An Awesome Sunday

-In Christ Alone-


I first heard this song sung by Travis Cottrell at a Beth Moore conference in San Antonio and I just can't get enough of it. We sang it in church today and even though I can't sing a note, I just had to "make a joyful noise" today! I found a youtube link and thought I'd share:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4KwbCnRtAM

I hope it touches your heart as much as it does mine!

Vintage Button Rings

Remember those vintage buttons that my mom rescued from my grandmother's old house?
Well, I managed to find a bit of time during the holidays to make some rings for my mom and cousins for Christmas. The buttons were metal, plastic, and porcelain or ceramic.
Everyone really liked them - cute and sentimental!

I love the textures!

I have quite a few white ones, so I think my next project will be button tassels. I haven't quite figured out how, but I can picture them!

Spring Easter Crosses Arriving

I just love spring and fortunately in South Texas, it always starts early! We have already had a hard freeze, so we're all hoping that the worst of our winter is gone with just a few cold snaps leading up to spring!

My shop is full of hearts for Valentine's Day, but I was also inspired to start my spring collection of crosses a bit early!


The blue and green are already available and the pink, apricot, and yellow will be in before Sunday morning.

The tooth fairy came to our house

One day right before Christmas my kids and I were talking about braces and teeth and all of I sudden I thought, my kindergartener should be about ready to have a loose tooth. Well I reached over and wiggled a tooth and sure enough, both bottom teeth were really loose!

I'm glad I had time to warn her because one came out that week and the next one came out two weeks later. She was so excited when the tooth fairy came to visit!

Project Updates!

The fingerless gloves/mittens are completed and my grandmother loves them! Yay!!

And one set of Christmas outfits done

I just received these super cute buttons today from TessaAnn on Etsy and will be adding them soon as embellishments on the shirts! Don't they look delicious?!

One of my favorite fabrics and a great Buy!

I finally finished this dress, I tried out several and even bought 2 different chicken wire fabrics until I found the right one - chicken wire fabric, who knew?!

And look what I found at Marshall's! ($15!!). A mini (toddler-size-5) dress form - yes, it is "developed," but I just turned it around and it makes the perfect model when the little one doesn't want to "try it on just one more time!"
And it will look super-cute in the powder room when not performing modeling duty.

My Attempt at Fingerless Gloves or Mittens

So, I bought this super cute (and easy to understand) pattern on Etsy from WhileTheyPlay, to make some gloves for my grandmother. The design is beautiful and it's so fun to knit with all of those little double-pointed needles! It just takes me a while because unlike my grandmother I do not have petite hands. I used a somewhat fuzzy bamboo yarn which looks fabulous, but the stitches are tiny, so I had a hard time picking them out when I made a mistake.

One down and one to go!
And I'm getting faster!
It looks like the small is a perfect fit for a pre-teen, too!