I am starting a new quilt-along over at i have to say. 
My fabric is an assortment of Kaffee Fassett and Amy Butler. I had a good time picking them out.
I love Matryoshka or Russian Nesting Dolls. I want a real set, but am waiting for the right set to find me. I had cut these out of wood a couple of weeks ago, and today I had the chance to play a little.
It was a nice, quiet hour. The older boys were at school, Jax was asleep, and Ava was playing in her room. I painted and glittered to my hearts content. Does anyone else have the Martha Stewart glitter? Yummy!
The little faces are cut out of plywood so the pieces are 3-D. They certainly aren't perfect, but cute, I think. 
Good tunes, a nice hot cup of coffee, and an hour to craft. It was a nice afternoon.
I struggled to get to the first meeting this week on Monday morning. It was raining. I had a long weekend and wanted to go home and rest. The house was a mess... yadda yadda. I had plenty of excuses not to go. But I went. And I'm sooooooo glad I did!
Our group leader asked us how many of us almost didn't come? I wasn't the only one. I guess Satan tries as hard as he can to keep us from Jesus. I never thought of it that way.
I wanted to make a Valentines Day Banner but I wasn't feeling the pink and red combo. So I opted for all the colors. It's made with strips of fabric. There are seven hearts strung on some tattered muslin strips.
I had so much fun making them that I made an extra one for my Etsy shop.
And if you're looking for a fun Valentines craft, I made this tutorial for a heart with wings last year if you're interested.
How is it that one day they are climbing trees (with a little help from Daddy of course)...
and then you blink your eyes and they have grown a mustache?
:)
I didn't have any wool felt, so I just used craft felt.
Both of them love purple, black, and red.
I love Hanna's because she really has one blue eye and one brown.
I had so much fun making them!
They said they would treasure them forever and always.:)
My therapy? Eye candy. So much color it makes me want to squeal!
and this little one:
and because I don't have enough hobbies, I am soooooo tempted to run to Michaels and buy yarn and needles to learn how to make this:
Please persuade me not to. Help me out here!!!:)
I quilted this in my machine at home. I did stripes all the way around the border, and then did stitch-in-the-ditch around each white square. It was pretty cumbersome, but I wanted to try it on my machine.
Remember? All the hearts are either pieces of Ava's outgrown clothes, or fabric scraps.
For the backing I purchased pink and white polka dots in a larger print from Joanne's.
I love that Ava loves it and that it brings my kids warmth and joy to know that their Momma made them something...:)
Of course, like all of you, my heart is breaking over what happened in Haiti. I am so grateful that we are safe. That my children have food and clean water. That they have blankets to sleep with. Last night I dreamed terrible dreams over the devastation, and everytime I awoke I prayed that God would send much peace that way.
I paid off a loan yesterday. The last $1000 and pennies owed on it. This loan was taken out about three years to start my licensing career. I was working with a licensing consultant and she was expensive. There was her hourly rate, designers and digital manipulation fees, portfolio and printing charges, travel expenses, a babysitter, etc. I took out a lot of money. With the hopes and dreams that I would be a very successful licensing artist. That I could work from home and make a lot of money.
It came with a bunch of cookbooks (five, I think), and lots of hand-written recipes. Someone used this machine a lot.
But it still works really well! Four hours after mixing minimal (and all-natural ) ingredients together, I had a small loaf of white bread. I started with the most basic recipe I could find.
I laid it on the kitchen table for the kids so they could smell the freshness when they woke up in the morning. However, someone got to it before I could slice it up.
Next up...something sweet. Perhaps cinnamon bread! 
Speaking of food, you have to try this recipe. It is delicious and perfect for a cold evening. By the way, have you heard that it's been freezing here in Florida? Literally, freezing. So I am cooking lots of hearty warm meals. This one is delicious.
We omitted the black olives due to some pickiness, and served it with yellow rice. Almost the whole pan was gone after dinner.
Stay warm on this Tuesday Friends. I'm off to do a little sewing!:)
We made him out of scraps of wood, paint, and bits and baubles we found in the garage.
The only thing we bought was the light switch at Home Depot for 78 cents. Cause you know, he HAD to have an on and off switch!
I don't know what these are, but they make pretty cool robot legs, right?
We had so much fun I promised we would make more. Oh, I can be talked into almost anything crafty!
Ashton also insisted that we post a picture of us together...so Ashton, here we are. I love you bud.
She really wanted to help me. I've never made a doll or any stuffie before, so I drew a very basic shape out for a pattern. She painted and drew the face all by herself. I scanned it into the computer and printed it out on fabric paper.
Cute/Scary? face:
Ummm, not at all was I was thinking it would turn out to be. My pattern was dramatically mis-proportioned. It might be qualified to place in the "Chrissie Grace's Top 10 Projects Gone Wrong". However, she loves it. She named it "Nailpolish"...:)
Sometimes crafting isn't about the end result, but the process itself. It was a fun project for us, even if the doll isn't, err, cute. I learned a lot about what NOT to do...
