Missions

It's Missions time for our Missions Convention at church. I love Missions! I love hearing the fabulous stories about God's goodness in the field! I love that their are so many WILLING to give up there easy lives here in the US and go to sometimes a poverty stricken country. I love to just listen to their hearts and what they are trying to accomplish, and only through the grace of God can they accomplish.
Big Kudos to you guys!!! You are my HEROS!

Back in I think it was the month of April. The kids gave their money to help purchase new playground equipment for a very rural, very poor community. I just got pics to show the kids. God bless the workers that got down and very dirty to clean this school so the kids that had lost so much from a little wind and rain (Katrina) could get back to normal. Check out the organization that did this ruralcompassion

Anniversary # 20

Well yesterday the 26th was our 20th Wedding Anniversary! I can't believe it! 20 years - WOW!

Lots of fun! Looking forward to what God has for us the next 20 years. Now that were used to each other. tee hee.

Love ya babe!!!!

It's the Weekend

Yea it's the weekend! And I don't have to do anything for anyone this weekend. But ME!! After spending about 40 - 50 hours on the Honor Star crowning (yes! thank you very much)
And learning ONCE AGAIN that you can ONLY count on yourself to get things done.

I'm not going to do anything this weekend that requires a lot of effort.
See ya Monday
I'll get the the Christening Gown pics up soon.

Inspiration

I'm almost through with all the things I have to have finished before the 9th. Last night I added another layer of tulle to Electra's dress. I had started with one layer but it needed more. So I put one more white layer. It just still didn't scream Electra! So I found some white tulle with silver glitter on it.

NOW it says Electra!!!

I had made a jacket for it. But I don't think it works now. (Now Electra is not as big as this pic looks, she is a little whisp of a thing, but I had to fit it over my Molly Mannequin to photograph. You'll probably see a lot of Molly in the future.) Do you see the sparkley tulle at the bottom? The dress is all white with an MP lace design on the top with crystals. I used pattern butterick 4120.

The Christening dress is coming along wonderfully! All I have to do is put the sleeves in, finish the neck and put the buttons on. It is SO pretty! I can't wait to see Baby Julia in it!

I did all this while listening to Madame Bovary. Stupid women why can't we just be content with what we have. Ahhh but the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, or was it over the septic tank?! I think Erma Bombeck said that.

Well, now that I'm almost through with the must do's. I can start sewing for Me! And just where do you go for inspiration, you ask. anthropologie - I love this site. There are many more, but this morning I was looking at their fabulous clothes and thought about sharing it with ya'll. Check it out.

Searching for a pattern

Well, last night I got my patterns out to start working on the Christening dress for Baby Julia. I looked and looked for something I could whip out in 2 weeks. Then I remembered a beautiful dress I had that I bought some years ago to wear to a special friends wedding. I had decided that if she had a girl I would make her a Christening dress from it, but, she had a boy.

This is also the dress I wore in the picture of DD and me. So it is a very special dress. It is a slight cream, the original underdress was a darker peach so it made it look really creamy. But when you put white under it, it is stunning! That first cut is going to be hard!

So, I decided to make Baby Julia's dress out of this beautiful netting. I think if I were to buy this type of netting it would be $$ a yard.

I can't wait to get started!! But, it will have to wait until tomorrow, I have Church tonight.

New Gown for New Baby

Yea I get to finally make a Christening gown for my new cousin!

I have to have it done by Sept 9th for the dedication ceremony. That I won't get to go to becasue I have my Honor Stars graduation that night. So I will be sewing my fingers off for the next 2 weeks.

Yea Yea I knew this day would come. But I didn't know when and how old she would be for the day of the dedication. So I didn't know what size to make it.

But I love making heirloom clothes. I'll keep you posted as to my progress.

Here's just a reminder of what DD's gown looked like.

Where Does The Time Go????

Birthdays, new school, another class of Stars graduates.
Well, Saturday was my Birthday! It was a very fun day. In the morning I was down at the Museum taking pictures of this years future Honor Stars. they were all so beautiful! And when I came home there was a mini suprise Birthday Party waiting for me. Cookie cake and balloons - yum! I received a time of pampering at - my favorite spa (besides when I use my wonderful BeautiControl spa products) The Watermark. Can't wait to go!

And in the evening we went out to eat at Carino's and ate way to much food and chocolate cake.

DD started school last Wednesday. We put her in a different Private Christian School this year. It was really hard to change after going to the same place for 8 years.
When I picked her up and she gets in the car she says "I hate it, and I'm never going back"! I'm thinking okay what I have I done to my child! But, by the end of the day she was calmed down. I think it was just a culmination of the day and all the newness of the day. She is okay with the school now.

And on September 9th, I will graduate my next class of Honor Stars! Didn't I just do this a few months ago??
What fun this class has been. Last year I had to act as teacher and a Mom. This year I'm just teacher, so it is much easier. I'ts a LOT of work to get ready for this day of celebration, but so worth it all! It's like planning a wedding, with 4 Brides!
AAAHHHHH I need to get off this computer and get to writing my speech.