The Family Proclamation ABC's!

I am so excited to present a little project I have been working on with Jocelyn at "We Talk of Christ, We Rejoice in Christ."  I have used this project in working with my kids to help them better understand the Family Proclamation, a document put out by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  You can find this project along with my guest post and testimony about our relationship with God here.

Thank you Jocelyn for inspiring me to write my testimony down!

I am also keeping this scribd file available on "our faith" page so please feel free to download it and share it with your kids!

-CK

 

White Jewelry

Remember this post?

Sorry to leave you hanging for so long, but this has been a really important project for me, and I've been trying to approach it correctly.

To answer some questions: yes, I design and make jewelry, and yes I've decided to start selling what I make.  The following is a little of what you'd find in my shop.

A lot of my jewelry is white, but I thought I'd post this one, specifically, to enter into DIY 504 Main "White" Party!

Here are some white eggs in a sterling silver mother's nest ;)

So that's my shop;  A little bit of this, and a lot of that, mostly.  

I love baby bracelets.  The idea of what I make dangling on a little baby's wrist really is such a fun thought.  I try to imagine a new mother wrapping a tiny piece of jewelry around her baby's wrist and then stepping back to have pictures taken of her little angel.  I think we all can relate.

So yeah, there you have it.

It's what I've been up to of late, and it is bringing me so much joy.

If you are interested in seeing the shop, you can find it here:

nonsenseandwhimsy.etsy.com

-Becka

oh darn

And I was so excited...

Second Baby Quilt

 

Sorry about the lack of posts, I don't know how anyone can juggle all of life and still be able to post as much as they wish they could.  We do the best we can.

This is my second baby quilt.  You can find the first one here.  I am still learning.  

Man these things take me forever to crank out.  These two quilts were taken directly from my fabric stash.  The next two I make (which I will be posting in a while) will be made from fabric I pick and buy specifically for two beautiful babies.  I am excited for you to see the fabric they will be made from!

But for being a jumble of what I have already, I though this quilt was pretty sweet.  It is high loft, and super cozy.

And yes, the quilt is tied.  I love hand-stitched quilts, but lets face it, that just isn't gonna happen for me.  My life would break.

But that's okay, I love tied quilts too.

And I was wondering if any of you had any quilts you would like to share?  If you leave a comment with a link to them I'd love to see them.  Thanks!

-Becka

Food Friday: Sweet-Potato French Toast

I like to keep some orange puree

and green puree in the fridge at all times.

That way I can slip some veggies into whatever meal we'll be having for dinner (or in this case, breakfast).

This breakfast (which my kids L-O-V-E) uses some sweet potato puree.

You add 1/2 c. of sweet potato puree

to 4 eggs and mix them up.

Next dip your whole wheat bread in...

and fry the bread in some hot olive oil.

Flip it and let it cook till it is light brown on both sides.

I dab my finished toast on paper towels so the french toast doesn't seem greasy.

Serve this with 100% maple syrup and you don't have to worry about your kids getting too much processed sugar!

My kids absolutely love this breakfast and I feel good about serving sweet potatoes and whole grains first thing in the morning ;)

-CK

A message from Grandma...

Grandma is so good at custom drawings...

;)

Thanks Mom, love you

-CK

Wordless Wednesday; Self Portrait-Giggle Blue

{click to enlarge}

-CK

Decorate a package

My sister, Becka, gave me this great idea

to sew a manila envelope right into some scrap paper.

This makes it possible for me to reuse some envelopes

and make a package special.

Oh, and what is this inside? 

Green and Black's Organic?

YUM!

-CK

PS my nails never look that good in real life... I just happen to have fake nails on because of a big once-a-year work function my husband and I attended last week.

Wordless Wednesday: Lego Store in NY

(Who you photographing?)

-Becka

Travel Tuesdays: Uganda

My sister and I grew up moving around, mostly outside of the US.  In college I did two internships abroad.  Our parents continue to live in South America today and as my sister and I pursue this blogging gig, I find myself continually wanting to reconnect with my past and those experiences that have molded me into who I am now.  That is why I'd like to initiate "Travel Tuesdays" to give us an excuse to reminisce about our traveling pasts once a week.

First off, I'd like to feature some pictures from Kampala, Uganda.  While living there as an intern, I can not tell you how many times I bought some grilled corn, a bag of fresh nuts  or pumpkin seeds from an outdoor vendor.  

This woman here is selling mangos on her head; a very common sight in the city:

And here is the outdoor market for veggies and clothes

(I got some of my favorite fashion statements at some of these outdoor markets- for real!):

And I'd just like to point out the mangos and tomatoes in this illustration...

(a scene from our developing Haiti book)

The mangoes, tomatoes, bananas... everything in this scene came into my mind because of my past ;)

And take a look at this picture:

Don't you remember wanting to be just like Mommy and helping her out in everything she did?

I thought this scene was just precious!

Have a post about somewhere you've traveled?

Leave the url in the comments and I'll check it out!

-CK

You're # 1!

A while back for family night I thought it would be fun if we celebrated each other and gave out awards.

Dad got the award for "Most-Hard-Working-Good-Looking"

Lizzy got the award for "Most Presumptuous"

Momma (me myself and I) was awarded with.... "Not-able-to-recognize-that-a-'1'-is-backwards-until-the-next-day-when-my-husband-realizes-I-actually-didn't-do-this-on-purpose-and-had-to-kindly-let-me-know"?

"Uh, honey?"

"Yeah?"

"You do know that those '1's you are writing there on that paper are backward right?"

...

"... wait... but this is how I made those awards for last night...."

"Yeah... I thought you were just trying to be funny..."

awkward silence....

Anyways, I thought it was a cute idea still.

Pretty easy to make.  Just cut them out and sew them together.

And if you have older kids they can help come up with the award titles.

Some fun ones you might like to use:

"Most-tired"

"Has-Completely-Run-Out-Of-Ideas-For-Dinner"

and of course,

"If-you-try-to-eat-an-entire-half-of-a-seven-layer-dip, you-might-just-get-sick"

-Becka

A Drawstring Bag

I recently had the necessity of finding a drawstring bag tutorial.  I searched CraftGossip and settled on this one.  Mostly because I happened to have an extra raggy t-shirt around and about five minutes tops to get this done.

Here is my final product:

And oh!  What's this?

Why hello!

These are small knitted finger-puppets!

My parents are living in Chile right now.  When my mother visited recently she brought some treasures for the kiddos.

She said they sell these for a dollar or so each!

My word!

Have you ever knitted?  I've tried... it takes forever!

So yeah, these little guys are awesome. 

And no longer homeless.

-Becka