the BIG girl bed

You know how when you first get married you think you know everything about each other. Then it really doesn't take long before you realize that was not the case. Well, probably about a year ago Mitch told me he has always let me say that again always wanted to have a wood shop. This was news to me. In the 6 years we'd been married I'd never heard anything about wanting to build things. Being the great wife that I am (hehe) I said something along the lines of 'keep dreaming'.

Then just last month, we realized that we were going to need to move our twin mattress into Addy's room to make room for another bed in the guest room. I started looking online for a bed frame that we could get but I just wasn't finding anything that I liked for the amount of money I was willing to spend.

In my searching, I came across this website ana-white.com. It is a wood working site that has tons of different plans and projects of things to build around the house. I started looking at the beds and found a couple I liked so I had Mitch check it out and it was like a dream come true. Next thing I know we are at Home Depot buying wood and then he came home from work with a new saw and the project was officially started.

Seriously, he was in heaven.

While we sanded and painted, this little lady ran around playing and having a great time.

The almost finished bed. Just letting the last coat of paint dry.

The finished product.

We absolutely love it. Now I am just waiting for my new bar stools!! I guess the garage has turned into our new wood shop!

Grandpa's Shirt

After Mitch's dad passed away, all the brothers were going through some of his clothes.  A couple of shirts were too big for any of them so I took them thinking one day I could make something with them. Well I was browsing online one day and came across this tutorial.

I thought it looked cute and not to difficult so I tried it out and wa la- 

a cute little summer dress!  

I didn't put the casing around the middle because I just couldn't get it to line up good with the way the buttons were positioned. I still think it turned out great and looks stinkin' cute on this crazy gal.  The best part is she will always have something of grandpa's!

Look what I made!!

Mitch's sister, Lindsay, is getting married in May and I've been wanting to sew Addy a dress for the wedding. I thought before I buy all the fabric I should probably do a practice dress just to make sure it fits and looks okay. So I used some left over fabric from her nursery and went to town. I must say that I sort of impressed myself because I had to do quite a few adjustments to make it fit but in the end it turned out really cute. So now I have to go find some cute yellow fabric and do it all over again!!