Mr. Turtle... the coolest bean bag ever!

I've been planning a giant bean bag since before Micah and Hallie were born, and soon after I decided it would be a turtle. We had one until I was well into my teens, and quite possibly out of the house and we loved it! So for the last few years I have saved all of my scrap fabric... we're talking little 1/4" strips scraps and used them to stuff this sweet little fella!

So without further ado... meet Mr. Turtle the Bean Bag


He'll be loved for years to come...

And quite honestly, abused for years to come!

(I'm so sorry Mr. Turtle but they really do like you... I promise!)

Speaking of Auntie Kendra

It was her birthday the beginning of May, Micah and Hallie made her a birthday video...

and I got crafty and made her a knitting bag set... The knitting needle roll

with pockets for needles and a flap to tuck needles under...

and the yarn/project holder which has a handy strap to slide over your wrist while knitting
It was a fun set to make because I made them from scratch without a pattern, the bag and the roll turned out how I had planned, but with some struggles the yarn bag (essentially a 'drawstring' bag), turned out even better then I had envisioned... gotta love that!

And speaking of bags, I have a couple trial bags/purses in the works which will be up for sale hopefully by the end of the week depending on how fast we can get the rest of the house unpacked! I'll keep ya updated!

Crafty Sneak Peak

Visit my craft blog, Sweet Daisy Designs for the full meal deal :)

Easter

Most people plan ahead for Eater outfits, but that wouldn't be in true Stacey fashion to do something ahead of time! To give myself a little credit- I did look for several weeks, but just couldn't find something I loved and was matching! On our way home from Philly on Saturday I realized I still didn't have outfits for the kids. So Saturday night at 9:30pm I decided to pump out a cute (and matching) dress for Hallie, was done by 12:30 (after some frustrating hiccups in the dress making process) and ready for church at 8 am! It turned out great and T was wonderful and let me take a 3 hour nap after church... sweet sauce I LOVE long naps! Overall we had a great Easter day, of course we missed our families and good big family dinners, but

it was enjoyable and relaxing. Enjoy our uncooperative toddler pictures :)

And a little better shot of the dress...

And if you haven't already seen enough cute easter posts, check out my sister Shelly's here...

http://mikeshellyandmadison.blogspot.com

she's whining about only 2 people reading her blog, so if you don't go now and prove her wrong :)

Latest project

My crafty sewing kick continues... I just finished the burp rags and listed them on my ETSY site http://www.sweetdaisydesigns.etsy.com/ and decided I would experiment with a dress for Hallie. I love this the peasant style and when I found this Alexander Henry fabric it screamed cute peasant dress! So here it and she is :) And I couldn't resist a few extra pics cause she's so dang cute!

I LOVE cuddles!

And of course Micah didn't want to miss out on the photo shoot :)

If anyone is interested in a similar dress I will be selling these, but only on request... I don't have the time or energy to build up a stock right now :) Shoot me an email or a comment and we can work out details :)