF!

 

She quickly got away from him and soon was at Grandmother's house. But the wolf got there first!

The wolf pretended to be Grandmother, and right before he was about to eat Little Red Riding hood...

The woodsman came and saved the day.

Everyone lived happily ever after...

 As soon as I put my costume on, Jayne would only call me Grandmother. "Grandmother, don't I look beautiful?" "Grandmother, the wolf is playing with your phone!"  We had a fun night getting candy, and explaining who we were :)

52 Finishes: Week 28- Red Riding Hood Coat

Jayne is going to be Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween, and I didn't just want to make her a cape.  I wanted something she could wear after Halloween too.  So I used a coat pattern from Ottobre Magazine (the 1/2010 issue).  I used red corduroy for the outside, and brown fleece for the inside.

 The pattern had a collar and not a hood, so I had to make up the pattern for the hood piece.

 It has a little pleat be the shoulders, so it sort of covers her a bit more

 I think she can wear it until at least December, and then again in the spring.  She loves it and wanted to sleep in it.  Its so nice that she loves it when I sew for her!

To see my other finishes, click HERE

WIP: Chevron Baby Blanket

I'm such a slow knitter that I decided I better give myself a few months to make our little monster a baby blanket.  I saw THIS pattern on the purl bee blog and thought it would be easy enough.  There are increases and decreases to keep track of, but with some markers, it's not that hard.  I've never knit or crocheted a blanket before, so this is kind of a huge project for me. 

 I like the stripes though, as soon as a get tired of one color- its time to switch!  i only have two more colors to do- gray and black tweed.  I'm excited to get it finished.  I think I would get it done this week, if Halloween goodness didn't need to get done first.  Maybe I'll have time this weekend?  Until then, I just walk by and feel it.  It's so lofty and soft.  It will be nice to wrap around the new baby during the upcoming frigid Idaho winter. 

Sleeping Postitions of a 4 year old

Sometimes it's just hard getting comfortable.

Simple Pleasures

Like hanging out on your bunk bed

 watching dad vacuum

 and getting blown by the wind.

52 Finishes: Week 27- Mix N Match People Blocks

Back in April or something, I made these people blocks, I just couldn't share them then because they were for a contest.  I just stumbled across my pictures of them and thought I would share then now. They are a set of four blocks, consisting of heads, torsos, legs and feet.    You can mix and match them to create funny people.   They are sort of like paper dolls, but you just rotate the block. 

We have a pirate and a teacher

 A rocker and a nurse

And a lawyer and hula girl

So we get a lawyer rocker nurse pirate person... or a pirate nurse hula rocker.  There are so many different possibilities, they are fun to play around with.

To make them, I drew the people. Then I painted them with water colors, scanned the pictures onto the computer.  Scaled them to the size I wanted, printed them off, cut them up and mod podged them onto the blocks.  Seems like a ton of work, but it was pretty fun and easy.  I never won the contest I submitted them to, and I really don't understand why not :)  To see my other finishes, click HERE