where has this year gone?

Jayne's birthday is tomorrow.... see how our little girl has grown....1 day old
1 month
2 months
3 months
4 months
5 months

6 months
7 months
8 months
9 months
10 months

11 months
Happy Birthday jayne!!! we love you!

and as a bonus.... a Little video
Jayne is very adventurous and coming up with lots of ways to get around whatever blocks we put in her way. if she wants something, she'll figure out a way to get it.

another catch up...

jamie and mel came up, and we had tons of fun, including a nice game of bowling game. we had a bbq and basically played together. i learned how to play acquire... it's pretty fun, i made some big mistakes because i didn't fully understand how to play the game, but oh well. i gotta go, i'm just really busy:)

How to cut and sew your own bias tape...SHAINA

have you ever paid for store made bias tape? you paid too much, because it is sew (ha ha) easy to make your own, here is how...


To Cut... (refer to video)
1. line up your two selvage edges... (like a hot dog)
2. cut a straight crosswise grain (the same place the store clerk cut, but use a ruler and a rotary cutter)
3. take the folded edge and bring it up to match your selvage edges... you have made a triangle
4. cut 3/4 inch strip ( because this piece was folded, it will be 1 1/2 inches wide)
5. each strip after this piece cut 1 1/2 inches wide
To Sew...
follow the videos...

Caution: no boys allowed

On Saturday the 17th of May… (after working hard all day)
You deserve a GIRLS NIGHT OUT, if you want to come lets hear you shout.
Can you bring a sweet food dish? (Like dessert or snacks, whatever you wish).
Then we’ll have still more fun, we’ll drive to the theater in the setting sun.
We’ll watch Prince Caspian save the day, oops! Did I give the movie away?
Back to my house, come on over dames… we’ll end the night playing games.

an update...

Hello readers, i know it's been a little while but i've been really busy. school is going awesome, i am loving my classes so far...
I'm in the middle of making a plaid shirt, which involves TIME (not to sew, but to cut out the pattern, matching the plaids is everything, and it takes checking and double checking to make a perfect shirt, so i hope it turns out... it's working out so far. i think i'll give it to my daddy-in law for fathers day)
then in my food science class i just took my food handling test, and for today's lab we did panel food tasting tests, and played with textures and colors, and all things that make food good. it was fun, i think my teacher isn't quite sure what to think of me, we were suppose to describe how we thought something was going to taste an feel like in out mouth by the way it looked and smelt. (i described a red drink as "thick, slimy and probably going to have an earthy taste".. it was canned peach syrup with red food coloring in it... so funny)
and i have a sweet design for nancy's dress, it's gonna be so great when i'm done with that, i bought some fabric and i should start cutting it out on friday.
bowling is so great, it's nice to have fun and learn some sweet skills, i think i might want to join a real bowling league, or make one of my own... we'll see
finally, i found a really cute little dress pattern, and i changed it up a little. i'm in love with it, so my non school project are baby sun dresses.... here is the fabric my friend brittany
(brittanylaneallen.blogspot.com) and i found at the store, i swear, they are going to be so stinking cute, so i'm busy, but its all worth it:)
ps- yes i forgot to mention my fam, i do still have them, darick had a little man night tonight which was "awesome!" we also are planting a garden next week, so this saturday we need to finish getting the ground ready. finally jayners is starting to stand up on her own, she's pretty much the best ever!

funny

jayne has started making the funniest faces, we caught her on video... enjoy!

New dress

i started this little dress for jayners the saturday before school started, so a little over a week ago, and then i was too busy to finish it, i decided i better before the new semester really takes off. so here is jaynes new summer dress, total i think it cost me about 3 dollars to make, the fabric was on sale, and i have a ton left. on the pattern, there was also this cute shirt and pant combo, i'll probably make those too, on my next little break.