Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Say it with me Bhaw ha ha ha!


Just a little citrus-y evil via my tea towel swap. Actually I have the logo for Sinister Citrus web design to thank for the idea. My Husband just added the goatee for extra evil. :)

And Look Look! Its me in some random Bat's day pictures from last Fall. If you've never been its a blast. This year we're gonna try Rock around the park (rockabilly day) I think I have a better wardrobe for that. LOL!


I'm standing in the right hand corner in the back next to the colum

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Disneyland to Steampunk




BEFORE

AFTER



Vote for Disneyland to Steampunk on the Needlework Challenge! http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=314536.0
To see the whole step by step process of this project:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=313720.0

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Bog of Eternal Stench and Disneyland

Tis the season for summer Vacations. The Kids, the Niece, my mom and I headed off to the LaBrea Tar pits and of course, Disneyland.


If you've never been to the Tar pits you should go. Its right in the middle of Hollywood, not to far from Beverly hills (which I find Hilarious) Its small and at most you could spend maybe two hours there.

The Lake out side reminds me of The Bog of Eternal stench. It bubbles and makes noises and of course smells.


They have these statues in the lake that depict how the fossils got there, It looks sad. You can almost hear the baby Mammoth say "daddy don't go!" I know its evil but it kinda made me giggle. The Niece thought it was funny too so it wasn't just me.






They have a small Museum as well with all the fossils they have found, movies, a fishbowl lab, and a garden walk.

Doesn't the boy look so excited to be doing something educational on his Vacation?



Turtles!

They had gorgeous plants in the walk like this curly fern


Then it was off to Disneyland. Now don't get me wrong I love Disneyland, we all have annual passes. I just love it a little less in the summer, Its hot and crowded and we have to repeat our Disneyland Mantra alot. "The Lines are long and the rides are short."


The kids were very excited to see the new light parade, I just wish Disney would make up its mind. They retired it, sold off pieces, brought it back and then changed it. The Blue fairy has been replaced by Tinkerbell. That was a little sad for me cause she was always my favorite but the new Pyrate ship totally made up for it!


Saturday, July 11, 2009

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Ahhhhh! The sound of silence.

Well no extra kids this week and the DH is off to Foreign parts for 3 weeks. The TV is mine I can stitch in bed all I want! (always bugged the DH) Though I do miss him, it's nice to have the bed to myself.

So This week I got a nice little surprise. I was chosen to be this month's needlework project of the month on Craftster. It was for the Sugar Skull Lady I embroidered following a Sunny Buick tattoo. I was very excited to say the least! If you get a chance head on over to craftster and check it out.http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=312005.0

Not sure how I'll ever top it, but I'll try!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Adventures in baby sitting

Since I have extra small people this summer (not just my own) I thought I would post about that for a while. Last Week I learned that no matter how you try children will drive you crazy and get dirty. I was forever washing the girls clothes so that they wouldn't go home in a mess then I had the brilliant idea of making some "play clothes"






They are just Pillow case dresses using a pattern I found out there on the internet. Really the patterns are all the same so it doesn't matter which one you use. But I liked these the best:

http://www.everythingsewing.net/pillowcase_dress_how_to.htm

http://www.jenleheny.com/pillowcase-dress-instructions

It took maybe an Hour to do all three dresses, and once the girls had them they wouldn't take them off!! They loved them! They were comfortable, cool and most importantly clean when it was time to go home. I think I'm going to make a dozen or so more, I have some vintage pillow cases that would make great nightgowns.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Geez.......

Sorry its been so long since the last post. It's really because I haven't done a whole lot in the last couple of weeks. I've had kids for the summer and they take up a lot of my day. (all of it to be exact!) But I have been working on two craftster swaps and those will be going out today and tomorrow as soon as I find a box that has not been turned into a doll bed or robot office.