Knotted Fabric Organic Treated Wood Teething Rings

I saw these on Etsy not too long ago and just fell in love with the idea, and decided to make some of my own.

Pregnancy brings out my inner "Craftinista" (heck yeah I just made up that word, believe it) and let me just say that my brain has been OVERFLOWING with crafty ideas lately. I'm talking pages and pages of sketches and doodles that to any other person would probably look incomprehensible.  Baby stuff specifically, which should come as no surprise since I'm all preggers and whatnot.

NESTING MODE COMMENCING!!

As you have probably noticed I just got back in the game of blogging a little here an there after a significant hiatus, so let me get to sharing what the blog has been missing out on and that is just about EVERYTHING I have been doing, including making these teething rings.

At the time of this post these are all available in my Etsy shop, along with more information about each, So go and check them out!

I have a lot more ideas in the works for our baby and for my etsy shop, so stay tuned for that!  Do you have any suggestions for me when embarking on this?  What do you wish you had? What do you love most?  What items for baby are the most meaningful when handmade?

Leave me a comment and let me know!  Help me keep my creative juices flowing!

Baby 3 Gender Reveal!

For no reason that we can articulate now, my husband and I were just plain SURE that this baby was going to be a boy.  We had no evidence, no proof, just a belief and a hope....

I did this same thing when I was pregnant with Grace, I was just sure, from the day I found out I was pregnant that this was going to be my girl.  So much so, that I was already adding girly things to my registry well before we ever found out for sure.  

Luckily, that time I was right, I mean, I had a 50/50 chance...

Anywho, the day we went to the doctor to find out baby gender we were ready to just finally be told we were having a boy so that I could start getting things together and making quilts like I did with my other two and so on and so forth.

I made these yummy cake balls with a secret colored center to reveal to the kids what the baby was going to be

literally I could eat white chocolate on just about anything...

So, this is how we told the kids....  

When the ultrasound technician spilled the beans that baby #3 was in fact a girl we were so confused.  We made her check another time and still another after that....

But alas, Baby Girl it is.  We weren't disappointed, we had already decided that we would be overjoyed no matter what we were having, but to say that we were shocked was an understatement.

We had to take a couple of days actually to recalibrate.  We had friends and family practically knocking down our door trying to find out what they told us at the doctor, but we couldn't utter it, strictly because we were still in disbelief of it.

After we got it together and got used to the idea and then excited about the idea we decided we would reveal it to our kids, and thusly everyone else through facebook.

We are Very pleased to be bringing another beautiful little girl in the world to love and pamper!

Have you been shocked by your baby's gender before too like we were?  I would LOVE to hear about it in the comments!

Wise Words Wednesday # 5

I took this picture out in my front yard of our pear trees when they were in bloom this spring.

They were so gorgeous

and I remember wishing they just looked like this all the time, and that got me thinking to how temporary everything here on earth is.

That's why I chose this verse from Isaiah.

Feel free to share this, you need only hover over the picture for a "Pin it" button.

And please let me know what you think of Wise Words Wednesday in the comments section below.

Thanks Y'all!

Blog Button Design Battle -- Season 2

Hello my Lovelies!  

Guess what?

I'm participating in the.....

Welcome to Round 2 of the Blog Button Design Battle: Season 2 with Peacoats & Plaid. Want to know who won Round 1? Drum roll please...

For the first time there was a tie: 2 winners! Congrats to both Ellie from Creative Geekery! Ellie's winning button design:

And Lisa from God, Make Me a Godly Woman! Lisa's winning design:

This week's participants include:



Bethany from The Sepia Puppy

Amanda from Living in Another Language

Hannah from Joyful Life

Yaya from Dream It, Darling

Jasmine from Sassy Brunette

Amanda from The Pretty Pinhead

Amber from Dressing Room Diaries

Kera from Nugget on a Budget

Sarah from Limited Space Organizing

Lindsey from Two Bobbins Later



Vote for your favorite and most eye-catching button by clicking on the thumbnail below. Make sure you're voting solely on eye appeal. You can only vote once, so make it count.

An InLinkz Link-up

Check back next week for Round 3. If you're interested in participating in Season 3 of the Blog Button Design Battle, make sure you subscribe to Peacoats & Plaid for updates.

G2D2 -- DOES NOT COMPUTE! Kids Robot Costume

During the School year Tristan (my eight year-old) goes to Choir after school every Wednesday at the local Methodist church

I love it.  He learns awesome stuff and he gets to sing and dance and be creative.

Well every year at the end of each semester of school they have a big performance

And this spring was the first time Tristan ever had more that 1 line and we were so excited

Super Colorful Rainbow WIP

I got this super awesome PDF ebook from "All Free Crochet" the other day, and it was all patterns for baby blankets/afghans.
You can download it free here

They are all pretty awesome, but the one that caught my eye most was this one below.  It's so cool and I thought it would be really fun looking with a gradient effect. 

I was NOT wrong.

Triple Heart Tuesday Link Party #5

It has been a crazy {and not in the good fun way} week here at my house

hence the SERIOUS lack of motivation on my part to blog anything at all.

I got the flu this week.... yuck...

and then right after I got over it, my husband got it.  

of course!  

So I spent all my week feeling bad, and then taking care of the hubby feeling bad

and all the while trying to keep the kids healthy.

It's a miracle they haven't turned orange from all the vitamin C I've been pumping into them!

On top of all of the sickness I am rapidly approaching my spring break

so I have been knee deep in text books and study guides.

I have {as usual} WAY too much planned for my teeny tiny measly week off

not the least of which is to spring clean, clear out the ENTIRE house of things we want to get rid of

organize and then host a yard sale. 

sheesh.

It's gonna be a busy busy week

But enough of all that!  

It's PARTY TIME!!

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This week's features are:

One Creative Mommy linked these awesome and easy DIY Gluten-free Play Dough recipes

Then Forgetful Momma tried to kill my diet with this amazing recipe for Sticky Finger Squares

Yummmmmmm

For those of you who either are or deeply love the Irish 

The Newlywed Pilgrimage linked up this very chic and adorable St. Patrick's Day Burlap Wreath Tutorial

As usual y'all linked up some awesomeness

Let's do it again this week!

aaaaaaaand GO!

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DIY Pacifier {Binkie} Tethers

The way that companies can jack up the prices of things never ceases to amaze me.  Especially when it comes to "Buzz" items and genres.  

One of those Buzz areas is baby gear.

When my daughter was a baby, I needed to get a tether for her pacifier because I got tired of constantly having to wash them over and over and over....  

So, I paid like $12 at Walmart for a pacifier holder so we wouldn't be losing them all the time. 

I got to thinkin' about it and I ended up kinda kicking myself, 

{which is more difficult than it sounds} 

because I realized this would be super easy to do myself! 

My New Pinterest

When I first figured out Pinterest I was hooked.  

Minutes became hours when surfing through there. 

It was amazing all the cool stuff people came up with and shared!

It became my new search engine for just about everything.  

Now I have found a new Pinterest.

And it's dafont.com

This site is amazing, just thousands upon thousands of fonts.  

I used to love dafont so much even before I started blogging, but I really couldn't put any of them to use

I downloaded them anyway though and would just goof around in word docs

But now that I've got photoshop and I'm blogging I get to actually use all my awesome finds!  

Just the other day I lost a couple hours on there and found some of these awesome fonts.  

They are all free!  Not only that, there are tons of ways to browse and search for what you want.

Here are just a few new ones that I Love...

My Favorite Color is....

For the longest time my favorite color was pink.

And I'm not just saying when I was a little kid...

I'm saying like My early 20's everything in my closet just about was pink.

I was obsessed.  

Here in more recent years I have really gotten away from it.

I much prefer purples and teals now (especially together).  

I just got to feeling like Pink was kind of immature to be wearing all the time.

I had my daughter and that is what made my image feel like changing.  

I feel like teals and purples look good on me and 

I feel like they are more modest rather than attention grabbing colors.

{I'm married, I don't need to grab anyone outside of the home's attention!}

I wanted to start behaving and dressing more like a mom.

Not a Fuddy-Dutty Mom, but a classy Mom.

Handmade Granny Square Blankets for My Babes

Some of you frequent readers 

(are there any of those??)  

may remember me saying I was going to make Granny Square blankets for my kids for Christmas

Well, I got them done 

(and NOT at the last minute, believe it or not!) 

They both came together quite nicely and I am so proud of my work!

So I wanted to share!

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 I love these colors all together.

I decided on them based on her bedding color scheme as seen here:

Handmade Scrap Buster Advent Calendar

Last year I had a lot more time on my hands than I do now

And I got ambitious and decided I should make my own Advent Calendar!

I am all about traditions, and my husband and I are always looking to start new ones

I had received LOADS of my Grandmother's old fabrics including a whole tub of Christmas fabrics!

And I was chomping at the bit to use them!

I am so proud of this project

It was a pretty quick one too!

Suitcase Love

When I was growing up we had super old suitcases all over my house.

For decoration, storage, for anything really. 

Old suitcases hold a special place in my heart for sure.

And up until the other day I had no idea just how many i had!  

I even have a very old saxophone case with real velvet inside, that i just adore.  

I'll have to do a whole other post for that one..... 

I also have my little "choo choo bag" where I keep my Camera.

Ok ok.... I'm obsessed...

My New Smug Monster

I favorited this shop quite some time ago on Etsy

and I had some money just sitting in my pay pal so i went back through ALL my favorites 

And i saw this little guy

And I thought to myself I just HAD to get him 

not only is he friggin' adorable but

he also matches my new bedroom color scheme!

Croc Blanket Progress & a Small Project on the Side

Hello Lovelies!

For anyone Interested in my progress on my Croc Stitch Blanket

Here is a slightly up-to-date photo of where I am on it.

(nevermind the poor lighting and weird coloring in this photo, I took it from my phone inside @ night.  

So obviously, the worst possible conditions)

It's to the point now where it makes me hot to work on it

(get your mind out of the gutter!)

This thing is getting so big and heavy!  

When i lay it on my lap to work on it i'm completely covered and I get to sweating!

Lovely Roses for My Kitchen Table

I went grocery shopping the other day and since we live in such a rural area there are always great deals that no one has snatched up yet

This was one of those deals, 

I haven't had fresh flowers in forever 

and these were only $4 for a dozen so I had to get them!

Lackadaisicats -- Your Keyboard Cats

For you Cat owners out there 

(or sometimes more accurately out "cat-owned" out there)

Finding your cat resting on your keyboard pressing every ungodly combination of keys is no surprise

EVER.  

(What is that about anyway??)

Furniture Revamp Challenge -- Part 2 (Colors & Prep)

So, when I found out I was getting new furniture (new to me anyway).  I did what any other person would... I went to trusty ol' Pinterest and started looking up design ideas. 

 I first went searching for color pallets that I liked, and I found this.

via pride of place interior design

I love love love beachy colors! 

they are so fresh and clean and relaxing...