Birth of a Shoe

I took pictures of a childhood friend and her hubby who were pregnant with their first baby. I've taken lots of prego pics, but these are particularly special to me....as she was making her "birthing plan" she asked me to be there when she gave birth to their little girl. I think a dream

of mine is to become a doula at some point in my life...because I truly love the whole process of birth. Sweet baby Mia came into this world last Wednesday...with jet black hair, arms flying, legs kicking, greeted by bright lights and crying faces...it was amazing. The next day I made these little booties...and named them Mia Jade.

Baking bread from scratch

Over a year ago we started milling our own wheat to make wholesome, nay more than wholesome...bread. It is absolutely delicious and packed with vital nutrients that commercial bread lacks.....even the "whole grain" crap you buy doesn't even hold a light up to the amazing nutrients that are in freshly milled flour...

I also enjoy letting my son help whever he can...is more like "letting mama help me".....here's some pics of our adventure

All the ingredients...raw local honey, cold pressed organic olive oil, sea salt, local eggs, yeast, lecithin and water...yes that's also wine...that's for mama

Digging in the red winter wheat bucket

Putting the wheat berries in the mill

turning it on...

...whoa...kinda freaked out (it sounds like an airplane)

Feeling a lot safer on the floor...

Putting everything in...(it's hard trying to take a pic and help pour lol)

Eating honey off the spoon...

Smelling the most important ingredient...yeast

after kneading, rising, shaping, rising again...and baking...

fabulous bread from scratch....

we ate it with butter and apricot preserves...it was amazing!

Cutest Baby Set...

So I haven't been making any new baby blanket sets...due to that they maybe illegal in the weeks to come...but a friend of mine ordered one...Rockabilly Style...I swear this is the cutest one I've made! I'm contemplating on making me one as well! A large blanket...50"x36", booties, and two burp cloths...

What I did over the holidays....whew!

It was a crazy Christmas Holiday for me this year...which I'm grateful that I had...and grateful that I survived it! In the days before, I had a huge order of 100 magnet sets (yes that's 400 magnets) that I had to send out, a wedding to shoot...Etsy store orders and local orders....and then my lovely hubby tells me that we are leaving the day after Christmas for Texas to visit his family (17 hour trip!)....and that's not including shopping, decorating, cooking, baking, wrapping, packing...etc...for us. Let's just say I didn' sleep much...and my family and best friend really surrounded me and helped me get these things done.

I'm including some pics from the wedding...which was beautiful...yet not the ideal photography conditions...super dark, no ceiling to bounce the flash...and surrounded by windows...

New Mess Bags

Well with the holiday rush over...I can finally enjoy sewing again. I've got some super cute messenger bags lined up for the next couple of weeks...with new fabrics and textures...and fabulous colors. The model is one of my friends...she's in a band and she's amazing..