I've realized I'm a project person.
I get antsy when I'm not working on something. Karl can testify I rarely just sit and watch tv. Also if you read this you know I travel a ton, hence my dear sister sj inquiring when it is I sleep. I assure you, dear sister, I sleep every night. Not well, but I sleep. :)
Back to the projects. Here is an example: I flew in last Friday around 6:30 PM, a few hours later than originally planned. I headed home where I put the mirrors back up on the wall Karl painted (quite well I might add) while I was gone. Mirrors up, furniture back in place, and now to the baby goodies. I spent the rest of Friday night on the pink elephant. It isn't hard to make, the stuffing just takes time. Then Saturday I made the baby sling, directions for using the baby sling and the card. Saturday night Karl and I had a lovely date at Johnny Carino's.
Sunday I attended the baby shower.
Monday I took Rocco to the vet and on the way home stopped at Lowe's to get paint for the faux tile project. I spent the rest of the day painting the tiles. Well SOME of the tiles. It takes forever, but its turning out cute. I also fielded phone calls and arranged to go to Florida on Wednesday. Monday night I went through magazines punching circles for my magnets.
Yesterday I decided to play it low-key. Took a bath, did some laundry. While putting away this clean laundry I decided to go through two of my dresser drawers because they were stuffed full. Doing this I found an elvis tshirt from my trip to Tennessee a few years ago. I never wear it but I have a tshirt de/re-construct book with directions for making tshirts into other things, other kinds of shirts and home items, and I thought I'd try one out. Now its a tube top. :)
After that I wanted to take these fluttery sleeve things off a cream colored top I have so I will actually wear it. Sleeves off, armhole hems cleaned up and
wha la new top. Took Rocco for a walk with Kaci, then I made supper and packed for Florida.
The strange thing is I love it. I love being busy. I remember when we moved to SD and the folks bought the land out at Pelican we'd spend days out there cleaning up the brush and the beach and I'd get in trouble because I'd do whatever task I was assigned and then go back to the car to read. It frustrated them to no end I'm sure. I guess I just wasn't in to helping at the lake because it wasn't my project. Or maybe back then I didn't care about projects, or reading was my project, who knows.
Well off to Florida. :)
I was browsing on etsy and found this super funny courtesy card by Gramkin Paper Studio. This shop also offers the ever useful "I'm sorry, it's not worth getting to know you further." and the classic "If I wanted to hear your conversation I'd be talking to you. Please lower your voice." I'm not sure I'd hand that last one out, but if you've got the pujols, $5 will get you a set of 10 here.
First I needed art to stencil. I printed these out on my printer on regular paper.
The first shirt.
I traced the design onto the non-shiny side of the freezer paper then cut it out with an exacto. After that I ironed the freezer paper, shiny side down onto the shirt, with an extra piece on the back to stop seepage.
Then the fun part. Paint!
Looks good, right? Well it will.
See?
Ta da!! How stinkin' cute is that? And one-of-a-kind too as the stencil can only be used once. I could make a new stencil from the same design, but it wouldn't be exactly the same. Cool, huh?
So then I stenciled another shirt with a new design.
And then another.
This one I got creative with the paint. A little gradient action.
And the final products. What do you think? Baby E will be stylin', right?! They're washable, the fabric paint is supposed to stay soft and they are SO FUN to make!!
It's Official! 
Our cousin Melissa & her husband Greg are soon to have their first baby. It was a lovely shower, a cold weekend in Fargo, and wonderful to visit with everyone again, it'd been too long since I'd seen them.
In honor of Valentine's Day I made this computer wallpaper featuring words of love in a few different languages. It's a freebie, just click to make it bigger and then save it onto your computer. Enjoy, and check out the other freebie wallpapers on my website, here!
While mulling over the gazillion things I should be posting about, I decided to update my myspace layout and made this little diddy for the background. Yes, yes, its the birds again. I just can't get enough of those little buggers!
Isn't she cute? ALL BELLY!
And these are the goodies I made. A pink elephant with a lady bug body since ladybugs are the baby room theme and a baby sling for mama, complete with directions. I can't wait until we can call this baby by her name instead of Baby Girl Loban. :)
