Wishful Things and Other Odds and Ends...

So I found these homemade beanbags today on IS*LY, here. Aren't they so, so pretty that you just want to eat them up?

I felt that I just HAD to blog about it. I absolutely love the idea of making these for Lucy and I feel like if I blog about these delicious little things this post may serve as a reminder for me to go out, get some fabric and do this when I get a spare minute. If you get a chance go check out her blog, it is just full of gorgeousness.

I even have a sewing machine that is just begging me to break it out of its confines in the closet and learn how to use it. My mom gave it to me for my birthday last year. My birthday is in November (yes, as in I received it LAST November) and look where we are now, almost an entire year later, and I haven't use it once. What a shame. You'd think I was busy or something... I am, however, absolutely determined to go and take some sewing classes at this amazing little fabric boutique in downtown Portland. It's called Bolt Fabric Boutique and they offer amazing sewing classes every month. I desperately want to take a class, for example check out their Small Quilt class on their blog. How fun for me to make for Lucy, right? Someday I will make a big gorgeous quilt for our bedroom...and one for Lucy's room...and one for baby #2 and #3...hell, everyone will have amazing quilts made by ME. Just you wait and see.

You're probably thinking, why didn't she sew anything on her 3 month maternity leave? Yes, I too I had the crazy idea that I was going to have all this time on maternity leave to learn how to sew, to repaint my kitchen cabinets, to get my garden ready for the summer, shampoo my carpet, repaint a room or two...and that was just the beginning, I mean I was going to have THREE WHOLE MONTHS OFF. I haven't had that much time off since I was in high school and it was summertime (those three months usually were spent driving around with the windows down and getting a tan, hard times). Do you know how many of those things I did whilst out on maternity leave? Take a wild guess.

You guessed it! Zero. Zip. Zilch. Hmmm...I wonder why? Maybe, I was too damn busy looking in awe at this:


Which I just cannot believe has grown into this:

Can you believe it was only 9 short months ago that she was so small? I just cannot wrap my head around it. How amazing, heartbreaking, incredible and wonderful all at the same time.

"It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't."
-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

Wishlist...Baby Knits

I wish I were more crafty, or at least I wish I had more time to learn how to be more crafty. So when I'm feeling the craft bug I go and check out Etsy and oooh and ahh over all the amazing handmade goodies there. Maybe someday...

Wish List:

• This adorable hat and bootie set and these sweet lime colored booties from Etsy Seller carameldiezel

I love the idea of knit toys for Lucy and these ones on Etsy have caught my eye:

• From Etsy seller Cakes Knits and Cosies

• Clementines from Etsy seller Eternal Sunshine

• I love this corn husk from Etsy seller Do Little Designs, look at the sweet ladybug! Check out her shop in general, there is so much good stuff!

I do know how to knit (and by "know how" I mean I can knit a basic scarf or blanket...anything in a straight line), and browsing through some of the Etsy patterns available makes me want to start trying something more advanced:

• I don't know how to crochet, but if I did I would buy these amazingly cute patterns from Etsy Seller Syvler to make for Lucy.

And while I'm at it, I would love to pad around my house in these matching "grown up" crocheted slippers from the same seller. How cute and cozy looking for the fall, right?

• Maybe I can try and up my knitting skills to be able to knit this sweater for Lucy for the fall from Etsy seller Shescrafty. I wonder if it would still fit her at 16, which would be when I finally have time to finish it...

Or I'd love to try my hand at this vintage knit romper pattern in some incredibly soft yarn, pattern from Etsy seller toomanycraftsupplies

• Or this vintage knit playsuit pattern from Esty seller Patterns a la Carte
  

So much wishful buying or wishful crafting. Hopefully someday soon I will be able to pick up the needles and have a go at some of these lovelies!

"Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. "
-Dorothy Day