Great News

Well I've been very absent here the past months. I've been meaning to write another post since mid September but just never felt up to it. That and I haven't been making anything recently so I felt that I did not have much to share.

But really there's lots to update on...

Bull and I found out the beginning of August we were expecting. We were ecstatic to say the least! We managed to keep our secret from everyone until the end of August when we were 8 weeks along. On Bull's birthday we told the family that we were pregnant.
A few short weeks later at our 12 week ultrasound the technician let us know that we were expecting not one baby but two! We were shocked, but very happy about having twins. As a fraternal twin myself I knew there was a chance we would have twins but I never expected it to happen, especially not on our first pregnancy.

So that's where we stand right now, I'm currently 24 weeks pregnant with our boy/girl twins. The pregnancy has been a relatively easy one. I was tired for the first four months or so but my energy has returned now. I'm getting bigger by the day but I am still feeling good.

My crafting has been at a standstill since the summer. I just didn't have the extra energy this fall. Since my energy has returned I've been focusing on getting the nursery (affectionately renamed the 'Bull Pen') ready, reading up on pregnancy and twins, and trying to get Christmas shopping and baking done. I've had good intentions to get some crafting in but as of yet it has not happened.

Hopefully once we get over the holidays I'll have some time and energy for a little crafting for these two new additions we are expecting. I've got yarn that would make beautiful blankets, or there's always lots of project opportunities in sewing for babies. Hopefully these babies will have a couple handmade things made by Mom. If not, I know Grandma H will pick up my slack and have all sorts of goodies made for them.

Here's a picture of my 24 week twin belly. It's all very real when I look down and see this!

Update: I dusted off the sewing machine today after I wrote this post. It was necesary as I had a broken dog leash that needed to have the handle loop sewn back together. Also I fixed a couple dog harnesses for a friend who dog sleds as a hobby in the winter. I think I'll leave the machine out, maybe I'll get inspired!

WOW

Well, it's been ages since my last post. And there has been some crafting, but really not too much. And I don't have any pictures to prove any of it.

So what have I been up to?
Mainly spending time outside, reading and relaxing and enjoying the nice weather. I will entertain you with a few pictures from a camping trip we took.

Tenting with 2 dogs = a learning experience.
We still had a good time though.

Finally I'll leave you with a picture from our camping trip that I edited with picnik.com. Picnik a cool free photo editing site, that I particularly enjoy since I don't have any good photo editing software on my computer.

Real Post Soon

It's been way too long since I've posted. I have a couple things to show for my time away but not much. I need to take a couple pictures and I will have a new post soon.

In the mean time check out SouleMama. They have an adorable new puppy if you scroll down a few posts.

Honestly, I haven't been completely idle

So much for my good intentions about another post is less than a week.

I will make it up to you by posting lots of pictures (keep in mind my standard of lots of pictures may be different than yours)

Lets start off with some knitting.

Practicing a diamond stitch on a dish cloth.

I've been trying to see if I can knit a pair of baby legs. I've got a model coming over this weekend so we'll see if I'm anywhere near close to the right sizing. I really like this sock yarn. It's uber cute. I decided to just knit these straight across and them seam them as opposed to knitting them in the round. We'll see whether I regret that decision soon enough.

This skirt I made yesterday, it's an elastic waist A line skirt. I followed the directions in the book Sew What Skirts to make this simple but cute skirt. I picked up a meter of this fabric almost two months ago. If I had known what length of skirt I really wanted to make I should have picked up one and a half meters. Since I was a little shy on fabric I decided to finish the hem with bias binding instead of heming the bottom up another inch. The hem sits just above my knees so it's not by any means way to short, I would just prefer another inch or so.

I think it looks fairly cute on, but I don't have any full length mirrors in my house so I can't be sure. I will have to post a picture at some point when I can have someone take one of me in the skirt.

A peek of something I'm making for my SIL's birthday.

And last but certainly not least an adorable picture of Natalie in the dress I made her. (Thanks Jen for letting me post this )

See I have been busy! (kinda, alittle bit, sorta)

Day Seven of Eleven

This is the seventh day of eleven I have off from work. And what do I have to show for all this time off?

Well I would be lying if I said I had a whole bunch of projects to show for my time off. But I do have freshly painted window frames on the outside of my house. So I have been up and down ladders and hanging out windows, and it's basically all done except for some scraping of paint off windows. I haven't done it all alone, Mom was here to give me a hand and of course I really appreciate it.

When we haven't been painting Mom and I were both working on some knitting. So we did get a little crafting time in.

As I promised in the last post here is another tea towel creation. This time a tote for my mother-in-law as part of her Mother's Day present. She hasn't got it yet, we're celebrating with her this weekend with a nice dinner out.

This one isn't lined at all but I did use french seams so it is still a nicely finished product.

The other tea towel bag from two posts ago became a part of my Mom's Mother's Day gift. She's already using it to carry around her knittitng.

Hopefully I will be back in less than a week with something new to show.

Check it Out

Check out this blog for all her great giveaways for Mother's day.
It's quite a line up.

I will be back soon with another tea towel creation.

A tisket, a tasket

A yellow polka dot basket... well purse/basket type thing.

At the grocery store last week I picked up some cute spring tea towels that were on sale.

The pair of towels was on for $1.24. I didn't think they would make very good tea towels because they don't seem very absorbent but they could make very cute other things. So I got two of the yellow set and one of the green set.

When I got home I decided I really liked them and I would look to pick up a couple more when I went back to the store. Two days later, I return and they have either all sold out or they have taken them off the shelf. Oh well...

I used a set of the yellow ones to make a pursey-baskety thing. I think I've got an idea where this might end up, but I can't let too much out of the bag. I picked up the handles at Fabricland, I like them but they are a little expensive for my liking. So next time I think I will just do a fabric handle.

The inside is lined with the plaid fabric, and this particular bag is completely reversible. I think it turned out pretty cute.