More Crafts

So, my lack of blogging lately has been due to the amount of crafts I have been working on.

With me making a few seasonal decorations and working on Alayna's birthday party that is rapidly approaching, I have been finding myself sitting at the sewing machine.

And might I add, I have been in HEAVEN! I have been feeling my crafty side coming out.


A few weeks ago my mom and I went into a fabric shop and saw this pillow in the window.

The front:
The back:


Those cute little fingers are Alayna's. She is such a helper. I am surprised her whole body isn't in the picture. :)

We immediately knew that we needed to buy the pattern and get sewing. Well, my mom bought the pattern and I did the sewing. (We make a great team.) Once we selected all of the fabric and got all the supplies, I went to work. I made a pillow for me and a pillow for my mom. They turned out awesome! The pictures above just don't do it justice.

Beware: More craft posts to come. ( I told you I have been busy.)

P.S. Thank you to all the moms who gave me advice on shoes! I really appreciate it!

Fall is here....

which in my case, means pumpkins galore.

I saw a tutorial to make these cute pumpkin pillows. Once I got my Fall tote of decorations out and realized that I just didn't have many Fall decorations, I knew I needed to try my hand at these pumpkins.

So here they are.

And believe it or not, I have more that are decorating the rest of our apartment.

I think it is safe to say that we have our own little pumpkin patch. :)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

...In the Stevens home!

I thought it would be fun to post some of my favorite Christmas decorations so you can see what Christmas looks like in our home. (Ok. So maybe this post is more for my family so they can feel like they are spending the holidays with us from afar.)

The Christmas Tree.

The white ornaments that you see are porcelain ornaments that my Grammy makes. Every year she makes a new ornament for each member of the family. (She told me Alayna makes 90 people in the Lindstrom family. That's A LOT of ornaments!)

The Christmas tree all lit up.

My Nativity scene. I do believe this is my FAVORITE decoration because it is made with love from my Grammy. When you get married, my Grammy will make different pieces of the nativity and give them for Christmas. It takes five years to collect all of the pieces. (We have one more year to go!)

The cute sign below the nativity is one that KaLee made a couple Christmases ago.

My small Christmas tree.

Our stockings. (Just pretend they are hanging above a nice fire place.)

The snowman magnets. These were a hit in my Kindergarten room and now they decorate my fridge.

More Christmas trees. I guess you can never have too many.

A cute sign. It actually plugs in and the stars light up.

These are wooden letters that KaLee and I decorated one year.

We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and enjoys this time of year!