It's Been A While...

Well.....it has been a while!  My computer crashed and I have been trying to replace it (changing over files, setting up a new system, switching to a wireless network...all of which is pretty new to me).  Then my kids have been sick........again.  In the midst of all that, we threw a 1st birthday party and celebrated Halloween.  Baby Boy did not want to get his hands dirty and snubbed the mess cake in a brutal fashion.  He did enjoy opening his presents;  chewing on the boxes is the BEST!  And while we didn't have a single duplicate 1st birthday card....he go 4, count 'em 4, Fisher Price Tool sets (daddy's a big time carpenter, big sis got her first hammer on her first birthday).  

Halloween was way too cute!  The baby tolerated the Mickey ears for waaay longer than I expected and a meek-looking (the fever disappeared right before we went out) big sister enjoyed trick or treating.

Hopefully, next week will be back to normal and I can get back down into the sewing cave (a.k.a. the basement) and possibly get something done!  In the meantime, enjoy:

Oh...don't forget to stop by the EtsyMom Street Team blog and enter the SUPER GIVEAWAY!!! We are giving away 2 prizes every day the whole month of November!!!!!  Don't miss out!

Fabric.com's "Sew Sweet Giveaway"

If you sew or if you know someone who sews, you have to check out this contest!  It runs through October and you can submit one entry everyday.  The prizes are a seamstresses dream!  Free shipping for a year, a fabric.com shopping spree, an Amy Butler bag, scissors....much, much more.  There are two prize groups you can register for:  one for seamstresses and one for quilters.  Both groups are amazing.

On a separate note...I completed yet another bag.  This one is a mini diaper tote and I really like it.  I am planning on making some more of these and changing up the shape a little.  I am 

making a custom bag for a baby gift for a boy;  it will have his initial appliqued and will be used for daycare.  I also am offering a few as part of a "Baby Gift in a Bag"  or an all-in-one gift with the bag, bib and burpcloths, possible a changing mat as well.  Check it out in my Etsy shop.