Have you missed seeing picture after picture after picture of this cutie? Oh stop, I meant Aubrey, but thanks ;) Have I mentioned I love this girl?

Aubrey's personal chair - she loves it and sits in it every day.

She also loves laying in piles of her blankets. She'll spend all afternoon moving the piles around the house and cuddling in them.

She also loves her dad. Something she doesn't love? Being dressed up for Halloween!

christmas card pics

Some friends of mine needed pictures for their Christmas card and were patient enough to let me have a go at it. I appreciate all the practice I can get and hopefully they'll get something usable out of it. Here are a few of the ones I liked.

You're probably thinking that the last two pictures were the best ones. That's because Zach took them. He's kind of a frustrating person to have around. He doesn't really have the interest or desire that I do when it comes to photography, but he's just one of those people who are smart and good at everything. Which I generally don't mind (especially when it might benefit me financially!!!) but in this case....

things that steal my time away

I haven't posted much the past bit, I think I burned myself out of computer related hobbies by doing that owl creation (which I want to say bye to very soon, Zach says the owl is frightening and I'm starting to agree). So I've been doing some non-computer hobbies.

I've been wanting to make these pillows forever! I finally found the right fabric and made my talented friend Libby hold my hand through every step of the first one. I am proud to brag though that I did the second one on my own.

The dresser above and below is another project. We got it for $2 but you can see it was in bad shape. I love it now! It might even be a keeper.

These chairs were $5 and were in worse shape then the dresser. I wish I'd remembered to take a before picture. I'd envisioned this area as a little reading nook for Aubrey, but so far she only stands on the chairs and jumps or falls off. Not that this surprises me.

My friend Gina makes these diapers and wipes bags and sells them here on Etsy. Here is my attempt to copy - good thing you can't look closely! There is some scary stitching going on. But I did have fun making the tree and I finally can wind a bobbin on my own and thread my machine. Granted it was only after an hour of being clueless and ticked off, but I think the sewing machine and I can be friends again.

Why do I love the next craft? B/c there was no sewing machine envolved. It feels very serene to use a hot glue gun in comparison to a sewing machine. I'm keeping this case for myself!