One of the good things about living in Texas is that our winters are short. It is the end of March and we hare having highs in the 80s lows in the mid 70s. I love it!

With our chillier days behind us I am faced with an issue with my son's wardrobe. Our budget is tight tight tight with the economic crunch and what not. We went up a size at the end of January and had to buy all new clothes then, so all of his shirts are long sleeves. There is little point in holding on to all of this years winter clothing. Next winter he be wearing bigger clothes. So, this afternoon I took most of his long sleeve t-shirts and chopped the sleeves down to short sleeve lengths. Yay for extending their life a little bit longer. I also saw a really cute snake stuffie pattern made out of old shirt sleeves that I may have to create with all of the leftover sleeve bits.

I got in my new Styrofoam wig heads this afternoon. It means I will be able to work on 5 different mask designs at one time. Yippee!

TMI - Potty training day 1

We started potty training today... We were well on our way to having my DS potty trained this summer. We could put him on the potty and he would go. I had his schedule all figured out and he had even started to let us know when he needed to go. Then my dad passed followed almost immediately by hurricane Ike and moving.... Potty training got lost in the chaos. So today, with baby-signs potty program in hand we began to "Ride the potty train" right now the score is 2 successful potty trips to about 10 misses. Things I have learned from day one... My son has an VERY productive urinay system. He has the ability to have a very full pee followed by another very full pee less than 10 minutes later. I have decided that his bladder must take up the majority of his inner body space. Seriously, folks... The kid can PEE! So tomorrow is another day and we will hope the score begins to even out.

Creatively, DS painted several canvases to go in his room and Kelly came over and painted some to go in her bathroom. I completed a pendant for a swap I am working on. Mostly a very productive day.

My sister in law inspired me. If she can keep up with her blog regularly while running a business and taking care of my brother, surely I can be more regular with mine...

This week I have been feeling extra crafty and inspired. I have been participating in several craft swaps and here are my most recent projects


These were part of a buy nothing/green swap. My partner is a HUGE Dave Matthews fan. The large doll like creature is the firedancer from one of his CDs. I printed out a bunch of stickers both DM and craft related. The maroon rectangle is a pot scrubber that I crocheted out of some tulle that I had leftoverfrom a tutu that I made for a friends little girl. My favorite is the smiley face bag. The front, back, and binding are made from fused plastic grocery bags. The sides are made from crocheted Kroger bags. It was hard not to keep this piece for myself.






































My other swap partner wanted a snoodie... A scarf with a hood. It turned out really nice. I am going to have to make me one for next winter.


I have a couple other projects that I will post when they get done next week!