Week #6 of ME!!!

OMG I have completely missed WEEK #4 and #5.... That means I have not had much me time and I can totally tell I need it. But I had a great WEEK #6 of ME!!!

I got to go to my first MOPS (mothers of Preschool students) meeting! I have been wanting to go to these meetings for a while now and something always comes up, sick kids, snow days, completely forgetting, etc... I am so happy to be connecting with other mothers and learning some valuable information.

The meetings topic was communication. Here are the few things that I took away from the meeting:

#1 Communication is a must in your relationship (but also in life in general)

#2 Every night at dinner you should communicate with your spouse and children. You should find out what they did that day and very importantly you should find out how they felt. (Did they have an arguement with a friend and if so how did they fill?...Did they work very very hard and if so how do they feel?...etc...)

#3 Throughout the week you should appreciate your spouse and tell them what all you appreciate them for.

#4 But also each of you should ask, once a week, What can I do to be a better wife/husband? And then you need to work on that. Only find one weakness once a week, don't over do it.

I have been trying to be a better wife. I hate cooking but my husband got a new job and it has been great but also a little stressful so I have been trying to have dinner ready a couple times this week. I have also been trying to communicate more, really just talk more instead of just sitting on the computer or watching tv while he cooks or whatever he does in the evening.

I loved this meeting and I am really looking forward to this coming Tuesday for the next meeting!

Catch up on life!

Well today I am having to take a break from blogging and the computer in general. I need to catch up on life! I have a house that not only needs picked up but needs some deep cleaning! I have done a few things but I have to get to it and get it done! I have 3 hours before my older two need to be picked up from school.

I also have 4 tutus, an applique shirt, and a few bows to complete before the end of the day!

I hope to be very productive after I retire the computer for the day... I will update you on tomorrows blog if I was successful!

I have two pictures I want to share with you today!!!

Here is what I would like to be doing!!!! My youngest taking a snooze!


Here is an updates picture of the puppy. Since she is a neopolitian mastiff she grows very fast and will be very big. Right now she is about 10 weeks old and weights about 23 pounds! So cute though!

Fun Chic Headbands!

Oh My Gosh, I have had a ton of fun making these new headbands! I have learned how to make two new kinds of flowers and love how they turned out.

I can't remember where I learned this first fabric flower and I also cant remember what the flower is called, I know I know what a great memory I have!

I decided to use my new pink glitter elastic for the headband part and who doesn't love zebra print!!!??? I topped it off with a pink jewel in the center!
Here is the item:

And here is what it looks like on a beautiful little model!

The second fabric flower I found HERE! I used some scrap fabric I had laying around and some french netting. The fabric puff flower I added to finish the flower just perfect!
Here it is:

And here is my beautiful model!

The third headband is made with a singed flower and felt roses! I found how to do the felt roses, HERE!
I have known how to do the singed flowers for a long while now and there are many places out there that will show you how. I added seed beads to the middle and absolutely love how this turned out!

Here it is on the awesome Bailey!


I love each and everyone of these and plan on many more to come! I will be listing these in my ETSY shop today!!! These are perfect for photo shoots and the perfect outfit!

Brooke

Mommy Moments!

Hi all my faithful dedicated followers!!! It is Monday but we will make it through it. Lets all pull together, breathe, and help each other!

I am linking up to a linky party. This is a little different than the ones I usually link up to. This party is to discuss some of our Mommy Moments, even those less than stellar mommy moments! Check out the linky and follow these lovely ladies!


O man do I have a ton of these!!! Come on, you know you do too!!!!
I am going to blog about 5 that come to mind!!! I would love to hear that I am not the only one and what 5 of your mommy moments are!

#1 I am the worst to follow through with my threats or ANYTHING I tell my kids. I am going to go ahead and blame this on my mom!!!! I totally remember as a kid she would tell me, "Go clean your room, if it's not clean you don't go anywhere." uh huh yeah right! I still went and she usually cleaned it! This leads me to #2

#2 I always pick up and clean my kids rooms. I want it done a certain way and done right. I am pretty pickey about where toys go and how clothes are put away and hung up. I would rather just do it and it be done good!!!!

#3 I CANNOT get my 3 year old out of our bed. Another fault of my following through. I know I just need to put her in her bed and make her cry it out until we master it but this is sooooo hard... Any tips would be great!!!

#4 My kids are addicted to Candy! I have a candu bowl on the island in the kitchen and they love this. I need to resrict it more and use it more as a positive reinforcement...Ok I will start doing this and let you knwo how it goes. I guess this means the bench have to go so they cant climb and reach the bowl!!

#5 Today was Coopers 100th Day of School. Because of the snow days and then he was sick we slacked off and it crept up on us. His project was due today...well MOM did it for him. I feel so bad cause he should have done it on his own but I wanted him to have something. I have to say so myslef though, It was cool. It was a house made out of 100 pennies. Pics to come!

OK spill it ladies!!!!!

I never leave you without pictures! Here are the three reasons I have mommy moments!

8 year old Lauren~ She can be sooo sweet and helpful! She is creative and is just like me (uh oh!!!)

6 Year old Cooper~ He is a handful but he always seems to make me laugh! he says the darndest things. He is very loving and has such a love hate relationship with his two sisters!

3 year old Izabella (Bella)~ She is a pistol. She does things her way and no other way. She is always telling us how much she loves us though!

Super Bowl Sunday

This Sunday is SUPER for many reasons!

The 1st and most important is my blogs new look! I have to give all credit to Angela from Mommy PR. Click HERE and you can see all the great things this blog has to offer. Angela is so great! She helped more than anyone will ever know and she was so patient with me! Thank you Angela!!!!

2nd is, It is Super Bowl Sunday! The Green Bay Packers VS The Pittsburg Steelers!
We are fixing food and having a lay around don't do much kind of day!!!

Check out these applique shirts I made for customers!!! I think they turned out so great and the best part of all is, my customers loved them!

Here is the Steelers shirt. I used Steeler fleece fabric and appliqued it on in a heart shape that I freehanded. Then I freezer paper stenciled the word Steelers on top.


Here is the Green Bay Packer shirt. I used green, yellow, and white fabric to make the Packer logo. I looked at the logo on the computer and then freehanded it too.