Quilts...

So I know that many of you saw pictures of Adreana sewing on Facebook. I never did come over here and show you the final projects. Adreana and I completed our first quilts and they were for a good cause which only made it sweeter. The only sad part is that they will be "on tour" for about 3 years so we won't get to see them again for a while. We did get this great 1905 cookbook. I still haven't used any of the recipes but am planning too.

I have to tell you it was the deal of all deals. The author of this book, Judy Howard, gave the sewing teacher free fabric (vintage stuff) so that her students could make free quilts so she decided to give free sewing classes to people making quilts for this event. All proceeds of the tour go to food banks. She is giving us the quilts back. So we ended up getting free sewing classes, a free quilt and a free cookbook (one each!) and soon we get to see our quilts up on display! How awesome is that! Especially for my little one though I have to tell you I am in love with my quilt...

Anyway some pics...

Please forgive the quality of Adreana's pictures. I had to take them with my sony camera in a badly lit room as we were leaving it and wouldn't be seeing it for 3 long years.  Her description says: I picked the children because they were interesting. They are working hard in their gardens like I worked hard on this quilt. Children need good food to be healthy and on this quilt you can see all kinds of good food.

I had her do this as her Language Arts writing assignment of the week. This is the best writing she had done so far (or I think so). It goes to show that when you have real interest in what you are doing you are more likely to excell. I am so proud of how hard she worked on this quilt.

Obviously I had my big girl camera for my quilt. I love it soo much. I have no idea what I am going to do with it when it finally comes back to me as I really don't have a place for something like this in my home but I will find a place. I will probably send Adreana's to be packaged (since I have no cedar chest) for safe keeping until she gets older. Atleast those are the plans but as you all know plans change. 

Our little quilts by no circumstances are perfect but they sure have a special place in our hearts...

You can see the rest of the quilts in the contest/show here: http://www.heavenlypatchwork.com/photos_of_food_for_body_and_soul_quilts.html  You can see that there is another rooster quilt with a rooster on display. I made mine first and someone (one of the teacher's friend) wanted one so badly that she was able to convince her to do her own. There were about 3 or 4 roosters to choose from but I fell in love with this one when I saw it. Now just to wait, atleast till Saturday to see them again!

Baby Shower hosted by Mireida

I have a friend, Mireida (Ada to those of you who knew her before we moved), who is a pro at all entertainment. Going to a get together at her house is always a pleasure. She recently threw a shower for her daughter and it was to die for. I got some pictures and I just had to share...

There is tons I didn't take pictures so you are getting just a glimpse of the awesomeness. Her daughter also has a blog so hopefully she will post about the party. I know she took way more pictures than I did. All of this was decor and gifts. The cakes are the most elegant diaper cakes I have ever seen.  The kisses were a guess how many game and the black basket contained gifts she made for the baby (coordinating burb cloths, wipe carrier and bibs) a headband and a flower.

You can catch a glimpse of the other reason why this shower was important enough to blog about in the top left picture in the mirror. Adreana. This was the first baby shower she ever attended. She was so excited to get to attend a girly thing. At first she was a bit disappointed that there was not going to be a baby at the party and I wasn't sure that she wasn't going to get bored especially after all the hype she had created for herself so I made sure she took something to play with but she didn't. She stayed engaged the whole party. She had a blast with the games and even tried the the baby foods, she was intrigued by the gifts for baby as she loves anything baby related. And she loved the food. I am so sorry I don't have more detail on the food because it was superb! She had some things I am not sure I know what they were but were exquisite and beautifully presented. Look at those strawberries. I couldn't wait to try them and I don't even like strawberries... The rest of the decoration was stuffed animals and their reading counterpart. She made bookplates (ok so I made book plates for her because she isn't the most techy person I know but she gave very precise instructions!)  and attached them to the inside cover and the guests wrote something to baby and mom. Isn't that the most perfect way to start a book collection.

Of course with Mireida it is all about the details. From the water bottles (which were almost to pretty to drink) to the candles. And then there was the cake. Beautiful and delicious and the perfect way to end a celebration. I sure had fun and I know Nani had fun too! Thanks for a wonderful party friend!

Hair...

Adreana and I haven't been to the hairdresser in a while: which means our hair is LONG. In her case she looks adorable, in my case it looks like I really need a haircut. We will be going soon but in the meantime I have found a couple of blogs with hair instructions. I have been trying them on her and this one was one of my favorites...

They call it the waterfall braid... I found the instructions here.

Here is what Adreana looked with her braid:

And here is a close up of her hair:

A couple more closeups so you can see how long her hair has gotten:

I think this ended up being one of my favorite do's I have done. Probably why I have pictures of this and not of any of the others. :)! I should take a few pics though. She has been a trooper letting mom play with her hair.

Love this girl of mine -