my nieces

i love these girls! they are so sweet and helpful and fun! we did manicures and pedicures, curled hair and made more headbands. a perfect craft for girls. quick and easy and the older girls were able to braid their own strips. the nieces love the headbands, they each thanked me over and over and you could tell they felt pretty.

Sarah, Sutton, Leah and Eliza

we are driving home this morning. i am so sad to go. we've had such a great time with the family. i stuck gold in the in-law department!

thanksgiving

a few things i am thankful for today:

loving my sister-in-laws as much as my sisters
my husband
home
laughing until i cry
my sweet children
playing games late into the night
faith
nieces and nephews
macys thanksgiving day parade
pumpkin chiffon pie (with real whipped cream)
health
all of you, dear friends

i wish you a happy and safe holiday!

photo from here

Milla's kitchen

Yesterday Amy emailed me pictures of the kitchen her parents made for Amy's daughter Milla. They did such a great job! I love the addition of the microwave and refrigerator. Check out Amy's blog for more pictures, including the before.


I absolutely love to see what you dear readers have made. I makes me so happy to know that I have inspired others to create something. So If you have made something that was inspired by one of my projects, email me and you can be featured here too!

I am a master...

at wasting time. First thing tomorrow morning we are leaving for Alabama to spend Thanksgiving with Michael's sister. Instead of spending my day packing and cleaning I did some sewing. But not the birthday gifts or Christmas presents (sorry Anne!!) I did more refashioning. I know, I have a problem! And now I am blogging and baking cookies. What? I can't go on a road trip without baked goodies! Anyhow, I bought this dress a couple of months ago at Salvation Army for $2. It was three sizes too big but I liked it. The top anyway. On the body, the dress looks like pajamas.

before:

after:

I guess the JCPenney catalogs I modeled for as a child didn't help me develop hot modeling skills because my posing is lame. But Michael really liked this shot because he said "it looks like the smiley Erin I know and love." Ahh. So sweet.

All I did was hack off the bottom, take in the sides, hem it and make a tie. Super easy.

With all the left over material I got the bright idea to make a pioneer bonnet for Sutton. Which would have been adorable but apparently her head is MASSIVE! I used the small version of this pattern found at Pickup Some Creativity.

Ezra makes a cute little pioneer girl though. Anyone with a baby girl want this cute bonnet?

So I whipped up another one (it is a quick project) in the larger size and it fits perfectly! I love it. When Sutton first tried it on, she looked in the mirror and said "I look... great... sort of". Ha! She warmed up to it though.

Also Chris (the author of the bonnet pattern) is having her first giveaway- a cute little girls bag. Go check it out!