once i’m done with a project, i can’t not post it (at least the picture! the blog posts wait sometimes…) i mean, i’m glad Mia can’t actually read yet, because by then she’d surely know how to work the mouse and be reading my blog for signs of gift-giving. anyhow, i really wanted to get her a bamboletta doll because they’re so beautiful, but really, i shudder to think of the sand boxes this expensive doll would frequent, of the marker experiments done on her precious face, etc. so instead of a bamboletta, i decided to make her a doll myself. i can’t claim the genius of designing this doll (i don’t have the time to design a doll myself at the moment) but i did make it from scratch and i am pretty proud. Her pattern name is mae but i call her may because that’s the month in which my little one was born. i’m hoping that when i’m long gone and she’s an old lady, she will still keep this doll as one that her mama made her.

for our upcoming trip to disneyland (for my mom’s birthday), i made mia a disneyland outfit i embellished the hoodie with ears and a bow and sewed the skirt. i also made her a tee shirt for underneath, done with my very first applique. A little rough, but not bad for a first time:

i’m totally proud

and my model was happy to oblige a photo. she’s really getting to the point where she loves dress up, so whenever she wears this, she meows and tells everyone she’s a cat. i made the mistake of putting the ears on first and then the earflaps, so they’re a little bit off, but she doesn’t seem to mind i think next time i really want to make a calico cat… or maybe a tabby. that would be super cute.

ohh and i’m lame this year and never dressed up party pooper!

wow i made this necklace a million years ago (ok, maybe 3 or 4?) and now it’s popping up in blogs. i made it for an etsy contest about reusing items you might throw away… i’ve known people to chuck pennies away like garbage so i thought it counted. it cost exactly 36 cents (i already had the jump rings)

holy crow these crack me up big time

a lot of chatter about my roach on facebook

woo hoo can’t stop smiling!

and here is my awesome cake wrecky inscription from jen! and my coolio bookmark making me an official wreck creator

unfortunately, our entry didn’t win but marco and i had a chance to really have some quality time together and our taste tester, mia, found out she really loved twinkies (and frosting. and chocolate.) so it was all worth it