tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13686113604362398182024-02-19T07:14:31.921-08:00Easy BreezyWren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-53160714216505786092013-01-16T11:17:00.001-08:002013-01-16T11:27:01.867-08:00A Darling Chef WardrobeFirst off let me say that I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I have been without a computer for a bit since my computer was attacked by a virus! It's up and running now, but I lost everything. Luckily I did have a backup so I was able to retreive most of my pictures and important files. Whew! Unfortunately, the hacker came from someone who commented on my blog! SHAME ON YOU HACKER!!<br />
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Now I'd like to share with y'all some things I made for my darling niece for Christmas. Santa let it slip that "darling" was getting a play kitchen under the tree this year, so I thought she would need to be properly dressed for her new chef duties.<br />
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I couldn't resist this adorable fabric I found at Hobby Lobby. I made her a dress last summer with something similar and had to have it. I bought two yards of it back in August and I have plenty left so I'm sure I'll be making something cute for her to wear this spring too. And if she gets a new baby sister this spring, I'll be making two cute things. She could be getting a brother, so we'll have to wait and see. Of course I'll be sewing for a darling baby nephew too, but not using this fabric! :)<br />
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I didn't have a pattern for a chef hat or apron so I thought I'd look online to see what I could find. I got lucky and found a <a href="http://www.livingwithpunks.com/2010/07/free-pattern-mini-me-apron-set.html" target="_blank">FREE</a> pattern for the apron, pot holder and oven mitt and then a seperate pattern, also <a href="http://www.youcanmakethis.com/products/featured-products/free-child-and-adult-size-chef-hat.htm" target="_blank">FREE</a> for the hat! Both patterns were so simple I got all my sewing done in an afternoon.<br />
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As you can see, the baby loved her new chef wardrobe!<br />
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Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-78059323339575895382012-11-05T14:30:00.002-08:002012-11-07T07:20:18.859-08:00Pumpkin JumperI have been researching monogram and applique machines and I have discovered one thing they all have in common - the are EXPENSIVE!! Don't get me wrong, I still want one, and will one day have one, but that day is not today. Now, if I were back in Georgia, I would just call up my friend Marianne and she would monogram and applique anything I needed, but I am in Louisiana now and I have not found a friend like Marianne to do these things for me, so I had to get resourceful and figure out a way to do it myself with my plain ol' sewing machine.<br />
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I bought some brown corduroy and some orange gingham check to make a reversible jumper for my darling niece. I thought it would be precious if I could applique a pumpkin onto the brown side with the coordinating gingham fabric. Here's how it turned out!<br />
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Not bad for my first try. It would have been super cute if I could have monogrammed the pumpkin or the reverse gingham side, but I think it's pretty cute anyway.</div>
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Remember the <a href="http://wren-daniels.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-groovy-dress.html" target="_blank">Groovy Dress</a>? I had enough scrap fabric left over from it and the brown corduroy jumper to make a "mini groovy dress" for precious Anna-Kay.</div>
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I also whipped up this sweet dress and matching bib with some left over fabric.<br />
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I hope these two sweet girls enjoy their new outfits because I'm putting away the sewing machine until after the first of the year. I'll be decorating for Christmas soon and I need to get my dining room table cleaned off.</div>
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On second thought, my darling niece has a birthday coming up soon and then Christmas will be here too, so I might need to whip up a couple more outfits. I'm thinking a flannel granny gown and a cute peasant top with ruffle britches might be in order! Hmmmm.... </div>
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Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-34046085840401286692012-10-31T07:05:00.000-07:002013-01-04T13:39:23.621-08:00Happy Halloween Y'all!This is our first Halloween in Louisiana. It's also my oldest son Seth's 20th birthday. This is the first year I will not be spending this day with him, but we will celebrate when we see each other in a few weeks.<br />
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This is Seth on his 19th birthday.</div>
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One thing about having a Halloween birthday is you always have a theme to build your birthday party around. When Seth was little all the kids would wear their Halloween costumes to his party and we'd have a hayride. We did bobbing for apples one year, but all the kids got wet and made a fat mess so we didn't do that again. I remember the year I attempted caramel apples and all the caramel slid off and puddled around the bottom of the apple. I tried to make it sound gourmet by calling it "Apples on a stick in a bed of caramel"! Basically it was a recipe fail!</div>
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I've made these ghost pops as party favors for years. I made a batch for Luke to take to school, only to find out it was not allowed, so now I have two dozen ghost pops all dressed up and no place to go!<br />
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One thing I love about Halloween and Fall is decorating. Actually I love that about every season, but there is something about the colors of Fall that makes me happy. When Seth was born on Halloween I started collecting pumpkins and Fall decorations. I have as many decorations for Fall as some people have for Christmas.<br />
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We are enjoying having a wood burning fireplace in our new house.</div>
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Luke wanted to carve the jack-o-lantern all by himself this year. I think he did a great job!</div>
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Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-85040199495727824752012-10-24T12:47:00.000-07:002012-10-31T06:12:57.514-07:00A Groovy DressNow that I am unpacked and I've decorated for fall, I've decided it is time to drag out the sewing machine and get sewing for my darling neice. I've also added another little bundle of joy to sew for and that is my friend Amy's darling baby girl Anna-Kay. Here is the little dress I made for her.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I love this peasant dress pattern. It is such a simple pattern, yet it is so versitile. Here is my newest version of the peasant dress I made for my darling niece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I added a coordinating border with a trim detail using a third coordinating fabric. This is the first time I've done this trim detail and I love how it turned out! I took a strip of fabric and folded it in half to create a narrow border then sewed it onto the dress along with the wider border fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm dying to see how it looks on my darling niece! Oh, and speaking of my darling niece, she will be a big sister come spring! My sister is expecting her second darling baby. Maybe I'll have a little boy to sew for this time. We'll have to wait until the spring to find out though. Can't wait!!!</span></div>
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Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com3Mandeville, LA 70448, USA30.372875188118016 -90.1071166992187530.153688188118014 -90.422973699218744 30.592062188118017 -89.791259699218756tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-49327766535374152502012-10-24T08:11:00.000-07:002012-10-24T09:26:04.118-07:00Long Time No BlogYes, it has been a long time since my last post - six months to be exact. A lot has transpired since then. I've had 3 parties -<br />
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I've sent two sons off to the prom with their sweet girlfriends...<br />
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Taken my son to have his Senior pictures taken...<br />
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I've created 10 scrapbooks to give to the children in my class at the end of the year. That's a labor of love, but a lot of work.<br />
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I've moved one son home from college, while getting a second son ready to go off to college. I've attended college orientation for my second son and I did nothing to embarrass myself like I did at the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1368611360436239818#editor/target=post;postID=9106706967693327415" target="_blank">UGA Orientation</a>,. <br />
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Then I moved two sons off to college, one two hours to the north of my house and the other two hours to the south.<br />
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And on top of all this I prepared to move 500 miles away to Louisiana. I will not even go into the nightmare that the move has been, but I will say that we are in our new house and I'm making headway into getting us settled. I do love our house, but it has been difficult going to a house that is half the size. I've lost a breakfast room, a bathroom, a bedroom, a garage and a large storage closet. Finding a place for all the things that were in those rooms has been tricky. I'm getting there though.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are enjoying Louisiana, however, as it turns out, I'm not a big fan of Jambalaya (it's too spicy for me!), and I have not run into many heavily bearded men in camo or people with thick Cajun accents who catch gators! The Louisiana accent is much different than I thought it would be actually. Not many people have a thick Cajun accent, but instead sound very "Yankee" to me. I would have sworn our real estate agent was from Long Island, but turns out she was born and raised here. One thing I have seen a lot of are people wearing Saints and LSU jerseys! My youngest son and I try to count how many people we see wearing team jerseys when we go to the store. On Friday Luke's school is allowing the students to wear their favorite team jersey instead of their uniform shirts. I'm sure Luke will be the only kid wearing a University of Georgia shirt with an Auburn jacket!</span><br />
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I was going to say "Sewing for Spring", but I live in Georgia and we just jump straight to Summer around here! We've had temperatures in the 80's throughout the month of March and April and people are already opening their swimming pools! Either way, spring or summer, I've been sewing up some warm weather outfits for my darling niece.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now on to my most favorite outfit to date! I love this tie on the shoulder reversible top and matching bloomers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Oui, oui, these are french seams on the bloomers! So snazzy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of my favorite activites during dental health week is when we talk about healthy snacks and not-so-healthy snacks. I bring Oreo cookies, apple slices and a mirror to class. First I let them eat an Oreo and then show them how their teeth look when they eat not-so-healthy snacks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Afterwards I let them take a look in the mirror to see how nice and clean their teeth are after eating a healthy snack!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We had a real firetruck come to visit our class during Fire Safety Week, but guess which teacher forgot her camera that day!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These hats make me want to say "Romper Bomper Stomper Boo". Who remembers that from Romper Room back in the early 70s? Man I'm old!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I was explaining this theme to my class, we started listing people who are community helpers like policemen and doctors etc. One little boy raised his finger into the air and proclaimed, "Witches are NOT helpers!" You got that right buddy! </span><br />
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As y'all know, I love to sew for my darling niece. She is a year old now and we're coming up on her second Easter, so I wanted her to have a new spring wardrobe.</div>
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Who doesn't just love seer sucker? I bought this pink striped seer sucker a while back, not really knowing what I wanted to make, but then inspiration hit and this is what I came up with.</div>
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I love this minky dot bunny my friend Marianne appliqued for me. I have got to get me an applique/monogram machine especially since my friend is moving far, far away this summer! </div>
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I was so thrilled with how this little jumper turned out that I didn't want to wait until Easter to give it to my niece, so I decided to mail it to her. This is where the sad part comes in... I went to the post office and purchased one of those padded envelopes to mail the dress and matching bloomers. As I was addressing the envelope I noticed those "if it fits it ships" boxes and I thought, maybe I should have used one of those instead, but I had already started writing on the envelope and had sealed it shut so I kept what I had. I've mailed outfits in the same type of envelope before and all was well... but that was then. I don't know what happened to the bunny dress after I paid the postage and handed the package over to the post office. It's been well over a week and the package never arrived at my sisters house a mere two hours away. My darling niece will not have a darling bunny dress to wear to the egg hunt and her Auntie Wren is heart broken. :( I've got several more outfits made for the baby, but I will be hand delivering them from now on!</div>
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**GOOD NEWS! Since this post, the bunny dress has been delivered! Yay!**</div>
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Before I show y'all a few things I've been sewing on I have to ask if y'all have seen those hilarious "Hey Girl" sayings that are all over Pinterest? Oh my word! They crack me up! Here are two of my favorites!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So anyway, a friend of mine has a precious little girl who wants some ruffle britches (ruffle britches are all the rage with little girls around here) and since she knows I like to sew she asked if I would make a few pair for her. She bought the fabric and the notions and I did the sewing!</span></td></tr>
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This Tinkerbell fabric was precious. My friend told me her little girl put them on and wouldn't take them off at bedtime, so she let her sleep in them!<br />
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There was enough of this fabric to make a cute pillowcase dress to go with the britches.<br />
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The third pair of britches was made with this sock monkey fabric. I can't believe I forgot to take a picture, but here is what the fabric looks like.</div>
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Why is it that the minute you sit down at the computer with your morning coffee and attempt to check your emails, sleeping children will arise and being to crawl in your lap? Three children crawling in your lap will cause your coffee to spill all over your keyboard and desk. Spilled coffee on your desk and keyboard will cause your keyboard to short out and the coffee to run down the walls and onto the floor. Coffee on your keyboard and walls and floor will result in a mama jumping up and dumping children out of her lap and running to the kitchen for a dish towel. Dumping children onto the floor will incite much crying and children shouting and blaming each other that because YOU spilled the coffee we can't play Webkinz! <br />
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After wiping up the coffee, throwing away soggy papers, scrubbing the walls and floor, drying out the keyboard and banishing the children to the kitchen with their poptarts Mama will be ready to sit down and read her emails. While reading her emails she'll probably smell the remnants of hazelnut creamer in the carpet and if she smells the hazelnut creamer, she'll probably want a cup of coffee to go with it!<br />
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That was how my morning went and I never did get to finish my coffee. Now that the children are napping I'm tempted to put on another pot. I'm just not sure if I should risk it though!Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-85148154585584132082012-02-10T17:19:00.000-08:002012-02-21T16:02:55.916-08:00Ta-da! Ugly Chair No. 2 is Finished!Just when I thought I was getting pretty good at this upholstering thing, I hit a snag with the second ugly chair. My stapler started messing up on me and the staples were going in all wonky. One side of the staple was in and the other was all bent up! I was so frustrated I was about to take " Ugly Number 2" to the Goodwill and let someone else try their hand at making her pretty. After much aggravation and staple removing, I finally got the fabric stapled on, only to realize I hadn't pulled the fabric taught in one spot on the back and there was a big pucker! Somebody shoot me! I had to remove half the staples from the front of the chair to get to the back so I could pull out those staples too! I swear I never want to see another staple for the rest of my life! <br />
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Then there was piping issues. The cording I bought was a smidgen smaller than than what was originally on the chair and it left a gap between the cushion and the chair frame. I went back to Hobby Lobby and the next size up was twice the size. I bought it anyway. I figured if that didn't work I'd just buy some black gimp (I used white on the first chair) and trim it out that way. In the end I used both sizes of cording and I think it looks kind of cool! And here she is! What do you think?<br />
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Here she is, in all her tweedy, mauve glory.<br />
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I honestly don't know where we got this chair. One day it just appeared at my house. I think the hubs found it on the side of the road. Seriously. I've tried on numerous occasions to throw it away, but one of my boys always fetches it from the trash and wants to keep it! I have resigned myself to the fact that the chair is staying, but I have not resigned myself to mauve tweed. Even in the 90s I don't think I would have liked this chair, although it would have gone perfectly with the mauve and country blue Laura Ashley loveliness I had going on at that time.</div>
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As you can see, the seat was removable, much like a dining room chair. I just unscrewed it from underneath and it popped right off.</div>
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The back of the chair is upholstered from the front side of the chair. You can see the reverse side of the fabric from the front of the chair.</div>
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And here she is, completely disrobed and down to the frame. The "disrobing" is really the hardest part. Upholstery takes a lot of staples and it can be a real bear pulling those staples out. My poor knuckles are so scratched up from prying staples out with pliers and a screwdriver and my back and arms are so sore from all the pulling and tugging, but I got it done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I went ahead and covered the seat because I was dying to see how the new fabric looked. I love the whimsy of the polka dots but I think the color scheme gives it a masculine feel.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Covering the seat cushion really was easy breezy. I just centered the cushion on the fabric, folded the edges around to the backside of the seat and stapled. When I staple I usually start at the top center and put in one staple, then I go to the bottom center and then side to side. After I check to see if the fabric stayed centered I go back and bring the corners in and staple them down. When I get the corners like I like them I go back and finish the sides. The more staples the better. You don't want your fabric to pucker on the finished side.</span><br />
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I haven't attached the seat or started on the back of the chair yet because I plan on painting the frame black first. I hope to have everything done this weekend and I will move the chair back into my son's bedroom. I may do a little sewing with the left over fabric too. I got this on clearance and bought the rest of the bolt, so I may have enough to make some pillow shams for the bed. Wish me luck!</div>
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<br />Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-26239881867254691572012-01-26T16:34:00.000-08:002012-01-27T10:54:43.643-08:00Burlap Wreath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have officially jumped on the burlap bandwagon and I am enjoying the ride too! I have fallen in love with all the burlap wreaths that keep popping up on Pinterest (if you haven't discovered Pinterest you need to! It's my new obsession!) so my good friend Jennifer and I decided we'd make our own. <br />
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Jennifer is a new friend that I've gotten to know through work and we have so much in common. First of all we are both named Jennifer - my first name is Jennifer and my middle is Wren (Jenny Wren when I was little, but Jennifer in school because it was my first name and apparently middle names were not allowed!). Secondly, we both have sons named Seth, and thirdly, one of my sons and one of her sons share a birthday. But the main reason I like Jennifer is because, like me, she looks at things and says, "I can make that!" We have had a great time making wreaths. We both made mesh wreaths at Christmastime and last friday we got together and each made a burlap wreath.<br />
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I made this wreath just like I did the <a href="http://wren-daniels.blogspot.com/2011/11/lovin-some-mesh.html">mesh wreath</a>. I used the same wire wreath frame from Michael's but the burlap isn't nearly as wide as the mesh so I had to do two rows of the burlap to fill the wreath. The burlap came from Michael's as well. Each spool has 10 feet of burlap ribbon that is 6 inches wide. I used almost 2 spools of ribbon. I bought the black mesh ribbon from Hobby Lobby. This is a narrower version of the mesh and it is 6 inches wide too. The letter came from Hobby Lobby as well, and I painted it black. I'm thinking I might add a little sparkle to the letter with some black glitter and I think the bow needs a little something, but this is how it looks today. I'm thinking I might get some red burlap to make another bow and maybe add some hearts for Valentine's day. We'll see what inspiration strikes me at Hobby Lobby tomorrow!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Along with making cookies, I've done a lot of sewing for my neice, but also for other friends babies.</span></div>
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A pink plisse' peasant dress and bloomers with white eyelet trim for my darling neice. I think this is one of my favorite outfits.</div>
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A onsie decorated with fabric roses and bandana bloomers with eyelet ruffles I made for a friends new baby.</div>
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Another peasant dress for my neice. I loved the fabric on this one. I also made matching pants but forgot to take a picture of them.<br />
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For a last day of school gift for my class I printed a tag that read "Stay Cool This Summer" from some site I found online (wish I could remember where) and tied it with curling ribbon around several unfrozen ice pops.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I actually started on a new craft today - a burlap wreath! I ran out of burlap ribbon so I've got to run back to Michael's but I will post about it the minute I am finished. I also bough the fabric for my second ugly chair, so I hope to have that started and finished soon too! I've got lots of projects planned and I can't wait to get started!</span><br />
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<br /></div>Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-44391037803241933822012-01-12T15:53:00.000-08:002012-01-12T15:53:27.667-08:00Blog Slacker!I know, I know... I am the biggest blog slacker ever, but it was just so busy the month of December I barely got on the computer. Now that the Christmas decorations are packed away, my more than 300 emails have been <strike>deleted </strike>weeded out, the laundry is caught up and the boys and I are back to school, I've got a little more time on my hands. Instead of making a list of resolutions this year I've made a list of projects I want to complete this year. I never seem to keep my resolutions - if I did, I'd be rich and skinny, so I'm hoping I'll be better at a "To Do" list. First on the list is to re-do the second ugly chair. I'm thinking about changing the finish on the wood by painting it either black or ivory. First I need to decide on the fabric.<br />
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Second is doing some more sewing for my darling neice. I don't think I showed y'all the precious reversible jumper I made for her first birthday party. She had a pink snowflake themed party so this dress was PERFECT!</div>
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The outside of the dress is corderoy (I almost typed "pink corderoy" but I thought, duh, they can see that it's pink!) with a minky dot snowflake applique. The opposite side is pink and white polka dot fabric. I love the ball fringe trim too! I think this is my favorite outfit to date! Of course, I wasn't ready to quit while I was ahead, so I made her this little cutie to wear Christmas.</div>
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Another project I've been working on is my 1980's sofa table. I've already painted it ivory, even though I really wanted to paint it turquoise. I chickened out, thinking my living room is mostly earth tones with red accents and turquoise wouldn't go, but then I went to my friend Jennifer's house and her living room was very similar to mine except for her turquoise table! It looked great, so now I am determined to paint my table as well.</div>
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I always hang a wreath and a garland around my front door. This year my garland just looked sad and plain next to my new fabulous wreath. I had to remedy that situation, so I pulled out the mesh again and got busy gussying up my garland. Please ignore the reflection of me snapping the picture but notice the sweet little face gazing out the door watching me</div>
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I had bought this pre-lit garland 50% off after Christmas last year and got it for $5!</div>
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I stretched it out and fluffed it.</div>
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I started by gathering the mesh at one end and attaching it by using two pieces of the garland like a twist tie. <br />
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And to my mantel. Notice the half lit garland! Grrr... Christmas lights have been on my last nerve this season! Would you believe that the entire town was out of white lights last weekend? I went to two Walmarts, Target, Lowe's and Home Depot before I finally found ONE dinky 200 light strand at CVS!! What's up with that? </div>
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I am so thrilled with my wreath! I even bought more of the mesh and I have big plans to transform my garland around the door and down my stairs and on the mantle! Those things will have to wait until after Thanksgiving though. I can only handle one holiday at a time!</div>
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We told Daddy we were going to get together and have a cook-out to celebrate his birthday, so he knew we were getting together, but he didn't know the theme or that we'd invited forty people! He was certainly surprised at all that, but I think even more surprised at the Elvis costume we'd ordered for him to wear! After all he was the King of the Party!</div>
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This is my daddy and his siblings. I think they represented the 70's from beginning to end!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Disco Queens to CB Radio Truckers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brother and his wife looking very "Partridge Family"</td></tr>
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<br /></div>Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-8073577146990933822011-11-07T05:20:00.000-08:002011-11-07T13:19:13.006-08:00Say Yes To The CookieThis week I had a special request from my friend. Her son had plans to propose to his sweet girlfriend this past weekend, what better weekend than the Georgia/Florida game? (and Georgia beat Florida for the first time in years! Go Dawgs!). Anyway, she asked me to make some cookies for when they came home to announce their engagement. We searched the town over for an engagement ring cookie cutter, but none was to be found. We opted for the wedding cake one instead since we didn't have time to order the other one online.<br />
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I made my favorite sugar cookie dough recipe. You can get it <a href="http://wren-daniels.blogspot.com/2011/08/time-to-make-cookies.html">here</a>.<br />
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The first step in decorating is to outline the cookie. I add my icing into a piping bag or a bottle with a narrow tip and I trace around the cookie. This icing needs to be a little thicker so it holds it shape and doesn't run. This acts as a dam for when you add the flooding icing. Save this thicker icing for your details. Let the outline dry for a couple minutes and then add your icing to the middle of the cookie. This is called flooding icing. You want your flooding icing to spread easily and level out on its own. Ice the cookie and let it dry completely. This takes about 30 minutes. Then go back and pipe on the details and add sprinkles. I tinted the icing for the details with a tiny bit of cocoa powder just to give it a little contrast. I love the look of the little pearl dragees on this one.</div>
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On this one I just piped on the decorations and then sprinkled on the fine crystal sprinkles.</div>
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This one is a combination of sprinkles and candy pearls.</div>
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And here are the three designs I decided on. I love how they turned out! Maybe they'll ask me to make them for the wedding!</div>
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Anyway, I've just been so busy sewing I've gotten behind on my blogging so I thought I'd take a break from my Singer and share something I made for a ladies dinner last week.<br />
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The ladies in my Sunday school class planned a ladies night out and my friend Amy offered to host it at her house. She made a yummy pasta dish and everyone else signed up to bring the salad, bread, dessert and drinks. I brought the dessert and the sweet tea.<br />
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I've been seeing all these cute desserts in the Mason jars online lately, so I thought I'd give it a try. Here is my version of dessert in a jar.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made my "dump cake" recipe, which is the easiest dessert ever! All you need is a can of pie filling, I used peach and apple (shown here) and cherry (my favorite) a box of yellow cake mix, chopped pecans and two sticks of butter. I spooned 1/3 a can of pie filling into each jar, then I chopped up about 3 cups of pecans and mixed them into the dry cake mix. I then spooned the dry cake mix and pecan mixture on top of the pie filling. I just divided it up evenly among the nine Mason jars. Lastly I dotted cold cubes of butter on top of the cake mix (about a tablespoon per jar). Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour until pie filling is bubbly. I placed my jars in a deep roasting pan just to make it easier to get them in and out of the oven, but you could use a cookie sheet too. When I took the jars out of the oven I covered them with the lids. You could hear the jars sealing up like I had just made preserves or something! Then I tied raffia around the top and added a spoon. I lined my cooled roasting pan with some fall towels, put the jars back in and that is how I carried them to my friends house! I also brought along some whipped cream, but I think a scoop of vanilla ice cream on this warm dessert would have put it over the top!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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So anyway, I was strolling through Hancocks the other day just "looking" and I saw this adorable fabric! I thought to myself, "my darling niece NEEDS something made from this!" So I bought this cute witch hat fabric, then ran right next door to Hobby Lobby... you can see why I'm having such issues with Hobby Lobby and Hancocks right next door to each other... and I bought the orange and white polka dot. <br />
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</div><div align="center"> First things first! Taco Soup! With the first dip in the temperature I have to pull out my trusty recipe for Taco Soup. I hear its supposed to get cool this weekend and I can't wait to make a big pot of it! I know that there are many versions of this recipe floating around, but this is mine if you'd like to give it a try.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">1 lb. ground beef</div><div align="center">1 small onion</div><div align="center">1 pkg. taco seasoning</div><div align="center">1 pkg. hidden valley ranch mix</div><div align="center">4 cans Rotel Tomatoes</div><div align="center">2 cans Shoepeg Corn</div><div align="center">1 can Black Beans</div><div align="center">1 can Kidney Beans</div><div align="center">Water</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Put ground beef and onion in a large pot. Brown meat. Drain. Add Taco and Ranch seasonings. Stir to coat meat and onions. Open all your cans and dump them in! Add water (about 4 cups) to fill pot. Stir. Simmer for 45 minutes. I serve mine with Fritos and grated cheese on top and a big piece of cornbread with butter on the side! YUM!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Secondly is Halloween. My oldest son was born on Halloween so I tried to come up with some special treats to serve at his birthday party. One of my favorites are these ghost lollipops. I got this idea from a Martha Stewart magazine many years ago and they have always been a hit. </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then there is the pumpkin cake. I've made this cake for my son's birthday almost every year. A couple of times I strayed from the pumpkin cake and made a scarecrow cake and a haunted house cake and my biggest cake disaster, the candy corn cake. It looked like a big orange, yellow and white hill. If people have to ask what it's supposed to be, you can pretty much chalk it up as a "cake fail!" But the pumpkin cake has always been a success. Although every year I forget to save a soup can to bake the stem in and I'm always running out at the last minute to buy soup! I should put that with my recipe - eggs, butter, flour, one can of cream of mushroom soup... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vB-G2haVR47OK8ruN2cZFHiAc8MyCx4GSdOzeXRqurQ0n-n2EMynVyAIfRObTioNiZq2LYWcXPVwDSxeEhzJLrJuUptSFfEPzln9cy9rooXDIQxUZvcRSrAybIqmddNFFinZRHiwd-c/s1600/pumpkin+cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5vB-G2haVR47OK8ruN2cZFHiAc8MyCx4GSdOzeXRqurQ0n-n2EMynVyAIfRObTioNiZq2LYWcXPVwDSxeEhzJLrJuUptSFfEPzln9cy9rooXDIQxUZvcRSrAybIqmddNFFinZRHiwd-c/s320/pumpkin+cake.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This cake is actually two bundt cakes stacked on top of each other.</div><br />
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</div>Wren Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542781499706989870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1368611360436239818.post-3250165953671023972011-09-30T11:47:00.000-07:002011-10-03T09:20:20.719-07:00The Trick or Treat Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Remember this cute fabric?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCnoRJH6yGXRLjzUWLM_ZHQyR0b7v-g0i1ebNkAfh2zsZ5yNx9Nrln2fXM4RhV6sVwLxYbvZyOVejKHYyQ4PEic-13IMjvRjB9iw_Oh1S91gTw5fFr9tpMS89qOqhSep8BDRmot2AciI/s1600/DSCF1177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCnoRJH6yGXRLjzUWLM_ZHQyR0b7v-g0i1ebNkAfh2zsZ5yNx9Nrln2fXM4RhV6sVwLxYbvZyOVejKHYyQ4PEic-13IMjvRjB9iw_Oh1S91gTw5fFr9tpMS89qOqhSep8BDRmot2AciI/s320/DSCF1177.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well here's what I made out of it.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLoSJwSZ5DmGkqL4OurcaNjrRjnPrUp1OPXNQlfTZu0tsVaylM0zGYUJnKxarZG3fW8YV1PZgsd2I3UkajuB4sXJcNKnj0DR1I0GIIPDveAqCMlQu_YERY7euiYvAcd8bMCoKoxrkW7Y/s1600/DSCF1244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLoSJwSZ5DmGkqL4OurcaNjrRjnPrUp1OPXNQlfTZu0tsVaylM0zGYUJnKxarZG3fW8YV1PZgsd2I3UkajuB4sXJcNKnj0DR1I0GIIPDveAqCMlQu_YERY7euiYvAcd8bMCoKoxrkW7Y/s320/DSCF1244.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just adore the trick or treat fabric! Isn't this knot dress pattern the cutest? I can't wait to see the baby in it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJb4P1J9SRzRemxDnQSI5cbpTPgb85d0pzXkZEn1cNh9k746FxoNOT9L8C3hi0Tt8IWhfck0EWQv1Fxh7q6bi0jeaUuj6vhrxAr3_kiM2CA6_wuvpPTMjVtWqQmpeKy2rNA0f393jMGY/s1600/DSCF1245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJb4P1J9SRzRemxDnQSI5cbpTPgb85d0pzXkZEn1cNh9k746FxoNOT9L8C3hi0Tt8IWhfck0EWQv1Fxh7q6bi0jeaUuj6vhrxAr3_kiM2CA6_wuvpPTMjVtWqQmpeKy2rNA0f393jMGY/s320/DSCF1245.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I was cleaning up my sewing area I came across this rick rack and it was exactly enough to use on the dress!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now to make her a second dress using this fabric.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMp50Kxsu0pF2V9LjxScNjkKOhLbfJuQ0sHZuM4fyEI9grJk2_c7jyefaOrrqaVLALwKKFW5YiH3t-FMn_bCj_tkwiA9BGrXiT6s0Djau0uRN6HstwvWhJEfVRIiGYpAr3MA1AQy8imf0/s1600/DSCF1181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMp50Kxsu0pF2V9LjxScNjkKOhLbfJuQ0sHZuM4fyEI9grJk2_c7jyefaOrrqaVLALwKKFW5YiH3t-FMn_bCj_tkwiA9BGrXiT6s0Djau0uRN6HstwvWhJEfVRIiGYpAr3MA1AQy8imf0/s320/DSCF1181.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm thinking a long sleeved peasant dress with ruffle legged pants for the fall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxRh6JbwVC-wd1HycrQoI1wSLJUWV-qQIPcgx7RcQT4oWutKyjjdHjD7j6ZK5ijJlR3_wUPkNyFcNzcZLmjU-vPDP1QTShtFl-e8WOTtrMLpbboB0muWMbJEi3b7dkv5v8c1xixCYcN8/s1600/DSCF1222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxRh6JbwVC-wd1HycrQoI1wSLJUWV-qQIPcgx7RcQT4oWutKyjjdHjD7j6ZK5ijJlR3_wUPkNyFcNzcZLmjU-vPDP1QTShtFl-e8WOTtrMLpbboB0muWMbJEi3b7dkv5v8c1xixCYcN8/s320/DSCF1222.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>I know the weather is getting cooler out, so I made this outfit bigger so she can wear it next spring. Oh, and remember the romper? I decided to get it monogrammed. How cute is this?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSuALtf7KqOhj1v_OzKo8_-PMvDPokGSinyJzp0wYKm4jIfTJpgKjBQ3F-HpWSnTtHi6WDjdXYnSuWFrZx0LKpc1XsbjznFDOVZSnFaA70s6YKj0BtMDl0tFuwtefHLIzFmMOiN7-Kl0/s1600/DSCF1220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSuALtf7KqOhj1v_OzKo8_-PMvDPokGSinyJzp0wYKm4jIfTJpgKjBQ3F-HpWSnTtHi6WDjdXYnSuWFrZx0LKpc1XsbjznFDOVZSnFaA70s6YKj0BtMDl0tFuwtefHLIzFmMOiN7-Kl0/s320/DSCF1220.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, I'd better get back to sewing. I've got two outfits to make before Thursday! Y'all know I'll be sharing them with you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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