I'm trying a little harder these days to make the transition from mother trying to cope with a two year old & newborn twins to a mother of three trying to develop her own interests & hobbies. I'm finding it a little difficult but exciting at the same time. It's funny to think of the difference in my current hobbies & the ones of a few years ago, but I wouldn't change the shift in priorities or my three little tornadoes for anything! There are three current projects on the horizon. First is thanks to Makayla finally growing a little hair. I'm getting on the bandwagon with several women at church & trying to learn to make hair bows. I've made two so far & have found several other types of bows that I want to try soon. I'm not that talented yet, but thankfully Kayla won't know the difference.
My second project is more like five separate projects, but they're all related. My mother-in-law gave all of the girls in the family a "Land of the Free Because of the Brave" wall hanging to do a couple of years ago. I haven't had the time to do it yet, so I've been hanging on to it. I've also got 4 "6 B's" wall hangings to do for my little ones & as a Christmas gift for two of my nephews. I've never done these types of projects before, so I'm a little intimidated. They look really cute when other people do them though. I'm hoping they're not as hard as I'm expecting them to be.
Finally may be my favorite project! Most of you probably don't know it, but Pride & Prejudice is my all-time favorite book!!!!! I was online about a week ago & found a series that was written from Mr. Darcy's point of view. There are three books in the series. I received my copies of the first & second books today. Hopefully the third book will get here tomorrow. I'm sure that these books won't be as good as the original, but the reviews that I read sounded like they were written in a similar style to Jane Austen. The 1st book covers Darcy's time in Hertfordshire when he initially meets Elizabeth. The 2nd book covers the time he spent between Hertfordshire & seeing Elizabeth again at Rosings. The 3rd book picks up at Rosings. I can't wait to start reading!! Hopefully I won't get so involved that everything else falls by the way side.
So here I go!!! Hopefully at least a couple of my new found hobbies will stick...
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Those books look really great. Let me know how the first one goes... I'm looking for a good read.
Where did you get the 6 B's wall hanging? I'd love to start a project like that too!
I've made it a couple of chapters into the book. I'll let you know how it's going after a few more. So far, I like it. But again, I'm probably not unbiased. I LOVE the original!!!
The wall hanging is a project that I got from church. Our Non-Super Saturday projects for the holidays. If you want I can make a copy of it & send it to you. I'm sure you know much better than I do where to get the fabric, thread, etc. Let me know!
I would LOVE a copy of the pattern for the B's! I'll email you my address on Facebook or something.
I think I'll see if our library has a copy of your books. I'm willing to give them a try!
Good ideas of new projects!
I love the bow project! If only I had a girl to wear it. Unless you make "puppy bows". I saw a dog dress that I almost bought, yes I almost put my pooch in a dress.
I'll have to let Toni know about books.
Shana,
The 6 B's is not hard at all. If you have any questions about it, just give me a call. I think Rachel did a great job of giving step-by-step instructions.
You should tell Aubrey about the books! She loves Pride and Prejudice, too!!
I started making Adelaide hair bows and it is so fun! She loves to wear them too so that's encouraging for her to sit still. Makayla will probably love them!
I want to make bows!! I gave it a go a while back, but got sidetracked onto another project. Now I want to do bows again - you'll have to teach me.
The bows are so easy; there are a few websites that I know of that give free instructions on various bows. Send me a message on Facebook if you want the addresses. If I can be taught -- ANYONE can! :-)
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