DIY Baby blankets

I officially suck at blogging. I can keep trying, though.

I made a couple of blankets around Christmas for some friends and family. I hope they are getting well used :)

The first was a "Taggy." The woman who cut my fabric at Hobby Lobby told me that if I called it a "taggy" I would get sued because the lady who first coined "taggy" is on a rampage.

Noted.

For Tate man's blanket, I used fleece fabric and bought some cute ribbons that matched. I also stitched a "T" onto it so everyone would know it was his :) If you are wondering which tutorial I used...I didn't. I pretty much just guesstimated everything.

After the first try, I realized I had added the ribbons on backwards. Re-do!

I hope you enjoy, little Tate!

I also made a blanket for our friends who just had a little girl. I absolutely fell in love with this print and want to use it on any and everything I can re-do in my house. So if you come over sometime soon...you might see it. A lot.

I used a tutorial I found on pinterest. This only took me about an hour (including the time it took to cut that silly soft yellow fabric)

Need a blanket? I'd be happy to make one. Just let me know what kind of fabrics you would like and I'll get to work on it. You could even pick them out all by yourself :)

Oh, the bummers of night shift.....

I stayed later at work this morning for a committee I am on, so I got home at 9 and stepped out of my car only to hear the sound of a jackhammer. Yes, friends, the jackhammer is back. I thought for sure they had finished that portion of the project next door. So, I kindly asked Mr. Jackhammer man about how long he expected to be doing said project. To my delight, he said about an hour more. So, to kill some time I thought I would catch up on some blog posting. I know...it's been a while.

Anywhooo, things around the Chappell house are going quite well. To make a long story short, my husband made the decision to quit his part time job to focus on seminary studies. I also benefit from this, you see, as we had zip, zilch free time to spend together. And it's been amazing. For instance, this past saturday we had plans to get quite a bit done around the house, but due to some unforeseen circumstances (i.e., an emergency trip to the eye dr.) we ended up doing pretty much nothing all day. But we were able to just be with each other, and that was pretty great.

So.....want to see what we've been doing? How about I just show you.

Here's the last 30 days in pictures!

I had a birthday...

 I found my best friend's initials on a sweet old building in Chicago...

We visited Chicago and tried to soak up it's awesomeness....

More awesomeness....

My husband ran a marathon!

His marathon buddies....

I made a wreath for our front door....

I also made these nifty decorations thanks to a tutorial found here (i absolutely LOVE this blog!)

I made a cover for my kindle!

My mom and I traveled to Indiana for the Covered Bridge Festival...

We ate Dairy King. Frozen Ski. 'Nuff Said.

We had a blast at a wedding with our great friends...

We took a lot of pictures at said wedding...

My mother in law hooked me up with a killer deal on stamp sets from Stampin' Up.

 I'm pretty sure I saved 99%....

The Cardinals won the World Series!

The Cardinals had a parade for Winning the World Series!!!

We saw TLR (otherwise known as Tony LaRussa) ...not knowing he would announce his retirement the next day. 

We saw Albert Freakin' Pujols...

This is pretty much how awesome St. Louis Baseball fans are...

We made a table....

This is a project in the works...

We finally found a table for under our TV. FINALLY.

So, that about sums it up....i think.

30 days of crafting

So...I haven't posted in a long time. Yes, a very long time. We have been insanely busy and things are hectic around the Chappell house. I have been neglecting a ton of projects that have been sitting around, so my plan is to finish them in the next 30 days.

Each day I will either make a new project, or if I am working that day I will probably post a project that has already been made/started and I am finishing up or hanging up/setting out the finished project.

I am really, really excited.

yay!