goodbye...

...to another great weekend....

this weekend was pretty low key. took MANY pictures of my little babe. had some diy/craft time with a sweet friend o'mine {hi!...stine!!}.
had a couple drinks, girlie drinks. went to church...

...and while i'm on the subject of church....ever since mason has been about 3 months old, it seems like church can't get over fast enough(that sounds horrible, so let me explain) i mean it is a long time for little ones to sit and not squawk. maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine to hear littles in church being loud to the point where i focus on them and not the message. so this sunday mason was getting really antsy and i could tell at any moment he was gonna get real unhappy and let us know about it(what happened to the days where he would sleep all through church...come on!)but i glanced at the clock and we had at least 10 more minutes. come one! lets wrap this message up and call it a day....this little is gonna flip at any moment. so where was i going with this??? i'm not real sure....just missin the days of sleeping all through church i guess :)

some weekend photos of maseypoo

we have started feeding mason oatmeal in the evenings right before bed because he had been waking up in the middle of the night just starving. i guess a 6oz. bottle isn't enough on its own. jeepers. we're gonna have a rollie pollie ollie on our hands :) bring it! love me some chubby baby :)

mason has a bad habit of scratching the crap out of his face in the middle of the night. it has been so bad that his cheek was bleeding in the morning....seriously mason?!?!???
despite his battle wounds....he couldn't be cuter....right?!!? i thought so :)


...another post about our other diy makings.....
this didn't touch the tip of the iceberg :)

hope you all enjoyed your weekend very much

....time to study my eye lids....

xoxo
melinda

a christmas gift i could eat.....

yes, i love him so much i could eat him up.....
in a good way of course :)

yum, yum, yum :)
possibly a christmas card snappy!

other mason randomness.......

can you say future quarterback??
dad gives you permission to break his records at school :)

grandma ehly insists that she gives you tours of your hizzie in this stroller....
sooooo funny :) looks like you are havin a blasty blast!!

here are a few christmas/winter wreaths i have been workin on when mason hits the sack....






now i'm gonna enjoy watching some college basketball(go dukies)tonight and HOPEFULLY sleep in tomorrow morning......no school!!!!!!!
but mase hit the sack rather early tonight, so i doubt that's even a possibilty....

oh, and tomorrow we, the hubster and i, are going to try and live life with out our blackberrys...
yep, we're trading them in for some zach morris phones....dumb phones NOT smart phones...
savin us some $$$$...its a little bitter sweet.

xoxo
melinda

new DIY project...

yarn wreath with felt flowers

i want to keep making them, i just need to find:
time

supplies you will need: straw wreaths, yarn, felt, scissors, glue, and any other adorable embellishment your little heart desires :)

step 1: keep the plastic wrapping on the straw wreath. it works much better and is less messy when you leave the wrap on. you could probably use a foam wreath as well but i would assume the yarn sticks better to the wrap of the straw wreath.

step 2: wrap the wreath with yarn. you will want to keep the yarn tight, but keep in mind that it is nearly impossible to keep the yarn perfectly lined up on the whole entire wreath. im my opinion imperfection = perfection :)
tie a knot to begin and a knot to end. i used two rolls of yarn for my wreath made by.....
vanna white....who knew?

step 3: make felt flowers

*cut a circle out of felt. the bigger the circle, the bigger the flower
*cut around the outside of the circle to make it have a waved look

*pick any point of the circle to start cutting the felt. you will be cutting a large spiral shape so that you will end up with one long strip of felt.

*when you get to the very end you will have a circle or oval shape left that you will want to leave and not cut into. this will be the base of your flower.
*take the end of the felt where you began cutting and start to roll. you will want to keep it tight in the beginning so it holds. if you want a smaller more circular flower keep it tight. if you want it to have a more open look you can keep it a little more loose as you roll it.
*once you get to the end you will glue the bottom onto the flower. i used hot glue, you can use a strong craft glue too.

*make as many flowers as you would like with different sizes and colors.

step 4: glue and place them randomly. add any other embellishments as you would like.

step5: add a ribbon, raffia, twine, fabric, etc to hang you wreath with.

step 6: enjoy your beautiful, handmade goodness :)
i still need to find a home for my wreath :)

enjoy and have fun gettin crafty!!!! :)

xoxo
melinda