Gettin Crafty II

Valentine's Day is coming up, and that means our little Kate turns 1!!!! So hard to believe.

I've been keeping pretty busy with little crafts revolving around the birthday and holiday.

This is my "craft closet". This is where the magic happens!! hahahha
This doesn't really fall under the category of making something, but whatever. I finally hung up some photos that I've had forever. I had stopped putting up new photos and I took down a lot of old ones since we had our house on the market. Well that was 6 months ago, and I'm tired of not having our photos up!! I decided: we do still live here. I don't care if they see them, I want to be able to enjoy them. So here's one arrangement at the stairs. I'm very pleased with it. Of course I've changed the photos inside the frames all around since this photo.

And you can't tell, but these are some photos from our wedding... just hung. When did we get married??? yeah, almost 6 years ago.

Here are some of our Valentine's decorations.. how fun!! I love pink and red, and Kate does, too (she can't argue- heehee).

Here's one of the birthday projects I made. Our little Valentine on the wall.

And we can't forget our other Valentine, Lanndyn. I have always made a point to send a Valentine gift to Lanndyn every year. She looks forward to it! This year, I found out she and her mom are going to start a sewing class (she does want to be a fashion designer, after all). I decided she needed a pincushion.
oooohhhh.... ahhh. Work friends, you will recognize the fabric. :)

And now for my favorite part...

I freakin made shoes!!!!

I got a pattern online for making baby shoes, and I spent 2-1/2 hours the other night making these. I had not completely finished them, but I had to take a photo because I was so excited!! James wants me to go into business, and I told him he was crazy. No way. But I would consider making another pair or 2. Hopefully Kate can where these on her birthday- that will be the true test of craftsmanship. :)

by the way, I have no idea why all of the above is underlined. Blogger is so ridiculous sometimes!!