Newborn M

This little beauty is just six days old and weighs only five pounds!!!  I have never held a baby this small, and although I am a mother of three, I must admit, she made me a little nervous!  I am pretty sure my babies were five pounds when I was about five months pregnant.  This little girl was so alert, but still sat pretty still for her debut....

I had so much fun making the Valentine style set up. I bought an old, slightly yellowed book from the thrift store. Then I had fun tearing out the pages and ModPodg-ing them to a white foam board. I found the cute lace doily hearts at Ben Franklins, although I probably could have saved a fortune by just looking at the Dollar Tree. I then collected twigs from my front yard. I lucked out with one that kind of looked like a bow. I then cut out felt triangles, glued them to the tips of the twigs and tied off with burlap fabric pieces.

Little Red Riding Hood

Ahhhhhh.  Pinterest.  I have to say I am quite addicted.  It is an amazing place for inspiration.  I saw the cutest Little Red Riding Hood Costume on there, and although my skills are far less than required to match the skills of the seamstress that made the original one, it gave me inspiration.  So I grabbed my crochet hook and got to work!  I must admit, I learned to crochet off of utube.  Sad huh?  But this was really easy, I just made a red rectangle and closed it with yarn to make the tube top.  Added a small white rectangle and then some ribbon.  I then bought about 6 yards of tulle and went crazy!  It was so easy to just tie the tulle to each loop at the bottom of the tube top.   Let me warn you, anyone who may wish to attempt this project:  Do NOT buy the glitter tulle.  It will look like a glitter fairy blew up in our house for many years thanks to that stuff.  But nonetheless, here is my end result on my not so cooperative little one!