House Progress

We're steadily making progress on all the projects around our new house. It feels so great to be able to cross stuff off our list. We decided to put doors onto the den to create a nice big office/quiet place to read. Here's a view of it from the living room.

Here's the space (clutter and all).
Here are the new doors installed! We still need to frost the glass (we're thinking a film maybe?) AND...

... if you hadn't noticed already, we removed the monkey shrine. I'm so relieved it's gone. I had NO IDEA what to put in there.

So, here's the question: do we stain the doors to match the front door and the french doors, or do we paint the new doors white, and paint the french doors white to match (and possibly paint the front door as well).
I would try to find the same white as our new entertainment unit.
What do you think?

model

Here she is!

dress after

I've had these photos sitting in my camera FOREVER. I was all set to shoot some photos of Lucy actually wearing the dress, but then she fell on her face and got blood all over it (SO sad for her). All the stains came out, but I've yet to actually photograph her wearing it again. So... I figured I'd post what I had, and hopefully I'll be able to snap some shots of her wearing it sometime soon.

But.. just so you know.. she looks totally adorable in it :).

Life

I've been too busy to take any photos recently, but here are a couple that my sister in law, Jes, took during our brief time moving into our new home.

Just So That...

...you don't lose ALL faith in me... just tonight I started a new sewing project! Here's an awful iphone snapshot:

I have all the pieces cut out, and now I just have to find the time to actually sew it all together. It's going to be a pinafore :).

My Darling Child

Wings!

I stole this idea from a book I saw in a fabric store. I thought it was just too ridiculously adorable not to try. This would make such a cute baby shower gift!

LucyBee

I love the look of embroidery, and I wanted to try to teach myself how to do it.

This is my first attempt. It's far from perfect, but I think it turned out pretty cute.

See how much Lucy likes it?

Pig Tails

I've been looking forward to this for SO LONG! I love how Lucy looks in pigtails. She hates having them put in, but can you blame me for wanting to do her hair like this?

Perfect Purse Pattern

... okay, so maybe it's not quite perfect, but it's SUPER great. I found this purse pattern here, and I'm so glad I did! Here's what I made:



I think I'll make another!