peeping bee

 "peeping bee" is what i call my sneak peek into photos that i do.  i've decided that from here on out that's what i will call them.  i like it.  it's not that i'm actually going into the photography business at all, but i occasionally do take photos for people, so i'd like to mark 'em mine.  here's a few recents of my favorite neighbor kids...

potato stamps

i remember making potato stamps as a child and thinking it was so cool!  how resourceful it is!  we had our weekly babysitting trade today with calvin and graydon, so we thought we'd spice it up and make a halloween craft with our almost-too-soft-to-eat potatoes.  i've had this bag of potatoes eyeing me for a few weeks now.  i've started feeling guilty for not putting them to better use.  garlic mash...here we come tonight!

calvin's such a cutie

sienna showing off the spider stamp and her newest, thin-lipped smile.  hm...

chloe demonstrates how it's done.  rocket science people, rocket science.

they turned out pretty cute.  i did borrow martha's skull template, but the other two are mine.  that's probably pretty obvious though, huh? 

the finished products!  super fun and cute.  we added a few googly eyes here and there, and then magnets to the back to easily attach to the fridge.  we're always proud of homemade artwork around here!

feelin' the crafty craving

it's true that lately i've been far from my crafty self.  that is, the side of me that likes to be crafty, not that i actually am or anything!  it's like i'm pregnant, and nesting....only i'm neither.  tricky, isn't it?  

so i just want to make tons of things.  i have no shortage of resources either.  you should see my craft/sewing closet.  it's quite ridiculous.  i just keep accumulating more and more fabric and ideas.  i have followed through with NONE of it.  i'm thinking that i need to take one less class next semester so that i can get this serious urge to make something out!  

so excuse the blurry, borrowed photo above, but i had to share this amazingly cute book that i found at bookstar tonight.  nina and i were there tonight, sipping on starbucks and gawking at cute things.  this one just had cute style written all over it, from the cover of the book to the things to make inside, to the haircut of the adorable author.  i seriously fell in love.  don't be surprised if i have a short bob cut like her the next time you see me.  for real...

anyway, don't also be surprised if you see some of these items being made on this here blog.  not that i bought the book, cause i didn't....yet.  (sneaky smile inserted)