{this moment}

{this moment} – A [Sunday] ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. As inspired by Collecting the Moments … One by One and SouleMama

Princess cakes

My cousin needed help decorating cakes for her daughter’s 4th birthday present. We had a lot of fun hanging out. She made the cakes and the icing and cleaned up after me and I colored and iced the cakes. We both added bling.  I liked how that worked out!  I got to eat the cakes and did no cleaning!!  :D

{this moment}

{this moment} – A [Sunday] ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. As inspired by Collecting the Moments … One by One and SouleMama

Chair affair!

I mentioned in a previous post that I wanted to refinish this ugly office chair:

 

So I did!  It looks so much better now!  I am not going to go into the details on how, since I did it and didn’t take any photos, but mostly because there are lots of other sources that tell you how to do this stuff and I’m not much better at explaining it.  So, here’s my pretty chair!!

 

Thank you, Helper Baby!!

Teething necklace

I saw a necklace for moms to wear while their baby was teething on the blog Away We Go via Pinterest.  I emailed one of my aunties with a plethora of supplies and she brought me a baggie of wooden beads and a strip of fabric which I sewed into a tube and knotted beads into.

 

Robin does not like to chew on it and would prefer that I not wear it, since it rubs against his head when he burrows into my neck.  Oh well!

Office organization so close to complete!

I have finally organized my desk. The bookshelf looks great. The office supplies are organized. Baby-proofing has been done.  I have just two things to do (not counting my husband’s desk or my sewing closet) and the office is DONE!!  Woo-hoo!!

The desk finally got fully reorganized because Robin kept trying to get under the table to play with the cables and power strip for my computer. We ended up putting the computer up on the desk. I wish we had another alternative, but this was the only way it would work for us right now. But, it’s over where it’s hard for me to get to anyway, so the majority of the accessible desk top is clear and ready for projects!

        

I ended up changing my desktop filing system from the one I showed months ago because the files wouldn’t sit straight and I couldn’t fit my Project Life cards in it very nicely. I switched to a different basket and made a container out of cardboard for the cards. Using a $.99 napkin holder from Goodwill, I coral my files and I keep it all restrained and portable on a fun tray someone gave me.

Another trick I’ve done that deals with photos is the customizable stamp also seen on the tray. I put my, my husband’s and son’s names on it so when I print my monthly batch of pictures I can just stamp them all with our names. I cross out the name of anyone who’s not in the picture and write in anybody else while I add the date.

And, for a taste of the future, the last two things to do before the office is completely considered done are:

1) Clean off the serger (including mending and doing the 3 new projects that have accumulated)

2) Refinish my chair! ICK!!

{this moment}

{this moment} – A [Sunday] ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. As inspired by Collecting the Moments … One by One and SouleMama

A Comment on Spring Cleaning…

It’s not working for me. Not with my darling boy with me! So, I have resorted to what my friend Maria and I talked about in comments, which was to do one chore all around the house at a time.  So far, it’s been working…

Last week I dusted, swept, and wiped down all the ceilings and walls. This week, I have washed the interior windows and will be cleaning off the porches tomorrow.  It really has been easier for me to wrap my head around doing one thing in each room and, while nothing will ever be CLEAN, it will at least all get cleaned at some point.

Except I need to sweep at least every other day.  This kid of mine is getting covered in cat hair and dust and it’s going up his pant legs. ICK.

 

{this moment}

{this moment} – A [Sunday] ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. As inspired by Collecting the Moments … One by One and SouleMama

Thumbprint Hearts?

Have you seen this on Pinterest?

I wanted that. So I followed the written directions. Three times.

The dough has been mixed per instructions and a variety of shapes laid out for thumb-stamping.

My first batch got burnt.  I left them in the oven for an hour.  :/ I should have listened to my BRAIN and not the directions…

Second batch I baked for only 15 minutes. They poofed up and obliterated the print marks. They also looked grainy and had crackles that I didn’t like.

Last batch is not photographed, but same results.  Then I turned to polymer clay. Here are the single prints.  I wasn’t sure what I’d like better – singles or combined.  Also, if we have another kid, we’d need to make another combined one and I like the idea of having Robin’s 1yr print separate.

Here is our combined heart. My print on the right, husband’s on the left, and Robin’s fit perfectly where ours overlapped!

I had a lot of brown polymer clay on hand so I decided to make it out of this, and will paint it in silver and black.  I hope it won’t mess it all up!

If you look for more thumbprint hearts like the inspirational photo, you find that people are actually using metal clay to roll, stamp, and then cut out half a heart shape and then soldering the halves together. I was very disappointed in the post that suggested this flour/salt recipe would work.  I did find a different recipe that might be interesting to try that is made of cornstarch and baking soda. But I’m a little burned out on this project now! Maybe later!