Bib

I can't believe Max is getting older, pretty soon he'll be sucking back real food. This means I'll need new bibs. I went to Target and saw you can buy a set of 2 for $12. I looked at it and thought, I can try and make this especially since I bought all those baby books on how to make bibs. So I went to Joann's and bought "oil canvas". Which I'm not sure if that is oil cloth or not, but whatever. So for half a yard it cost $6.50. With all that you can make 6 bibs! The only thing is I despise an unfinished back. If you buy the bibs at a store the back of the bib is non-reversible. Mine are reversible. I made a couple variations, double sided with oil canvas, towel material and bias tape.

For the simple version of this bib get Lotta Jansdotter, "Simple Sewing for Baby." You will not be disappointed. All you'll need to make her bib is the fabric and thread.

Don't mind the crazy behind Max. She wanted to be in the picture. =)

Red Egg Re-invented

Red Egg and Ginger parties aren't so traditional these days. So I went with a completely non-traditional invite. A friend took this gorgeous picture of Max (thank you Cathy!) Check out her blog http://ckamphotography.blogspot.com/2007/11/who-is-ckam-photography.html.

Kathleen, my BFF, told me a while back that she took a class in Photoshop or as my husband calls it "PS". So I asked her if she could possibly come up with an invitation for me. She did and it turned out AMAZING! I love it! We are already planning the thank you cards! I told her the size I wanted because at Costco photo's you can make your own invite in matte for less then .25 cents a card!

The tiger on the invite was from http://lazeros.deviantart.com/. Check out the amazing art!

I can't wait to show you hot the thank you card turns out. Stay tuned! =)

Picture this

I've always wondered how the hell people posted multiple pictures within one picture!!??? This weekend we actually got both kids to sleep before 9pm, which leaves Dennis and I with some alone time. How do we spend it? On our laptops catching up on leisurely activities. He just showed me a quick and easy way to do what I've always wondered about. He said the best way is with Photoshop, which I don't have. So for all you Mac users this is how you do it.

1. Click on iPhoto


2. Pick your album of pictures


3. Click on Book


4. Click on Picture Book


5. Click on Layout


6. Pick your layout


7. Drag and drop your photo's


8. Go to the application called Grab


9. Highlight the area you want to show on your blog


10. Save as JPEG


11. DONE!!!

Good Luck!