Showing posts with label embroidery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label embroidery. Show all posts

Thursday, July 17, 2008

25 things we've done this summer...


1. We celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary by going to Saskatoon without our kids.


2. We went to Cirque Du Soleil.






3. We've gotten into the nice habit of going swimming at the ymca every Sunday afternoon.


4. We invited Maya to come over and swim in our kiddie pool.
5. We took Maya to the splash park.6. We jumped on Grandma's trampoline.7. We baked bread in our bread machine.




8. We bought fresh strawberries and corn on the cob from the fruit stand.




9. We went to Regina Beach on Canada Day.




10. We went out to Rick's parent's cottage for a day.




11. We went to visit Great-Grandpa and all the great Aunties and Uncles.




12. We visited great Auntie Rose's farm.




13. We got to sit in a combine and pull the horn on a semi truck.





14. Matthew read 20 books by himself and got to go to Book and Briar to pick out some new books.




15. Matthew's been reading alot on his own.




16. Caleb got some new hats.




17. Matthew has been building with his lego sets.




18. Caleb got a new ninja turtle costume.




19. I've read four books so far this summer.





20. We've played waterpark in the backyard with our kiddie pool and wacky sprinkler.



21. We went to the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival.

22. I embroidered a robot. Not sure what to do with him... maybe make a book bag for one of the boys.

23. We've gone to storytime at the library each Tuesday morning.

24. We went to a magic show at the library and Matthew got to be the assistant!

25. We've been having a great summer! How about you?

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

zippered pouch

Well, I finished my embroidery. I got the pattern from Doodle-stitching and I like how it turned out. I definitely need to work on my stitching skills, but it was a fun first project.

So what to do with a piece of embroidery? (is that what you call it? 'a piece of embroidery?')


Pull out Bend the Rules Sewing and make a zippered pouch,of course! Also remember that my sewing skills are at the beginner level.


Ta da!

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

still here

Hello,

We're still here. Just a little bit more quiet.

It's rainy here today. Yesterday was nice and warm. Last week it snowed again.

I'm teaching myself to embroider. I borrowed the book Doodle-Stitching from the library. It's not too hard, but I'm still learning. When I'm done, I'll share photos.

I was so happy to find a color wonder coloring book on sale yesterday. Of course there was only one. The boys love those books.

I got my haircut last week. I'm still trying to figure out if I like the shorter style or not.

Chocolate chip cookies are baking in the oven. Right now. I hear the timer, gotta go!