Homemade Decor

I have had a little vision for these plain silver buckets that I got at a Garage Sale last summer for a dollar. Today, I just decided to bring them to life with creativity! Plus, anything with Burlap and fabric is cute right? I am loving using my sewing machine more lately. I made Jayna curtains for her room and they turned out so lovely, and I was proud of myself because I had never sewn anything bigger than hair bows since like grade 11! I was also stoked because I got to use my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine to cut out the layered flowers. I have been wanting to try that, and now I have! Btw, the Silhouette Cameo is so amazing, and I love it so much! I bought it with some of the money I made in my latest Craft Fair, which seemed very fitting to me! Today, I had a little helper. Jayna likes pins for some weird reason. Side story: When she was about 13 months old, she snuck into our room where I had a cowl I had knitted on the floor. I was "blocking" it and had pinned it to a towel to let it dry. We had some friends over and after a minute or two we were like " Where is Jayna?" Andrew opened our bedroom door to find her by the cowl with pins hanging out her mouth and holding some in her hands. His intense side came out full force, and I didn't hear the end of that for weeks! "How could you leave PINS on the floor!?" He swore that Jayna had swallowed one of them and it was lodged somewhere in her tiny body about to cause some major problem that we couldn't see from the outside. Personally, I knew she didn't swallow any, she just was curious to what they felt like. But needless to say, that was the last time I blocked a cowl with pins in it on the floor. (Blocking a knitted piece is when you soak it in this special liquid with water and then pin it to a towel in the way you want it to be, so it stretches it a bit and lets it dry into the shape you want.) Anyways, she still likes pins, and if she can get her hands on one from my etsy table she will. But today, she was my little helper! I got her to hand me the pins so I could stitch materials into place....

Then she took each pin out for me as I sewed along and put them to the side of the sewing machine...

She also helped me with the laundry today and putting the soap in the dish washer. I love including her, and I know she loves it too. Here are the finished products:

I had fun, and now I have crafty little bucket to store some of my etsy stuff. I actually like the simple one in the middle the best, but the others are fun too.

My Winter Beauty

I wanted to post some photos I took of Jayna the other day before we went out. I thought she looked so cute in her new toque, scarf, and mittens. I am really loving this age, 2 years. She does have those occasional "terrible Two" moments, but for the most part she is just so darn cute! She is picking up on so much, and saying lots of new words lately. Right after I took these pictures, we were walking out to the car and she says " mommy, MOON!" and looks up at the sky pointing. That was her first time saying Moon. I am always so proud and happy when she does something new, it is so facsinating to watch your child literally grow up before your eyes! There is nothing on this earth like those beautiful moments. I love them so much. When we were in the car, she pointed to the roof and said " Moon, Sky!" Another new word! Yay! I thought it was pretty cool. We went to my Mom's house, my Auntie Nee Nee, my favorite Auntie is visiting for 2 weeks. She is just sooo fun, and Jayna calls her " Mee Mee" haha. Later that night Jayna learned "Ding Dong" and points to her nose, Auntie taught her that one. haha. Some of my favorite things that Jayna does that I always want to remember at this age: 1) A lot of times after her bath she will go into my bed and pull the covers over her and just giggle. I will always join her and we just giggle and cuddle together and get all cozy. It is sooo cute, I love it. 2) We have started the habit over the last month in the morning, Jayna calls out for me or Daddy when she wakes up, and usually Andrew goes and gets her from her crib and brings her into our bed. She always comes to me and cuddles up and says " Hi Mom" in the sweetest voice with a smile on her face. I just tear up thinking about her sweet voice and face. What a precious daughter I have. 3) I have a beauty mark on my tummy and Jayna noticed it, and goes "Oh Mama," and points to my beauty mark. I showed her that she has one on her bum cheek. So she points to it, and says : "Oh mama, e la da!" ( E La Da ) means look at this, what is this, where is that. Her version of asking those questions. lol 4) She loves brocoli, and eats the tops off and leaves the stems. 5) She calls everyone "Alma"! The only people she says by name is : Mama, Dadda, Nana, and now Mee Mee. When we went to Toronto back in September and stayed with Anna and Carl, she started calling Anna " Alma". It was really funny, especially because she could say Anna. Once we got home, she called my Dad Alma, and everyone else. Even strangers if she wants to get their attention she calls " Alma " and they obviously don't know she is talking to them! haha. 6) When she plays on the phone she always calls Anna. "Hi Anna. " Then she talks and says " Bye Anna."

She loves her rain boots.