From Pookie to Pillows

Oh crap!

I've done it again.

It's been too long.

You've left. You're upset.

Chances are great you've moved on to another blog...or two.

I understand. I'd do the same thing. I'm lured by shiny pictures and whitty remarks too!

I promise to step up my bloggy-game.

As of next Friday I'll have all kinds of time on my hands for crafting and baking and blogging and well...everything!

Next Friday is my last day at work - at least for right now.

Bring on summer walks, frosty drinks, days at the beach with Pookie and field trips with grandma!

Can you tell I'm excited?

Hopefully this excitement will translate into more blog posts.

Hopefully. I'm not making any promises.

The lure of a suntan may draw me outside when I should be blogging. :)

Here are a few (very few) pictures of what we've been up to the last few days.

And I'd like to take this time to apologize for the quality. Hurried mom + cell phone camera = AWFUL pictures I should be ashamed to post.

But I'm not ashamed.

Ok, I'm a little ashamed.

Here they are anyway.



This is what Pookie was doing while I was baking 4 dozen cupcakes and 2 dozen cinnamon rolls.

It would be nice if I had pictures of those, wouldn't it??

Priorities people. And right now sleep trumps photography.

How cute is my baby boy crawling??

He's crawling! Ok, it's more of an army crawl - but he gets around!

Proud mama moment over. Moving on.

Let's look at my pillow!



That's right - Amy Butler has stopped by my house.

Well, not Amy herself. But her fabric is there, and that's as close to Amy as I'm going to get.

I'll take it.

I shouldn't even admit that I didn't take a single measurement while making that pillow.

Don't look closely.

I don't mind the little mistakes - it's proof that it's hand made.

Just one question?

Why does my pillow have cellulite?

Do you know what I'm talking about here sewers??

I didn't use a pillow form, I used stuffing. But it's a little uneven.

I stuffed, and stuffed...and then I took out all my aggression on that pillow and I stuffed some more.

Too much?

Too little?

What's the problem?

Either way, it's a little dimpled, and a little chubby - kind of like my thighs - but I love it nonetheless.

I made it and I'm proud.

What did you make?