It is about time!

The guestbook is finally finished!  It has only taken me ALMOST a year to complete, but I am really happy with the final product.  

Baby Love

Well Ashlea and Nick are officially back in the states and are trying to get settled in Kansas before Baby Eva arrives (around Aug. 28th).  Ashlea was able to come back a few weeks earlier than Nick and while she was home we threw her a baby shower.  

We had some delicious food and played a couple of games...

Ashlea opening a few gifts.  Everything will be sent to Kansas as soon as her and Nick are settled in their new place.  Hopefully everything from Germany will follow shortly after!

It was great to spend the day with family and friends celebrating Ashlea and baby Eva!  I wish her and Nick the best with their new home in Kansas and the arrival of their first baby!  I hope that I can make it out to meet her sometime in the fall!

Sewing Project Revealed

We had a baby shower this weekend for Ashlea (more to blog on that later), so I can now reveal photos of the sewing project.  

The onesies are for Ashlea to take photos and document Baby Eva's growth and hopefully share on facebook, snapfish, etc for family/friends to see, since we won't get to see them very often while they are in Kansas!

A Little Sewing Project (Sneak Peek)

     I have had an idea for a sewing project that I've been wanting to try, so I finally started it this  week.  Below are just a few sneak peek photos, because I don't want to give too much away before the project is complete.  

     If I had written this blog earlier in the week it would not have been as positive.  I was having a real hard time with my sewing machine.  It was not going very smoothly, I had to continually stop, rethread the needle, go a little bit, stop again.  It was very frustrating.  I also was not doing very well with curves/turns on the sewing machine.  The first few attempts were not very impressive!

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     But, I am happy to say that I have figured out the problem and tonight was much more successful.  The problem was I needed new sewing needles. The old ones were too worn out.  So, I bought some new ones, fixed the thread tension and it made a huge difference!  I was able to complete two parts of the project in much less time and they looked better than my original designs!  I am getting really good at maneuvering the fabric, so that the curves look more polished!  I am halfway done, and will share the completed project soon!

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