Instagram Friday!

Linking up at Life Rearranged for Instagram Friday!

The beginning of the week had an insane amount of rainbows...

All of them were the full-on, St. Louis style huge arches.  Do rainbows ever stop being totally unreal and magic?

We took the girls for their traditional Christmas gift from mom and dad--Build a Bears.

L named her orange cat Tiger.

K named her border collie Basket.

E named her fennec fox Melody.

L and K had a little Christmas performance for dance.  They both ate it up.  They are divas.

They also had fun playing before bed last night while E was at soccer.  Their fun is insane and I'm just glad we didn't end up in the ER with skull fractures, but they were laughing the whole time.  That's good, right?

This is L.

There's 30 more of these.

Instagram Friday!

I've decided to start linking up to Instagram Friday on Life Rearranged.  Next week, though, as this week she was doing a different project for Instagram Friday.  Anyhow, it makes me more accountable to record our family's week...and I get to play with my new iphone!  Woot.

"Schnuggle me, Mom.  I need schnuggles." 

Round One of E's  braces DONE.  

"Sit on the couch wif me, Mom.  Sit."

Best grocery shoppers.  A is rocking L's Fancy Nancy headband from Halloween.

Please note: Tiana pillowcase, baby Tiana doll under arm, Tiana frog, Tiana softie, and Naveen frog between the wall and bed.


L is not in any of the pics.  But she did record close to 1,000 videos of herself on my phone.  

Agent P

When my sister-in-law called wondering how she was going to pull off an Agent P costume for her 3 year old, the gears started turning in my head and I couldn't NOT do it.  

It turned out the way I imagined it, which is always very satisfying.

I referred to these tutorials for sewing up the shirt and pants.  

For the webbed feet, beaver tail and duck bill I used double layers of felt.  With the tail I added a layer of batting between and quilted the cross-hatching into it to give it some dimension and texture.  Between the felt layers on the bill I hand-stitched two bits of pipe cleaners to help bend the bill into a curved shape.  They're all separate pieces, with elastic to fit around his ankles, waist and around his face.

They already had the hat.  PHEW.

I had imagined myself making a detailed tutorial for each piece, but then I just wanted to get it done.  ;)

Giveaway Winner...

OK, I don't know how to do the fancy-shmancy screen capture thing.

Anyhow, our winner is:

Aimee said...

I just shared your giveaway on my facebook page!

MAY 8, 2011 8:45 PM 

Why is this only typing in caps?

I'll contact you, aimee!

seriously, what is wrong with blogger???

Take Note, Mr. Nolan.

(Sorry for the itty bitty image.)

This is from the Happy Meal box K had for lunch today at an outing to the park.

What on earth is Robin wearing?

And for the love of all that's good, this had better not show up in the next Batman movie.

500 Facebook Fans Giveaway!

I have hit 500 fans on Facebook!  Hooray!

Because that is exciting, I'm going to have a sa-wheet giveaway.

The winner gets to pick one item in my shop.  

Anything.  Clippies? Skirt?  Dress?  Ready to ship?  Pick your size?  Whatever.  

Here's how we're going to play this:

1.  You get one entry for making a comment.  

You only NEED one entry to win, but here's how to get your name in the mix a few more times:

2.  Tell me you're a fan on facebook.

3.  Tell me that you follow the blog.  Maybe I'll post more than once a month.  You never know.  Unless you follow.  Then you'll know.

4.  Give my little ol' shop (elkdresses.etsy.com) and this giveaway a shout-out on your blog.  Comment and post the link to the specific post.

5.  Tell me that you spread the word on facebook.

The giveaway will close on Sunday, May 8th, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time, and I'll announce the winner sometime on May 9th.  Include your email in at least one of your comments to make it easier to get in touch with you!