wishing i had $300 to do this. looks fun eh? anyone want to do it with me... and pay for me too?

looky what i found! a whole blog dedicated to artwork based on where the wild things are called Terrible yellow eyes! These are a few of my favs. Check out more here. i love them all but this is perhaps my favorite.

coolest patchwork project ever! instructions on sew mama sew from melissa at all buttoned up.

i just spent a bit going through her blog. she has some awesome homemade clothing and cute style. she also has a few projects in stitch magazine. if you don't have the first two copies you need to get them. they are great magazines with some awesome projects. lots of pillows, skirts and gifts. i love the asymmetrical skirt in the first issue and plan on making it soon ( soon to me might me tomorrow or next year)

worst blogger ever= ME

car problems,potty training, cleaning, weeding, raising kids,went to cali for awhile,feeling sick...

my baby decided to stop nursing in california, i guess he thinks he's to busy now that he is almost one ( in two weeks!eek!) this has been my only child who has abruptly stopped nursing and i am pretty sure i have a plugged duct or some sort of infection. i'm tired and achy and my boobies hurt.... still and it has been about a week.

i have been working a bit on some new headbands that i love. my grandpa and hubby tell me i look like a hippie ( what's new?) beats looking like a primadonna.and it means i wash my hair less and never blow dry it. can't beat that.

don't worry i have loads and loads of freckles and no make up on, crazy eyes, oh and weaning cleavage ( which is totally temporary, dang!) i look HOT!

so- to make my lazy bum get it's self into gear i am working on a cute little gal easy peasy dress.... and possibly a giveaway. so stay around will ya?

i couldn't help myself from making another skirt from the belle "favorite things" pattern. this is probably my favorite fabric ever, i have it in all three colors. summer is made for cute skirts...

my boys helped me pick raspberries today. they ate them faster than i could pick them and i was lucky to even get this many. my baby was so funny crawling around after us and pulling raspberries off the vine. he looked like a crazy little jungle baby when we were all done with his berry stained face and his make out hair.

i'm making my mom a quilt for her birthday and i am loving these blocks in particular. this is the first quilt that i have made from a pattern and i have to say that i keep asking myself " what the hell have i gotten myslef into?" nothing is easy or turning out the way it is supposed to. i am taking a break for a few days from the quilt. we both need a break, time to think things over and see if we can make it work. i'm sure we can in the end.

the last picture is of a little embroidery that i'm going to hang on my collage wall. i love the color of the fabric and plan on making a shirt out of it next.

i just ordered these cute prints off etsy yesterday. i can't wait to put them in my collage wall. i love them. from this etsy store.

i really like this idea of using rain gutters as bookshelves . bonus is that it is really cheap and customizable. i like displaying books facing out so you can see the covers. ( sorry not sure where the picture is from)

summer hair = BRAIDS! i've decided to go hair dryer less most of the week( i have decided the least i can do is semi fix my hair up for church, does that make up for the fact that we sneak out after the sacrament almost every week? it is a bit hard to stay the whole time when all you do is roam the hallways and nurse babies...)my goal is to only use it at most 2x a week. i joined a flickr group a while back called braid Wednesday for inspiration.

here are some tutorials for your dirty hippie hair enjoyment- good little granola girl graceful lady has a great video here (this is the one i use alot)

get two cute braid ideas inspired by lc here and here and my new favorite style can be found at the polished pickle- seriously how cute is this hair do??? and the blog is really cute too.

photo and tutorial from the polished pickle

i'm also a big fan of the bobby pin messy bun look. what summer hair tips do you have?

i have three boys. i like to sew cute things. there are many cute things to make for girls, not so much for boys ( although i am working on that) so... i made cute skirts for my nieces. i am a nice aunt, the best actually. the end.

hey ladies tomorrow is the big day. first thing first weigh ins. eek i am scared to know but it must be done!

from now on we will talk skinny talk on the private blog. i will start with my goals.

goals-

• work out at least 4 times a week
• eat less sugar
• eat more fruit and veggies
• eat less meat
• eat out less
• drink more water ( because my baby barracuda takes all my supply. only 2 months left until i am mostly done with breastfeeding, hooray! can i just tell you that i have seriously been pregnant or breastfeeding for 5 years now and i can not wait to have my body all to myself. that is until one of my kids hangs on me, bites me or otherwise uses my body as their own personal perch.)
• get skinny!

i am kind of doing a very lose modified body for life plan. i am also doing their cardio plan, i love it, it is effective and it only takes 20 minutes! they also have really good recipes. and if you sign up for their official challenge you can win $10,000!

my mother in law karma has a great little tracking sheet that she is going to email me. and i will send to all of you. body for life also has some great tracking tools.

alright you're next. what are you goals? remember to post them to the skinny blog not here.