Nothing to do on a Saturday Night

So I guess I'll blog about my day. Not that there was much to it.

If you're FB friends with me or follow me on Instagram, you know what I've been doing lately. Sewing.

I'd procrastinated making this tutu, but we needed Monday for pictures (Yay! Can't wait!), so I figured I'd better get busy! 

My view last night and most of today.

Last night. Half-way through...

Ran out of tulle last night, and it was only 1/2 done. Silly me thought 75 yards would be enough, Ha! Truth is I know tutus take a LOT of tulle, but I'd never made one this long, so it took twice as much as I thought! So Em and I made a trip to Hobby Lobby today to get more!

She thought she needed to be sewing since I was! This is a lacing kit.

 And no, that isn't my finger in the corner of that picture. It's my pile of tulle strips!

All finished! 150 yards of tulle!

While I had the sewing machine out (and threaded!!), I thought I'd try to sew another type of tutu. I had some LSU fabric and some ribbon, so I used what I had!

Em calls it her cheerleader skirt!

BTW- Sorry, I don't know why my phone is taking such crappy pictures!

I think I'm ok with sewing projects as long as they don't require any accuracy! Ha!

So now, I have no projects to work on, hubby is at work, Emma is camped on the couch with Disney Jr., and I'm bored.

Speaking of Emma, she fell and skinned her knee outside. You'd think it was broken. Yes, I know it hurts. I'm just not good with the whiny-ness. I'm good for one good cuddle, kiss, bandage it up, little ice cream to make it better... then I'm ready for it to be over. I'm hiding out in the Man Cave, but I can hear her in there. Laughing at the tv, then a little cry and whine. Ha. Milking it a little. I'm just not that type of mom, to keep babying her. After doing all the above, I'll just say "Aww, you're ok."

I know this isn't much to blog about, but again, I'm bored. I'm spending time with my DVR and my crime shows. Is anyone else super excited about Hannibal?  

Photo Book

I finally ordered pictures from the ones we had made in April! I am so bad about that! Anyway, I love photo books, so I ordered one of those, too! Here is our latest photo book from Shutterfly!
 

Click here to view this photo book larger

Turn your favorite photos into a photo book at Shutterfly.com.

Happy Father's Day!

I just want to start off by saying I have a lot of great fathers in my life. I do not know many "dead beat dads" and for that I am extremely grateful! So Happy Father's Day to my husband, my Daddy, my father-in-law, my grandpas, my uncles, my brother, my brother-in-laws, my cousins, and my friends.

Now that that's over with, get ready for a looong post. :)

Last year, Em and I got crafty for Mother's Day. This year, we got artsy fartsy for the grandpas!

The footprinting got a little CRA-ZAY!

Bahaha! They are two different lengths!

But it turned out cute!

We didn't really craft for her Daddy. Instead, we cooked for him! He requested creme brulee, and that's what he got! It really is easy! A baby could do it ;) We got this recipe from The Pioneer Woman!

Preheat oven to 325 degrees!

Put a quart of heavy cream on medium low heat. Add 1 tsp. of vanilla. Pull off heat right before it boils!

Meanwhile, separate 10 eggs. Put yolks in mixing bowl.

Add 3/4 cup of sugar to the yolks.

Whisk it until it is light yellow!

While the mixer is still running, SLOWLY add 1 cup of the cream to temper the egg yolks! Then add the rest of cream.

When its all incorporated, eat the foamy part on top. Em said "It tastes like ice cream!" YUM!

Pour into ramekins. And a giant baking dish because it makes a lot! :)

Put them water bath, meaning put ramekins in larger baking dish and fill 1/2 way up the sides of the ramekins with warm water. Bake until for about 30 mins, or until they are just set. After they've cooled enough to go into the fridge, chill for at least 2 hours. (We did ours overnight!) Before serving, sprinkle with sugar, then torch the top. I don't have a torch, I want one! So I just put ours under the broiler... WATCH them though!

I didn't take pictures of those last steps. Typical. But I did remember to snap a picture of the rest of the meal Clinton requested!

Smothered pork chops, rice, and corn maque choux! Yummy!

After the meal, Clinny and Em enjoyed the creme brulee.

And of course, there were presents!

She was so excited!

I love to see them together!

Em made him a hand print tree at school!

Em and I made a questionnaire book for Clinton that I found on Pinterest! It turned out really cute and he loved it!

A couple of my favorite pages!

I liked it so much I had to make one for the grandpas, too! I forgot to take a picture (ugh!), but I downloaded it here!

If you noticed that Em is wearing different clothes in all these pictures, its because we don't do anything on a regular timeline! That would be too easy! Crafting on Thursday, cooking on Saturday and Sunday, eating on Sunday, and presents on Wednesday! Ha!
Ok! Finally done! Buh-bye! And Happy Father's Day!

Stormy Weather Crafting and Just Plain Craziness

We were racked tonight by bad storms and tornado warnings! To distract Emma, we made an Easter craft!

It was just a foam sticker kit from Hobby Lobby, but Em had fun decorating all the eggs!

On other, stupid news. I am back on the "No Coke Wagon!" This morning, I made myself a big glass of ice water to take around with me in my plastic glass with lid and straw...like this one.

When I got in the car and took a drink, I noticed it was really hard to get any water out of my straw. I just assumed a chunk of ice or something was stuck in the straw and went on about my business. All day long, I sucked on that dang straw, barely getting any water!

Well, tonight I FINALLY realized there HAD to be something stuck in there. I got a skewer and poked around in the straw, sure enough, something was in there. Curiosity got the best of me and I cut the straw to find out what was in there.  

That my friends, is a GLUE STICK! One guess who put it there!

Rainy Day Crafting

It's pouring rain today, and since I didn't have to go anywhere today, I kept Em home from MDO. Mainly, because I didn't want to bother with getting out in the rain, and I wanted to sleep late! While perusing the internet this morning, I came across a template for a hand-print calendar on Share & Remember, a blog I follow.  The post was actually a template for NEXT year's calendar, but she linked up to a template for THIS year's calendar. I think it's super cute, AND I needed to keep Em occupied for a little while, so we got started!!

It's a little late in the year to be making this craft, but who cares!

Em's calendar!

The scantily clad artist showing her favorite page!

And this is Mommy's favorite!

It was a fun craft for Em and we didn't make *TOO* big of a mess, so it didn't stress me out too much! So we give it two thumbs up! It would make a really cute gift, but I'm keeping this one for myself! ;)

Our Week in Pictures + a Pinterest Project

It's Emma's world and we're just living in it!

Em and I made another Pinterest project today!

HERE is where we got our inspiration...

and this is what we came up with.. wasn't too happy with it at first, but I think it looks fantastic in this picture, so...YAY!

DIY Valentine's Crafts

I've been scouring Pinterest, looking for easy to make Valentines. I found the cutest printable Valentines.

Like these..

Pin it HERE!

Or these...

Pin It HERE

But the sticker aisle at Hobby Lobby won out! Instead, Emma and I made Valentines for her class that were super easy! I think they are cute, age appropriate, and each one is unique!

We used cards leftover from the baby shower (also from Hobby Lobby), foam stickers (Em picked out the monkeys, aren't they cute!), a hole punch, and lollipops. I just wrote all Em's classmates names on the back. 

Em is so proud of them and is excited to take them to her friends at school!