Crafts and Mischief

My Autumn wreath:
I love my wreath! It was so easy and fast to make. I got all the supplies at the dollar store and spend about $7 total. It took about 2 hours to complete. The tutorial is on U-create blog if you'd like to make one yourself. Amanda came over and we made them together. I love it! I just wish I had a front door to display it on...
New and Improved nursing cover:
I simply added the teal border to make the cover big enough to cover me! Sarah made the original cover for me. It was great until I washed it and it shrunk... When Francisco saw my addition, he said it looked like I was a pioneer woman nursing because of the color... silly man.

Luke's new car mat:
I made it at a super Saturday in Amanda's ward. I added personal details including landscaping on all the buildings, animals in the barn and pen, turning the church into a temple, making each house in the cul-de-sac unique, adding a see-saw to the play ground, adding lines to the streets, and naming the school "Provo Elementary". It was a lot of work. My hands were sore from cutting, but it turned out great!
I plan to give it to Luke either for Christmas or his 1st birthday. Right now, he was only interested in pulling off the pieces. He seemed to like it though! The mat is made entirely from felt and glued together (no sewing involved)

Mr. Mischief: (I can't post a post without giving a few pictures of Luke for my Ma!)
Playing in his "toy bucket". (Yes I did put him in there)
I span him around and he loved it! :)

This is what Luke did yesterday while I was washing dishes! CRazY kid!
He was stuck, but I had to snap a few pictures before I came to the rescue. :)

Fall is Fabulous

Have I ever told you how much I LOVE the fall? I absolutely adore this time of year. (Especially the indian summer when it starts cooling down but is definitely still warm out.)

I always loved going back to school. I remember tying on my new school clothes and organizing and reorganizing my binder and school supplies every day till school started. It was weird this year to watch from the sidelines as everyone else went back to school while my life stayed exactly the same. I still have the excitement though and found myself craving a new outfit to wear and looking for "homework" projects for myself to do.

Yesterday, my mom came over (she is visiting to babysit the girls for Sarah). She taught me how to use the sewing machine she gave me last year! I had not even touched it because I didn't know how to thread it, etc, but NOW I am so excited to do some projects! I want to make a Halloween costume for Luke, some baby shoes for the cold weather, an addition to my nursing cover that shrunk in the wash so now it's too short, and anything else that I want to! Yesterday, we made a Kleenex tissue case. It is really cute!

Tomorrow I am making a car mat for Luke at Amanda's Super Saturday. That should be fun! I also am just dying to make an autumn leaves wreath. I saw a really cute one on the u-create blog and I just want to make it right now! I don't have any fall decorations.

I also really want tulips and daffodils in the spring... Anyone know when and how to plant bulbs? I think I am supposed to do that soonish...

Here are some cute pictures of Luke taken a while back. just being his cute self. :)

GO COUGARS!

Well, school is back in session and football season is starting. I have always been a football fan, while Francisco is not too fond of the sport. This year, we would really like to go to a BYU game. (Francisco has never been and I think (I hope) he will enjoy it! We bought Luke all the necessary get-up for the up coming games! GO BYU!

Yes, Luke is standing! We play "ready-steady-go" with him and sometimes he can stand for approximately 1.5 seconds. haha We got some cute ones of him falling into Francisco's arms!

Notice the 2 front teeth! So cute!