Reagan's Princess Dress

We have four grand daughters who were born within 7 months of each other.

Reagan is the youngest, she will be turning 3 in a couple of weeks.

I made her a princess dress for her birthday, purple is her favorite color.

It was a little difficult to find purple fabric that I really loved.

This fabric is sheer, and is variegated with pink and accented with sparkly stars and confetti dots.

I sewed a trim of lavender flowers onto the neckline to add some interest.

I lined all the sheer fabric with purple satin and sewed a peblum at the waist.

There are three layers of lavender tulle under the sheer skirt and on top of the purple satin.

I think it will make a swishing sound when Reagan walks, like a real princess!

Reagan's parents are going to skype with us when she opens the dress so that I can see her reaction.

Isn't she the cutest?

Lucy Jane's Blessing Day

Sunday was the special day, Lucy was blessed at church.

She looked so pretty in her dress!

 

 I'm so thankful that I was able to share this day with my family!

Happy Halloween!

I had so much fun going trick or treating with my family!

Bridger was Willie Wonka.

Kennedy was Mary Poppins.

Charlotte was Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.

Here they are with their new baby sister, Lucy. She's a kitten :)

This is Maisie, she calls herself Red.

Maisie is always a blurr of activity and this is the best shot I could get of her!

Maisie's little brother Benjamin, is the big, bad wolf!

Reagan is a cute little witch :)

Neo was a princess.

My daughter Vanessa was Cat Woman, her puppy Luna was a bumblebee.

My daughter Lindsay (Bridger, Kennedy, Charlotte and Lucy's mom was a pirate.

My son in law Dave, well I'm not sure what he was, but he looks prepared!

He is Maisie and Ben's dad.

This is my son Jordan as Uncle Cyrus, and my husband who looks like one of the Thompson brothers from Tintin!

This is me, a hippie.

Charlotte kept telling me that I didn't look like Grammy!

Last, but definitely not least, is Kim, my daughter in law.

She is married to Jordan and is Reagan's mother.

See what she is dressed up as?

She is expecting her second child and our tenth grandchild, in May!

Woohoo!

We figured out the news when she was wearing her cute shirt!

Happy Halloween!

 

Terry's Workroom

I was invited to visit Terry's home along with two other friends.
 I meant to have our photo taken together, but forgot!

Terry has two workrooms.  One is upstairs, it's really her husband's office.  The entire room is dedicated to gift wrapping supplies, ribbons and bows.
This workroom is on the main floor, overlooking Terry's gorgeous  garden, and it's dedicated to scrapbooking and card making

Each of these mason jars tells a story, you may get some ideas for your own displays, as I did!

These were Terry's mom's curlers, so she labeled them "grandma".

This is so cute!

God bless America and Mike!
 Mike is one of Terry's sons and he was born on July 4th :)

Did I mention that Terry decorates for every season and holiday?

There were pumpkins, candy corn, lots of orange, everywhere :)

Here is a collection of orange pumpkin sunglasses, just because they're Halloween themed.

Washi tape, I love washi tape!

Everything is so organized!

Terry is a scrapbooker and a designs her own cards.

Each drawer is filled with rubber stamps, and each drawer is labelled.

All the drawers are neatly tucked behind cupboards.

Terry has creatively used this cute birdhouse for a ribbon dispenser.

This entire cupboard has many deep drawers, full of cards that Terry has made and some store bought ones as well.

She is prepared for any occasion, and every celebration.

Terry is always hosting a party, she loves entertaining.

These drawers are full of tags.

These binders are full of photos and prints that Terry decorates her many bulletin boards that she has throughout her home.

Here is a bulletin board in her craft room, decorated for Halloween.

This is an antique bottle tree that Terry uses for scissors and twine.

A drawerfull of pens.

A drawerfull of glittery confetti, each in its own container with its own little scoop.

Containers of ribbon, each jar has its own color and theme.

There is a wall of windows in Terry's craft room and she has a  view of her gorgeous garden.

I have so many more rooms full of antiques to show you.

Stay tuned next week.....