Summer Continues

As much as I would like to see Fall here, next week is supposed to be warm again, so summer continues.  Before it is too late, I have to post these adorable beach towel/robes.  Dana over at MADE posted these a while ago and I decided I had to have them for the boys.  So, I picked out the material and begged my mom to make the robes.  She agreed and they turned out so great.  Thank you MOM!!!!

 

Don’t Forget Your Towel, or Robe

Beach weather is upon us and I am itching to get outside and enjoy it.
I think it is hardest to work full time in the summer.  I would much rather be out there playing with all the kids that are home from
school.  The bonus is we have stellar evenings and it stays lighter longer.  I will take it!

Since summer is here and we will be spending some time at our favorite camp site, with pools and lakes in our near future, I saw this robe on MADE and had to buy the pattern.


I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and I have bought all the material to make two of these robes.  Now I just need to find some spare time to get it done.  Definitely on the bucket list for this summer, before the end of summer.  Heck, I want to stay up all night and do it now!!

I can’t wait to see the final product!

Perfect for this little beach bum...

Coloring Easter Eggs

I am a big kid!  I love the traditions of all holidays, including decorating Easter eggs for the big bunny to hide.  Last year, with an almost 2 year old, it was a bit of a mess, with fingers that ended up being a purplish brown color.  Don't get me wrong, it was still a blast.



This year I am thinking I will try to get him to decorate with pieces of Japanese masking tape called washi.  It is very cool and can be found on etsy .  I have a few little rolls and think it might be fun.

But I also saw this on Oh Happy Day and think it is brilliant!   Confetti eggs, yes please!  Maybe next year we will try them.  It looks like so much fun.

Feeling Crafty

I am in a crafty mood.  I think I am always in a crafty mood.  I don't have much time for crafts (I wish I had more) but I secretly wish I could turn a room of our house into my own craft room.  Conn doesn't know that.  Well maybe he knows now.   Anyway, I would love to have my sewing machine up all the time to whip up cute little creations here and there.

And I must admit that most of my blog scoping are craft blogs, hence the "Fort" post prior to this one.  I come from a pretty crafty background.  As a kid, my mom would sew my dresses and my grandma would knit me sweaters and now we are always finding new ways to make old furniture look, well, different.

I have two boys, so I can't sew dresses for them, but I came across this Sewing for Boys book when browsing the MADE blog.

She is celebrating boys this month and I just love all the ideas.  So, add it to my bucket list, all of these awesome ideas from lots of different bloggers around the world.  I wish I had more time to try them all.  Till then, I will pick one at a time and try to get a few made.

My goal is to make the boys pants for Easter.  I have a great old sheet I would love to cut into.
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