Baby Footprints

When my daughter just came home from the hospital I put ink on her feet and stamped them in her baby book. To get the rest of the ink off I took a piece of paper and stamped her foot down the side three times. Well I scanned the paper and thought it might be cute to print out as stationary or make a background out of or whatever you want to use it for. Feel free to steal them if you would like.

grayscale

black and white

the original red

Just click on the picture to view it larger!

Down In The Forest

I was asked to do a blog post on a shop called Down In The Forest.
She also has a Facebook page.
It is run by a fellow military wife.
Here are some of my favorite items out of everything she makes....she pretty much makes EVERYTHING!

Her "Lovies" are so adorable! They are unique little stuffed friends.

These little baby doll sets are so cute.
Little swaddle blankie
wipes and
diapers that you can snap to fit any doll

I love the custom take me home sets. They are so little and cute!

So go check it out! What is your favorite item?

My Girly Girl

Now some people insist that I force girlyness upon my daughter against her will. But the truth is I just let her be her. Sometimes she can be such a tomboy. I let her play in the mud and get messy. Whatever. But she can be such a girl at times. Sometimes she will bring me a tutu and scream for me to put it on her. The other day she found some nail polish and brought it to me and pointed to her toes. So I painted them. She always watches me put makeup on and yesterday while I was putting on makeup she stood up on the toilet, grabbed some eyeshadow, and started putting it on her face. She would get some on her finger, put it on her face, then look in the mirror and say, "Oh wow!" or "Oooooh pitty!" (oh pretty) She loves giving herself and me makeovers. I didn't force her to be girly she just is. I am sure she will also be happy to go "catch rattlesnakes" and do other outdoor stuff as well......as long as she can wear her tutu!!!!

Pictures : Bella and I with our makeovers, and one of her playing in the mud with a messy face

Recycled Layette Gowns

I am working on recycling some of our old tshirts and making them into baby layette gowns. It is really fun. I like the lacy corset one cuz it's kind of gothic and edgy and the pictures on the sleeves kinda look like tattoos or something and also the wings I added to the back are a cool touch. I like the red lace on the sleeves too. This one was super fun to make. The Twilight one with matching vampire leg warmers would be fun for a Twilight fan i thought. I have a couple others in progress. woot woot. sewing away like a super granny.

Wedding Shoot Redo

Here are a couple of our original wedding photos. They are good for memories and scrapbooks but not really something beautiful to display in our home. Caitlin from Oh Penelope Photography offered to do a wedding shoot for free! If you are in the 29 Palms area I recommend her!!!!
My husband wanted to do a shoot at one of the abandoned buildings out here in the Mojave Desert and she found one for us. Thanks so much Caitlin!!!

Christmas 2010

Last Christmas Bella was only 3 months old so I was pretty excited about this being her first Christmas she really cared about. She loved taking the ornament off the tree and redecorating it.

Here she is Christmas morning. She loved all the surprises in her stocking.

Since we live in the Mojave Desert in Southern CA she has never seen snow before. She loved it but got mad that it was so cold to play with!

Here she is with her uncle charming her into eating veggies.

She got this huge lightup gun from her uncle and she loves it! She is such a tough little princess. She pulls the trigger over and over.

Bella 12 Month Professionals

I got my daughter's pictures taken last week by Lucky13 Photography. If you live in the 29 Palms area definitely look at her work!

I love her cheesy grin!

Being a princess

My sweet little chunklet

Love how she attacked the grass

aw snuggles for mama

Love this one by the water