Some DIY baby gifts

I have made a ton of things for baby showers over the past few months. Here's pictures of SOME of it!

Binky clip and crinkly soft elephant

"Pillowcase dress" and baby legwarmers


Pillowcase dress/shirt

Burp cloths

Paper bag scrapbook album... mom just adds pictures

Another paper bag album and some inside pages.

Baby clothes closet organizers

Travel changing padsthat roll up

Travel fabric high chair

Imagine baby where you see the pig :).

Resolutions for 2010

Well, looking back at my resolutions for 2009... I think I did pretty well. I lost some weight (about 15-20 lbs), continued to be crafty, cooked more, and did some stuff for myself, but need to keep working on that.

This year, I am going to continue those goals.

1) Lose weight: I will do this by dieting and working out. I have also decided (yesterday) that I want to be a vegetarian (after watching Food Inc., the idea of meat turns me off). Hopefully this will help me lose weight and be healthier.

2) Take care of me: Eating vegetarian should be very healthy (I don't plan on eating all pastas, snacks, etc.). I am also looking into using moisturizers, etc. made for people in their 30s. I hope to get massages and facials at local schools fairly regularly too.

3) Continue crafting. I'd also like to do more sewing. I have recently begun sewing a lot of baby gifts and I like seeing what I make.

4) Continue to knock things off my 101 in 1001 list.

Update

Once again, keeping this blog updated has not worked out. Here's some of the crafts I completed in the past few weeks.


This is not quite done yet. I still need to get some photos of Chip and me printed and added to this chipboard album (covered in scrapbook paper).

This is a set of cards I made. It will be a gift for someone, for something :).

One of these will be a gift (for my soon to be 2 yr. old nephew who loves trucks) and the other one is currently displayed in my living room :).



I also did a bunch of pages in my doggie scrapbook but I don't have any really good pics.


As far as weight loss, I have been losing about a pound a week! Yeah! Easter set me back a bit, but I am back on track now :). I also started including spin classes in my workouts.


On the homefront, my garden is going sorta strong. Some stuff is growing and some stuff I am restarting indoors again. Here's a picture of my squarefoot garden when I first made it.

Chip and I also spent some time 2 weekends ago redoing the landscaping in the front of the house. We took out some dead plants and put in easy to maintain plants. Once they grow a bit, they'll be even better.

This was the before picture. (We had already removed the really dead bush when I took this picture). Chip and I hosted Easter dinner this past Sunday. Our friends DJ and Sara from Baltimore came down to visit. So, of course, they were there, as well as Katie and Eric and Alicia and Mike. It was the first time I used the China I got when my grandparents died. Here's the table all set up.

And.... I am thisclose to being done with painting all the trim in the house white! I just need one more coat on half of the kitchen (by the windows). I will finish that this week. Once Chip finishes his small part (the crown molding in 3 rooms), I will post pics! Yay!

Paper Bag Albums

Here's some pics of the albums I made as gifts for Mike and Meghan McG. and Shawn and Rachel H.. I went up to Maryland over Valentine's Day weekend and delivered the gifts. The girl album is for M&M since they are about to have a baby girl named Emma later this month. The boy album was for S&R for their son Luke's 1st bday.

Christmas Wreath

I have been obsessed with making this project since I read about it. As soon as ornaments were 75% off at Walmart, I bought a bunch of them for my 2009 decorations. However, I couldn't wait to make this. You can find the directions here.

Here's my finished product. I am pretty excited about it.



While I am still motivated, and before I pack the Xmas stuff away completely, I plan to make our new Xmas stockings too! I hope to get that done next weekend.

Entry #1

Lately, I have been reading more and more blogs by people and I really enjoy them. I especially like reading about crafts and home updates/decorating people have done. Since one of my New Year's resolutions this year is to make more crafts and continue decorating our new (to us) house, I figured I'd try writing a blog.

So, I mentioned my NY resolutions. Well, in order to follow through with the crafts, I have taken a few steps. Firstly, I am part of a fiber crafts meetup group and a scrapbooking meetup group. Both have monthly meetups, ideas, and challenges to inspire me to create. I also love a lot of the ideas I see in other people's blogs and some bios on The Nest. Lastly, I just finished painting my craft room. So, I am super inspired right now to get going on my crafts. Actually, I just returned from Walmart where I bought a bunch of Xmas decorations at 75% off. Now, I am ready to create!

On the homefront, I am continuously looking for things to decorate our home. Soon, I will post some before and after pics of stuff I have done. Soon, we need to pick a color and paint all the hallways. Monday, we have someone coming to give us an estimate on what it would cost to paint all our moldings (currently wood) white. I have my fingers crossed that it won't be too much that Chip says no to the idea. I just really think it will brighten the house and make it look more modern. This spring, we'll be updating all the landscaping too. Eventually, we'd like new kitchen countertops and perhaps to paint the kitchen cabinets.

Well, that's enough for my first post.