So we meet again...

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So, I've decided to give this little blog some love. I think it has missed me. I may have missed it as well. Plus, making myself post things on here will force me to make things and be crafty. That's not to say I haven't been crafty during my time away from this blog. I HAVE been crafty! I'm serious! Oh, you don't believe me, then I'll post pictures. I'll post lots of pictures and show *you* what's up! 

Whoa...I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. I think my bickering, petty children have rubbed off on me. 

 Breathe in. Breathe out. 

Okay, I'm in a better place.

I don't know if anyone even reads this, but I need it for my own personal accountability.  I won't be crafty otherwise.  So here goes. . .

 From my last post (in May) to now (eek, end of November), I've done quite a bit.  We went to Disneyworld and I made "autograph books" for the kids.  To say that the girl loved meeting Aurora (aka Sweeping Booty in our house) would be an understatement.  She wouldn't let her go.  Cinderella was a different story.  While she liked meeting her, the girl tried to lift her skirt and then tried to rip off her wig.  Ol' Cindy definitely earned her paycheck that day :)

The boy had a birthday in August.  It was pirate-themed.  That night, my house looked like actual pirates had come and pillaged it.  By 830pm, the boy and I were exhausted!  But he and all his friends had a great time.  The girl's birthday in October was a little less extravagant.  It was her 3rd birthday. . .next year I'll do something more, when she'll actually care.

For Halloween, I made their costumes.
The girl was supposed to be a scarecrow, but ended up looking more like a harvest fairy or something.  Either way, it was pretty cute.  I got the idea off of Pinterest.

(Side note:  I love Pinterest.  I love it more than someone should love a website like that.  I had to have a personal intervention with myself, because I would lose hours at night on Pinterest.  I'm happy to announce I am reformed and am much less of an addict.)

I made her a tulle dress, with a handmade flower in the middle where the halter straps attached.  And I made her hat out of felt with a handmade flower and some tulle decoration.  The boy decided he wanted to be a cowboy.  Thank you Lord!  I say that because I didn't have to buy or do anything for his costume. Last year, I had made him some chaps.  All I had to do this year was let them out around the waist and it was perfect.  Plus, he has plenty of guns already so I knew he was covered.

Happy Crafting, 

or Scrapping, 

or if you're me, serious mess making. . .

                  Jen.

The Graphics Fairy