Ready for baby!

I finished the baby bumper and mobile with little time to spare! I love how it turned out, especially since it was so easy. I made 6 different bumper sections each with a different print from the Robots line by David Walker. I LOVE this fabric. Its so fun and bright. I do have a pattern for a crib bumper by Simplicity, but I didn't like a lot of things about it so I took the general measurements from it and figured the rest out myself.

I also "made over" our old mobile. It used to be a safari theme mobile. I made some felt shapes that match the fabric and sewed up a quick little cover for the arm of the mobile using my favorite Walmart polka dot fabric. It really was super easy. Im not a huge fan of the robot head shape on the mobile, but Avery said its his favorite so it stayed.

The shapes are two rockets, a robot face, and a planet. Its really hard to get decent pictures of a mobile, so sorry this is the best I could do.

There are more plans for this room in the near future, but since this baby is being born on Friday (yay!!) they will have to wait a little longer.

For a closer look at the fabrics see this post.

Email Me!

I have a new email address just for my blogger friends!

artsyaut@gmail.com

My other email address still works, I just wanted one for the blog that didn't have my last name in it.

Also our address has changed, just the apartment number actually. If you want me to send you my new address, send me an email to artsyaut@gmail.com and I will send it to you.

The King of Country

Last Saturday I went to see the "King of Country", Mr. George Strait live in concert. Thanks to Kristen, winner of the WMZQ Mega Ticket, we had great seats! And it was a good thing we had those seats under the pavilion cover because just as George came on a huge thunderstorm rolled in and it poured on everyone in the lawn.

We also rocked some pretty awesome cowboy boots. Can I just take a moment to say, if you dont have boots please go get some. You wont regret it.

Julianne Hugh was the first opener. She did a great job and she had some super sparkly shoes on. Sparkly shoes will always earn a few extra points with me.

If you are bored, you can check out this link to her video

Next up, Blake Shelton. He was really great! It was a total surprise! Kristen and I are now huge fans. I even stayed in my car for an extra 2 minutes today because his song was on the radio! Plus he is good lookin'! I can say that now that he has gotten rid of the HUGE mullet he used to have. Oh my, the mullet was BAD! But lets not focus on that now.

Here is a link to Blake Shelton video, sans mullet

And finally George. This is his Pure Country moment. At least I think its him, maybe there was a switch and we were really watching Buddy Jackson. Get it??

He was great! He is just so perfectly manly. But lets not forget to give a shout out to the "Ace in the Hole" band, who are supreme, even if they did look a little bored. Im willing to cut them some slack, some of them were older than my grandpa.

This is where the cowboy rides away. Get it again?? hint: its a great song. And he really did play that last. Kind of cheesy, but thats country music for you.

And finally a video. I tried to sing along really loud so you would all know what a duet with me and George would sound like, but I am drowned out. Oh well. And finally a George video. At the end of the video I was trying to film Kristen dancing but it was too dark.

Thanks to Krissy for a great night of music and seriously the best cheeseburgers and chocolate (not strawberry) shake Ive had in a while!!!

Freaky Clouds!

We had two pretty crazy storms today. I watched the darkness descend over my apartment building. It was only about 5:30pm or so but it got dark fast. 

I have to admit this cloud was making me nervous. I was about ready to grab Avery and head to the basement! It was even swirling around and coming lower! Luckily it went away. (if you look close this cloud even has a scary face, or is it my imagination? Do you see it??)

This is from my car window this morning at about 6:30. It was light when I left my house but this huge black cloud caught up with me. I almost made it to work without getting soaked, almost. 

The day started black and cloudy, ended black and cloudy, and turns out the middle wasnt the greatest either. Guess it was just one of those days!

Baby's Bumper

The crib bumper is officially started and I love it so far! And it is super easy. This is the first panel (out of six) and all thats left to do is stuff it with batting and close the hole at the bottom. Each of the six panels will have different but coordinating fabric for the top but all will have white and stripes, they will perfectly match the quilts. 

Its been so fun making all the bedding and decorating this room. I have a lot of plans still to come! Hopefully I can get it all done before baby comes! 

Carnival!

I was asked to create a backdrop for the picture booth at our church annual Daddy Daughter Dinner.  The night had a carnival theme (which was really fun!) and this is what I came up with. There is a lot of white space in the bottom but since that is where the Daddys and Daughters posed you didnt see it. The photos turned out so cute! All the girls (ages 8-12) were so cute and excited to be on a date with their Dads. 

I felt like I needed to include a picture showing what it looks like with a real person in front, and since I didnt want to post other people without their permission, I included one of myself taken by my friend Julie (she is lucky the one of her didnt show up here!). I know I look totally lame but you wont judge me right? Notice my vain attempts to cover my big round belly with a carnival hat? Cute huh?

It was such a fun night filled with carnival games, hot dogs, and even cotton candy! 

Hand Picked

Today we hopped in the car and headed Butlers Orchard to pick some delicious, red, ripe strawberries. 

The workers

They worked hard with lots to show for it.

I think he ate as many as he picked!

We left with pink fingers and shortcake in our future!  

I have started!

I have started the quilt I am making for Avery. Im using a square called Wonky Star, which I think is a great name! The block isn't too hard to make, but it has a lot of steps so it will probably end up being a "good luck in college" quilt instead of a "you're moving to a big boy bed" quilt. Either way its going to look super cute! 

You can find the tutorial on this super cute blog here: http://thesillyboodilly.blogspot.com/2009/02/wonky-star-tutorial.html

The need to craft

While browsing the local JoAnn with my friend Aunt Spicy, I came across this great dinosaur fabric. I knew Avery would love it but I wasnt sure what I would use it for. Last night I was feeling the need to craft. I wanted something super easy that I could start and finish in one sitting. I decided to make a pillow case for Avery. He has been super sick all weekend and was happy to have something fun to sleep with (and I was happy for some incentive to get him sleeping in his own bed!) The accent fabric is this great polka dot from Walmart! I think it turned out pretty cute. Pardon the wrinkles, he already slept on it!

Future Pilot

Andrews Air Force Base annual air show 

We had a great time! We were all sweaty messes by the time we left but it was worth it.

Below is one of the Thunderbirds jets, they fly F-16s and they put on a great show! Avery was a little nervous about the loud jets but he still loved it. Behind the F-16 is the most awesome plane ever, the F-22! (I know Im a dork) 

Chillin in a real plane seat! (I was trying to crop out the dorky kid sitting next to Avery but he stuck his elbow in a the last second!)

A rare picture with us all together. Notice the extreme roundness of my belly, someone help me!

Avery was so big climbing in here, the pilot took this picture for me. Its one of my favs.

Avery could have stayed in the planes all day! Not me, they were pretty stuffy. 

Loved the huge choppers!

This is from the air show 2008, I love to see how he has grown! I remember thinking how big he looked when I took this picture, now he looks like a baby in it!