a little bit of me.

{how to make: a crayon roll-up}

Just wanted to share another Fiskars project today...

from the "gift-a-day" November calendar.

It's the perfect stocking stuffer for any little person on your list!

I've always loved the Crayon-Roll-Up holders that I've seen on crafty sites like etsy, and decided that I'd just design my own.

It's the perfect thing to toss in your purse, or diaper bag, and take out at a restaurant, or in a waiting room, etc etc, you know :)

You can personalize it however you like - this Michael Miller Airplane fabric just happened to be perfect for evan.

And, if you'd like to make your own, you can see the whole project, with directions HERE.

:)

{#32}

this is what 32 looks like...

no makeup and a tee-shirt bc that's what i felt like today ;)

a day of sleeping in, and then visiting the "turtles, ducks, & fish" with evan and getting coffee.

thai food and mint-chocolate camicakes.

a ton of email, facebook, and texted bday wishes >> THANK YOU... :)

planning a new quilt that will be done this weekend for an upcoming Fiskars project.

working on a felt garland project for another Fisk article...

the new john mayer cd playing on our apple tv :)

the best gift ever = a handprint-painted turkey that evan brought home from school.  (he finally did a school craft!)

a clean house, the best birthday gift i could give myself!

and "GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE".  yay.

:)

{11.17}

the fair was fun had by all :)

evan loved the bunnies, but wasn't too thrilled with the goats or cows.

he did however ask to see a walrus, peacock, and zebra.

i had to inform him that those were not "fair" animals.  ;)

he scored a free balloon...

which was good bc we lost it 10 minutes later...

and after declining every ride that we tried to convince him to try, he finally picked a ride himself as we were walking by - cars and trucks on a spinning platform.

he told us "ride blue".........  like "Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide blue".  (so cute)

and he almost didn't get to ride blue bc he was an inch short, but then i stepped in and convinced Mr. fair worker that my son NEEDED to "ride blue".

after blue, he wanted to "ride red".

which we did too :)

& sadly no cotton candy, but there were some delicious funnel cakes involved in our morning ;)

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and for everyone who asked about the lens - its the 24-70L Canon lens - and it's FABULOUS.  all though it does scare me a bit carrying it around ;)

{11.12}

how is it already thursday!?

that's just crazy.

we had a super-fun visit from the fekete family this week...  :)

((we were lucky that we happened to be on their way to orlando!))

the ev's - as we call them ev#1 and ev#2 - got to hang out and play.

ev#2 even convinced my ev that swinging is cool...

:)

and its finally "winter" on the beach today.

a chilly 56 last time i checked ;)

(i say this as i think about the snow pics i was just searching through last night while looking for something else that i needed, ha.)

good stuff planned for this weekend.  my new L series lens is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.  woot woot.  a visit to a fair where we will try our best to convince evan that cotton candy is delicious in your belly.  and a gator game.  yay.

happy thursday.

:)

{some scrappy stuff}

a few scrap-happy things to mention today... :)

#1 - the Fiskars Crafts website has a new project-a-day calendar - lots of gift ideas for the holidays - you can see the whole calendar at-a-glance here > CLICK.

one of my projects popped up yesterday...

a mini album that I did of Ev...  lots of new American Crafts going on, on it.  And my FAVE Bo Bunny tone on tone polkas.  :)

you can see more of it here > CLICK.

#2 - my friend May Flaum's new Big Picture class: Using Kits (check it out here: CLICK!) starts today.  She did a super-fun lift of one of my favorite layouts - remember this one?? - for part of her class.  If you are a fan of online classes, def take a peek at hers - registration runs through Nov 11th!

(and last but not least...)

#3 - this.  So so so so SO excited to have been asked to join the 2010 CK dream team.  I adore the work of the other ladies on the team, and think it will be a super-fun year!  :)  so renew your subscriptions.  ;)

{halloween '09}

halloween came and went.

evan was a baseball player...

(please ignore my disgust-o door mat.  i realized how gross it was in these pics and bought a new one at target first thing this morning!)

toby was a turtle...

 

(but he was only "a turtle" for about 3 minutes tops, bc evan screamed when i put toby's costume on him - he DID not think that it was as cute as i did!)

evan trick or treated with a friend - who was a rock star trick or treater - evan on the other hand cried every time i told him to go get candy from someone.  ;)

we will have to "practice" more next year.  ha.

he did however enjoy his stash of candy and loot after the trick or treating was done.

 

m&m's and pretzels score big in evan's opinion.

i, on the other hand, took all of his whoppers and milk duds.  yum.

:)

{after a week...}

...of the sickies.

i am slowly emerging back into the land of the living.

:)

i spent a fabulous weekend (last weekend) in nyc with kelly.

she took me everywhere!

and reminded me why i LOVE ny.

i got a little dose of fall in central park...

we lunched at a super-fun and totally hip macaroni and cheese bar...

 

who knew 'mushroom' mac would be so tasty?!

i discovered 'crumbs' cupcakes...  YUM :)

we saw 'in the heights' from the CENTER of the FRONT row after winning the ticket lottery...  well actually, the fabulous sarah won it for us :)

this was our view of the the stage from our seats!

we jumped in central park.

(i clearly have not perfected the cute jumping facial expression like kp has ;)

kelly indulged my love of times square - and let me pose for pics.

I got to see the Purl Soho fabric store in person........  it's so super-cute (and tiny!) that I just about couldn't stand it!

& since it was raining on saturday, we saw a second show - a matinee of 'bye bye birdie' - with john stamos in it (cute uncle jessie) ;)

so much fun in just one weekend.

and hopefully the mega-stash of photos in this post makes up for my blog asbsence this week!

:)

{tee time}

just wanted to share a few photos of evan's new obsessive-addiction:

GOLF.

he loves it.

(we think it's adorable)

as in he even can't get enought of our dvr'd golf tourneys on tv - ALL.the.time.

we snuck him onto the putting green at the course at eric's parents house last weekend...

he seriously couldn't believe it!

 i love the little multi-colored club set!

he has a decent swing, putting on the other hand needs some practice ;)

and this is where my son decides its totally easier to just pick the ball up and drop it in the hole ;)

:)

{winner!}

sorry it took so long - but here is the winner!

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 19

Posted by: Amy Augustine | October 12, 2009 at 10:38 AM

#19 = Amy Augustine!  :)  email me your addy at seweinroth@gmail.com and i will mail the stamps out asap!

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We spent last weekend in south florida celebrating my not-so-baby niece ellie's first birthday!

(just now recovering from that, and then headed away again tomorrow...)

i adore the way she got into her cake.

evan could SO take a lesson on cake eating from her ;)

and paige and evan had oodles of fun amusing each other, as usual...

 

they are so super-cute together.

that's all i've got right now!

:)

{playdoh pancakes}

does anyone else's child think playdoh pancakes are as yummy as evan does?!

 

we've had to lock all our playdoh up for a few days...

getting tired of picking it out of teeth....

:)

ps - totally did NOT intend to take a pic of him eating the playdoh - as we are so NOT encouraging it - just happened to have the black backdrop up for another reason, asked evan to stand there while i tested my settings, and then got this very typical outtake...  so i felt the need to share ;)