What do you get that person who has everything?

*fanfare and confetti* Shooooooooooe clips! Clip them, here, there, and everywhere!









I am also playing around with the idea of necklaces which Jeeves has been so kind as to model for you...



He is also showing off individual flowers which can be made into a brooch or headband...maybe if I can ever get the headbands. :) I will get one made and see how it goes, I can also add a hair clip clippie. :)





Shoe clips $12

Necklace $18

Brooch $6

Hair clip $6

Plain ol flower with no findings $5

All flowers are 100% wool or an alpaca blend. They are felted.

Colors!


Aqua, Hot pink, Lilac, Dark Purple, Teal, Pink, Fuschia, Brown (Gray)?, Bright orange, Yellow, Red, Green, Coral.

That gray sometimes brown color, I am not really sure of, it's pretty but sneaky. I also have black, white and brown not shown here. Brown is on the teal shoes.

You pick petal color, inner color and middle color.




Lemme know!

Halloween!

For Halloween I had surgery. *wah wah* So it was uneventful. Full of recovery and percoset and nausea. I did manage to crochet a super awesome hat of fluffy goodness.








And The boy was able to wear his super cool costume from his super cool auntie Rachel.






He gets two 15 minute breaks. So back off!





He is the super cutest boy ever. Too bad I was feeling crummy, I should have been Dorothy.

The boy's Sealing

To see the announcement click MEEEEEEEEEEE!

I made a group on facebook, so this is mostly for those of you who are not on facebook so you don't feel out of the loop. Let me know if you have any questions and please let me know if you are coming so we can plan the food.

Thanks!
Love,
Me

Canyon Lake Not in pictures...

Last weekend the fam headed up to canyon lake to take a steam boat tour. Fun times! I will warn, if you get car sick easily this road is a doozie! It winds up the mountain, I made the mistake of glancing at a phone a couple of times, I thought I was a goner. The lake was beautiful, the weather was wonderful, the tour was fun but mostly there was...




Apparently life jackets are tasty, as is most anything these days.





See there was some lake!



We also saw some big horn sheep!





We had a good time.

The boy has the jaws of death, I don't even know what kind of damage he will do when he has teeth. Jill Tagged me for a random things thingy. I will see what I can come up with. Oh it's called *clears throat* 7 Random Things Kreativ Blogger Meme!

One: When I was a little girl I wanted to marry Tom Selleck. Magnum PI that's where it was at. Perhaps it was the dimples, the wavy hair, the short shorts or the car? I do not know, I thought he looked like my dad, Awwwwwwww. Remember the episode where he had to tread water for like forever? Me too.

Two: I loooove shoes, but I wear flip flops most often, because my feet HATE me. So I frequently ruin a completely cute outfit with flip flops. *shame*

Three: I actually miss the colder weather. This fry till you die junk is for the birds.

Four: I find more songs and artists I love off of commercials lately. That probably makes me really musically lame.

Five: I am still bitter that Pushing Daisies is not on TV anymore. I may remain bitter till I die and even then it might go on into the eternities. You should net flix it. I have it on DVD too if you want to bask in the glory.

Six: I relate most to the character of Rex on Toy Story. "I don't like confrontation!"

Seven: The show the Good Guys is pretty darn funny. PUNK!

Oh also, family and friends. The boy's adoption is going to be finalized on November 10th. On the 11th we are taking him through the Gila Valley Temple to be sealed to us. If you are interested in coming (I know it's far) Please let me know so I can get you more info. Thanks!

The dread pirate...

My mom's birthday was yesterday, and in honor of such a great event I made her something. She had said she would like a pirate like the one I made Ruby. So I got to work. I decided of course to get going on this project on Tues, birthday is on Thursday. Why be smart about such things? I love the pressure! Someday I will realize how super not fun the pressure is and it will motivate me into being organized.
Behold the Dread Pirate Chadwin! Or Pirate Grandpa as he is known.







I will tell you that putting hair on this guy is a horrendous task. So, since I was running late and only hours before mom's birthday dinner J had the brilliant idea to stick a mustache on him and he would be my dad. And that is the story of the dread pirate Chadwin.



He's pretty fantastic if I do say so myself. The boy loves him, but he loves his Grandpa so it makes sense. Even Tater calls him Grandpa. 10,000 awesome points for me!

I am doing this health challenge and I got to tell you, it's been very difficult for me to get 10,000 steps a day in. Much of caring for a baby involves sitting and caring for the baby. Have you tried to crochet while walking? It doesn't go well. I have been cleaning my "house" today and I still barely have any steps. I hope I don't totally bomb this thing, I would love to win, but I am loosing hope.

I also got tagged by the fabulous Jill to tell you all 7 random things, but I have some pictures I need to take this weekend, so I think I will save that joy for the next post. I am sure you are waiting on pins and needles. :)

Oh I almost forgot. This is Toby.


He is huge. He came out and played with The boy and I while Pirate Grandpa had his photo shoot.

More family pics...

Last week we took a quick jaunt up to Flagstaff. Our friend Justin told us he would take our pictures in the sunflowers when we came up. Only problem is, a sunflower field of goodness and light is not a forever thing. I wish I had taken a picture of the field we were in only a month earlier. It was nothing but dried up sunflower middles. It was sad, but we got some pictures anyway! We do not give up that easily!

I am happy to say they did not all turn out like this one. I look like the flying nun!


Let me tell you something about my hair. I made J wait to go so I could pin curl my hair. We had a slight tiff about it. I didn't want my family pictures to look bad and my hair needs cut, so I have to curl it when it is in this state. So I made us late by curling my hair, then I went everywhere with a big ugly green bandanna on my head. Not a great look to be sporting. I got weird looks and I hated it. And for all that trouble and irritation, I looked like a flipping flying nun. So much for vanity.



I also had some lovely yellow heels to wear, did I wear them? No. Why? I don't really know. My head hurt and I wasn't thinking. In all honesty though, the flip flops are a better reflection of my everyday.



I like this one. Sam's cheeks were pretty rosy. He is one cute cutie if I do say so myself.



But my favorite ever just makes me smile.



Thank you Justin!

Happy times, the bff, and low carb is hard to do...

Not much to report. The boy is eating veggies.




He hates carrots, but likes squash. Green beans are up next. It's a slow process.


Today he found his new bff.




And this is him laughing at the store. That's where he laughs most.



I know I am boring, but this guy is pretty much my life, and I am totally OK with that.

I am trying to go low carb. It's not fun. I love sugar. I need some good low carb ideas.

But I heart bread and bread hearts me. It told me so, I have proof.


It's hard to give up on love.