Getting Crafty

When I heard my sister-in-law was pregnant, I wanted to make something special for the baby. I had never sewn anything except for a drawstring bag in home ec class. My friend Lisa convinced me that I could make a blanket and I am glad I did. The blanket turned out nice and I learned a lot about sewing along the way with all of my mistakes:)

Blanket for my nephew Max

I hand stitched all of the circles onto the blanket

Blanket for baby Piper!

My friend Lisa is a creative guru and helped me figure out how to make Max's blanket. She was also due at the same time as my sister-in-law so I made this blanket for her daughter, along with a bundle me

My friend Lauren also had a baby due first week of January! I made this bundle me for her, I have some burp cloths on the way:)

All babies have arrived safely and I am so glad that they are here!

I found this doll house at a church yard sale for $5! Sarah V. spotted it and I could not have been happier. My plan was to fix it up for Arathena for her Christmas present. I didn't get to it till the night before Christmas even though I had the house for several months:) It is not done yet, but it is looking good so far. I was hesitant to paint the house because it is beautiful wood, but there is water damage to it so we decided to go ahead and paint it.

Water damage

starting the staining process.

All of the rooms are painted, we just need to finish tiling the kitchen and bathroom:) Grandma and Grandpa bought Arathena a cute furniture set and great grandma gave money for Arathena to buy a little doll family. I will post pictures when we are all finished.

Fun night cooking at home

Its been a long time since I have blogged...almost a year! Andy has been getting into cooking which is fun for me to have help in the kitchen. This has been a rough month with Andy working in the PICU, but he had today off so we decided to make a nice meal at home. Tonight we had Chicken Marsala, Polenta, and salad. It was very good and fun to learn some new techniques. Both recipes were from Cooking Light. Recipe links here: Chicken Marsala and Polenta

Polenta

Chicken in the Marsala sauce

Our finishsed plate

It was fun to cook with Andy and spend time together tonight. Looking forward to more nights like this!