No Stitching or Crocheting lately

I've been babysitting for the last two weeks and find it difficult to do anything other than just watch the kids. They are very very very busy. Today I'm sitting for a friend who is attending a funeral. She left her 4 little darlings with me this morning and they have pretty much been bickering ever since. LOL But now they are occupied with a snack so I thought I'd pop off this blog post while I could.

I've been surfing through the various blogs I follow and have entered a drawing over at Victorian Motto Sampler. Nancy does beautiful work.

Hopefully I can get a little something done on any one of my projects when I get the kids to take a little nappy. Right now we are on our 2nd viewing of the day of How To Tame Your Dragon. I love this movie!

Tracy

Baby Cowboy Booties

I recently started making baby cowboy booties and they are so very very cute!

The brown and green pair are for my grandson Ryan Jr and the pink pair is for my cousins baby. My only problem....getting them in the mail! I have taken 3 orders thus far for newborn sized booties for friends. I love being able to make such wonderful gifts!

I am a terrible blogger

I never seem to remember to do it. And to be honest, I really haven't been stitching very much any way.  However, I did recently get out an old WIP or UFO..whichever you want to call it.  I'm pretty proud of the progress I've made. When I restarted, only the upper part was done.  Now look at it!

Another Monday....errr..I mean Tuesday...

I finished the Valentine card for my exchange partner.  I was really please with it until I received mine in the mail.  What do you think?  Am I just feeling inferior?

This is the one I made

This is the one I received

It's so beautifully done, with a traditional card.  Whereas I tried to be creative and make up my own.  Thank you to Diana for this lovely card and for the beautiful floss!

Hello Monday!  It's a pretty good day!  I finished the heart for my Valentine Exchange. I'm very happy with it. Sometime this week I'll go into town to the scrapbooking store and turn this into a Valentine card.  I think I'm going to frame the fabric with ribbon and then attach it to card stock.  That way the recipient (Sharon) can put it in a frame if she wants to.  I'll post a pic of the final product once it's done.

Today is a Zoey Day, so she and I have been playing.  She's potty training and doing very well.  We had breakfast when she got here, about 5:30 a.m. and went back to bed.  She got back up about 9 and wanted mac and cheese, then around 2 she was hungry again so we had PB&J.  She got a new baby for Christmas, so now when she brings it over here she has "twins".  She spent the morning rocking and feeding and putting her babies to bed in a variety of places.  About half an hour ago she sat down beside me and was chattering up a storm.  Then she got quiet and I looked over and she was sound asleep.  I lay her down and this is what she's doing now:

I wish I could fall asleep like that!!!

I hope everyone else had a Happy Monday, too!

This is a really cute free heart pattern I found for a Valentine card exchange.  It's coming along quite nicely, if I say so myself.  I love the pattern.  It reminds me of those old bedspreads my grandma used to have.  It's a little bigger than I thought it would be, but that's not really a problem.

Meanwhile, my dog had 8 puppies, yesterday morning.  They are very cute, of course, but the last thing this world needs is more dogs.  And I don't need them either.  I tried to keep a close eye on her when she went outside to potty, but I guess someone got through.  So, in 6 weeks I will be looking for owners for these little guys:

I made a place for Laika in my closet and this is where the puppies were born. We have 6 boys and 2 girls, One brown, one solid black and six black and white.  

Home Sweet Home.  Got home just before midnight Wednesday.  I had to watch Zoey on Thursday so I didn't get as much rest as I would have liked.  And then last night I went to my sister's house for my nephews birthday dinner.  He turned a very adult 12 years old!  After that Shane and I came home and I was so exhausted I passed right out.  Shane had to leave today for PA so I pretty much slept all day long.  It felt good, but my body is still so sore from the trip.  Tomorrow I plan to get my day together.  But for the rest of the day I plan to be a lazy slug!!!  LOL