"On the Road Again"

today i'm headed back to the cabin with the girls........david is already there with warnock.......i'm going to spend most of the week if not all of it down there and let the kids play and swim.......so i won't have internet access this week........but i'll be back!.....going to stop at the camera shop in texarkana and get and adapter tube that i need to use two other lenses for my camera i have......and a split-field density filter?..i think that's it.......i've got a few photoshoots to do when i get back.......i can't wait!!!.....o and i made myself a really cute strap cover for my camera strap.....after using it so much lately, it's started rubbing on the back of my neck.........so i made a padded cover.....and it's very stylish i might add....lol.....anywho...here's a couple more pics to leave u with until i get back......ta ta.....

"Silent Saturday"

"Maternity Photoshoot"

so i got the opportunity to take some maternity pics of my friend bekah.....it was SO much fun.....she is such a sweet friend...and i'm so excited for her ...and can't wait to meet little miss shelby!!....maybe i can take pics of her too!!!.i love this whole photography thing......lol.....anyways,,, we went downtown first..then we went to a church here in town,,,i've been eyeing it's red doors since december....and i finally got to take some pics there!!!!.and then to her house...it was SO hard to pic only a few to post...but here are my favs from the day.....

"Tutu Cute"

i couldn't help but make at least one more picture happy post today!...........in my very little time,,,and i do mean VERY little time,,, i'm working on figuring out some stuff on my camera still......i caught these pics of katie mae,,,and wanted to share them.........maybe i can get emma grace and warnock to let me get some good pics of them soon too........enjoy!

"Summer Fun"

We had such a wonderful time at the cabin this past weekend.......going back this weekend!!.....the river water is much too high to play in....so we headed to the pool....when it wasn't raining that is........the kids swam...but it was like ice water,,, seriously......lol......their lips were blue after a while...lol.......when it was raining we stayed in the cabin and watched movies.......w's new fav is "Jurassic Park".....i thought it might be too scary.....no way......we watched it at least 4 times... prob one or two more...........and on a trip to wal mart, half an hour away...david picked up "swiss family robinson"......that was a big hit with the little people too.............eg took her bike and w took his little motorcycle....and of course he found all the mud puddles after the rain one afternoon.....lol.....

and tom afternoon i'm going to take some pics of my friend bekah,,, she's 38weeks preg,,, and very ready to have her baby......so i'm wanted to give her another chance to feel pretty before miss shelby arrives.......i think it will be fun!!

"GOING GREEN"

we're leaving in an hour and headed to our summer cabin at little river.........we absolutely LOVE it there!!! gonna stay til monday.....anyway,,, since we're headed down to the country......where the grass seems greener, the air fresher,, and the mornings seem longer........thought i would leave u with some pics i took of katie mae this morning......she wanted to wear a hat today...and i grabbed this one.....i couldn't resist breaking out the new camera and getting some pics......i learned how to blur the background and stuff last night.......this camera is complicated,,,but i'm figuring it all out! be back monday with lots of new pics

"A Better Pic"

i promised a better pic of the pettiskirt i made this week.....here is the complete outfit.......

"it's here!!!"

yea! i got my new camera today........a canon xt.....it's great..... here's a few pics i caught with it today......i can't for this weekend when i will have lots of time to take pictures!

"Back to the Mermaids"

here's a couple of pics of a dress i sent out a week or two ago......i posted a pic of it on a hanger,,,,,now here it is on sweet lily.....her mom is janet manuel ,, the great photographer here in magnolia, who recently took my kiddos pics...including the one of katie mae that's currently in the window of pink and blue ave.......i love the jewel tones in the fabrics.....mermaids and sea horses.....

"Pettiskirt"

Here it is.......my very first pettiskirt.......and it turned out really well!!.......it took 5yards of white chiffon just for the ruffle on the bottom.....it wasn't hard to make.....but VERY time consuming.....at least 3hrs of work.......that's like making three diaper bags..........i've got to take a white tank top to the monogrammers today....to have a black "K" put on it....and there is also a m2m bow with maribu feathers!.......this set is going to erin of "Imagine Photography".......and i CANNOT wait to see the pics that come of all this!! going to be gorgeous!........sorry about the terrible picture...my new camera will be here WED! i hope!.....and if i still have the skirt i'll take some better pics......

"Got Toms"

Got "toms"....i do!....i've been wanting some "toms" shoes for a few months now.....and when i found out that our little shoe store in town had them,,, "SHOEBOX"...i hinted around for mother's day that i should would love a pair...lol......toms shoes aren't just cute and comfy,,,see,, for every pair bought,, a pair is donated to a child in need......u've probably seen the commercials lately....pretty cool....anyway,, here's a pic of the pair i got!! love them.....so comfy and cute!!!!.....if u don't live in magnolia,,, u can order them at www.tomsshoes.com

"My Model Baby"

Remember these pics?
well, they were taken by Janet Manuel......for PInk and Blue Ave,, the children's boutique here in town.....katie mae was doing some modeling in their clothes......well, the owner of the boutique loved one of katie mae' pics so much,, that she ordered a poster sized one and is having it all framed up this week...and it will be on permanent display for all to see!.....janet said she wants to take a pic of katie mae standing next to her life size print...lol.....that would be cute.......so if u're gonna be in town this weekend for the blossom festival....stop by the boutique and take a look.....i think it's actually going to be in the front window for a while......

"Beauty Queen"

So we had the magnolia blossom festival pageant last night.........both katie mae and emma grace were in it this year........as i mentioned before,, no frilly dresses,, just decorating and accessorizing this year's festival t-shirt...........i walked out with katie mae,, she's only one and a half.......and there were 15 girls in her age group..........but a couple of them her age walked out and did their thing!!! i was surprised they could do it at that age.......so that was strike one......then, i couldn't get her to turn around,, and when i turned her around myslef,, she screamed...lol.......strike two...........and finally at the last "X" we had to stop on.....which just happened to be right in front of the trophy table......she lunged for the pretty, shiny crowns.....lol.......strike three........
Emma Grace on the other hand, did great!....we went a little early, so she was able to walk the stage once....and figure out where they "X"'s were.......then we went backstage right before it was her turn,,,and showed her how to do a slow turn......and she practiced her question she had to answer..........and the girl went out there and rocked the house!......and she got second runner up......the two girls that placed better both had a running list of titles......so i thought that was awesome!....and she was thrilled!!!!.....i might even let her do it next year!.....after the show we all went to dairy queen and ate some dinner and had ice cream....yum!...and eg couldn't stop smiling...she was so excited...and slept with her trophy on her dresser right by her bed...and took it to school for share time today!.....u see,,, there's something special about this little girl......she's got the sweetest disposition and the most tender heart....she's entered little contests here and there,,and every summer she competes for a whole week in field day type events at our summer cabin...five years straight,,,and has never even won a ribbon.....nada, nothing......and she's never cried, been resentful, or turned into a sour sport....so when she said she wanted to do the pageant, i was a little scared for her,,, a girl can only "lose" so many times before it starts to make and impression on her self esteem...and even though she said she really didn't care if she got a trophy,, in my heart i knew she did.....and i was SO happy for her last night.....it was well deserved!!...and i've never seen her eyes shine or her smile beam as much as they did last night!..............here's a couple of pics from last night......and the girls shirts....

Where i wanna be!

So we're headed here the second week in june!!! to Perdido beach.......and i can't wait.......i'm using this pic today to motivate me to dig myself out of the pile of sewing orders i'm under.....lol.......i'm so ready to wake up, put on my swimsuit, pack some bags and lay out on the beach everyday, all day for an entire week!!.....i can't wait to run in the waves with W, build sandcastles for barbies with EG and take daily naps underneath the big umbrella with my KM.........and we're also taking a babysitter with us.....so me and the hubby can have some quiet nights out without the kiddos......sounds heavenly!? huh?..... def!!........

project of the day.......

so i mentioned in my last post that i'm letting the girls participate in the blossom festival pageant this year..........well, the contest includes newborn thru high school.... but the smallest size the shirts come in is a 2-4......so that leaves the babies with having to use theirs as a dress or resize the shirt.......yesterday i resized one for a friend.....her little girl is in like a 6-9 month size.....so i ended up having to cut a lot off the original shirt.......and i put elastic around the neckline.......i started out using elastic thread.......but it just didn't give me the stretch i thought it would.....so i decided to take it all out and go this route....using just the plain elastic,, i got a LOT of stretch around the neckline,,,,and it made for a fuller ruffle than the elastic thread......the elastic thread look is called shirring.......i've decided it's just a lot of hype.....the elastic is a much better way to go!!!!.......here's some pics....the first is the original size shirt with the new one i made.......the second is the back of the shirt........i can't wait to get to my girls shirts....emma grace's is going to be so fun!!! i found the coolest tutorial......and i'll share it with u after the pageant monday!

So i've been trying to spice up my blog the last couple of days.......i think i'm finally getting this stuff figured out...lol.......life has been overwhelmingly busy lately.....we just finished up two days worth of dress rehearsal for TAPS dance recital last night.....i'm so proud of all my girls....all seven classes worth! they did a great job.......i can't wait to watch all of them on sat!........we've also been making about half our games at the ball field......and after sat's dance recital eg will be able to make the rest of her games.....let's see,,,, and yesterday i had eg's parent/teacher conference.....that went well,,, the only thing close to negative feedback i got was "she's a VERY social girl, u know".....yeah, believe me,, i know...lol......she gets that from her daddy!!!...i found out that she's on a high reading level,, which i figured....and that she only missed two questions on her benchmark test!! GO GIRL!!.....then we hit the book fair, ran home and got dressed for dress rehearsal,, dropped off a cloud dust order and spent 3.5 hrs at the auditorium....and then we met up with david, w and km for chinese food.........i've been able to keep my house picked up for the most part during all this chaos,, all except w's room.....can't even walk in there this morning..ugh..so today it's that and folding a putting away five loads of laundry that are piled up....but hey,, at least it's clean!!! right!!......................it's almost blossom festival time here in magnolia,,, and i've decided to let the girls do the pageant this year.....but it's not like the usual pageant u'd think of.......they have to take the blossom festival shirt for this year and decorate it.........they wear that in the pageant..........and for eg's age they have to answer a question on stage.........so .....we'll see how it goes......it's next monday,,so i'll post pics............along with all this mess, i'm desperately trying to keep up with my sewing orders.......here's a few of the outfits i did in the last week....first, a tank version of the mocca set....the second pic is a different take on the mermaid dress.....and the last pic is a mickey mouse outfit done for a little girl's second birthday party..... ......