Emily helped me choose all the fabrics and the size and the buttons… She decided her doll needed earrings when she found these mismatched flower buttons in the button jar.  I love almost everything about this.  But I will admit that the combination of the heart-shaped mouth and the yellow skin makes her look a little bit like a baby chick.  Alas, that was my mistake.  I talked Emily into the yellow fabric for her body.

Emily doesn’t care.  She doesn’t see anything wrong with the doll.  And I think she is in awe of me for the first time in a while.  That is something I can appreciate coming from my sassy little lady. :)

Emily and I are making a doll together.  I just love her drawing, and I hope I can replicate it (with her help) in fabric.  She really wants the sparkly crochet thread in there somehow.  Can’t wait to share the results of this creative collaboration! :)

P. S. I’ve seen dolls made from kids’ drawings before.  Here is one of my favorites.

Inspired by Dottie Angel, I crocheted a little banner last night.

I looked at the quilt top I made for Jacob, considered finishing it, and decided I needed a different craft for the evening.  Crochet was just the thing.  I sat on the sofa, crafted, and listened to Lenka on Rhapsody while Evan played Call of Duty.

Perfection.

…are so hard to photograph!

Instead of decorating pre-existing curtains, I decided to sew some yesterday.  I mean, I must have been feeling good.

I bought this fabric from Sew, Mama, Sew a couple months ago to put in the kitchen.  Then something horrifying happened that changed my mind: Emily spilled spaghetti sauce.

It was epic.  The sauce got all over the less-attractive-orange-gingham that presently covers the broom closet.  That is precisely where this new, lovely, cream-colored fabric would have been had I felt like sewing in these past months.

Thus the fabric now safely resides in our living room.

It does not match the sofa.

Time to buy a new sofa.

Sometimes it’s so hard to get inspired.  Especially when you’re pregnant and feel like junk for 2 or 3 months.  Or longer.

Yep, that explains my most recent hiatus.  Probably the most legitimate excuse I’ve ever had.

But I have been feeling better.  So here I am. :)

I found a bit of inspiration today at Anthropologie.  Check out this pretty wallpaper design.  I used an old-fashioned pencil eraser to stamp out a similar design in my journal.  And I’m tempted to stamp the wall now.  But maybe I’ll just do the curtains instead.