Christmas cookies!

Even though Christmas is hard and stressful and not my favorite holiday, I still get a kick out of seeing how much my girls enjoy it!  Every year we decorate sugar cookies.  Last year we had company over to help us and this year we had a whole cookie baking day!  I had made a batch of cookies several days ahead of time so that the kids could decorate them while the adults baked.  And baked, we did!  There were 6 adults and 7 kids.  With all these hands we got a lot done!

All the kiddos sat down to decorate.  There were lots of runaway sprinkles, lots of frosting blobs where they didn't belong and lots of licked knives and fingers!  But the kids had a fun time and were very proud of their cookie masterpieces! 









ssshhh, don't tell, but I ate this one even though it wasn't mine!







Even Baby Avie got involved! Although she mostly just ate frosting and sprinkles....



Lots of stirring..



Lots of decorating...



Lots of eating....



Lots of movie watching...



Lots of fingernail painting... Wait, what?



And lots and lots of cookies...







And lots of fun!

Christmas photos

Trying to get serious photos of the girls for Christmas cards is like trying to herd chickens.  I managed to get these photos this weekend and 4 of them made it to the card! 































Nothing much has changed!

Christmas for Theo!

I made Theo Leo a few things for Christmas!  I figured since he is only 2 he wouldn't remember that I only got him clothes.  But then I felt guilty about only sending clothes so I let my girlies pick out 2 other presents. 

Here are the gifts that I made for him recently.  3 shirts!  I figure messy little boys can never have too many shirts right!  Same pattern as I used before, Ottobre Design 1/2010 #6 size 86.

(And all of these fabrics are from my recent order from Girl Charlee! Love her stuff!!!)





For some reason, anytime I look at this shirt I immediately think of Snakes on a Plane....



Look at these tags! Aren't they cool! I bought them from this etsy shop! She has such cool tags! My favorite is the cassette tape that says, handcrafted old skool.



And finally, I made him some more pants like the ones I sent back in October. I love the pattern and I love the cuffs at the hem. That way they grow with him and they keep his little ankles warm!

Pattern: Ottobre Design 4/2010 #11 in size 86. The brown cord is from my stash but the green cord is from a pair of children's European cord pants I bought at Goodwill for like $1.   Another cotton lycra waistband with elastic in it. 



Look at these pockets on the back! I hope they aren't a hazard or anything! But I think they look cool!

LBB Dolly dresses

I purchased the Lil Blue Boo doll dress pattern awhile back and decided to get to work making dolly dresses for Christmas presents.  I cut out about 10 and sat down and made 6 in one setting!!  These are so incredibly easy.  And they are a great way to use scraps.

They were supposed to be Christmas presents but then my girls found them while they were out to be photographed.  So I let the girls pick out a couple that they wanted and then saved the rest to give out to other little girls who don't snoop out presents!

I would recommend this pattern for all!



This dress is intended as a gift to go along with a matching outfit for a friend's daughter. It has tiny matching leggings!!



Aren't these just the cutest little things!

Celebrate

In order to clear out my Etsy shop and to make some room on my clothing rack, I am offering a discount on everything in the store!  Please visit my Etsy store at: Kellybellybags

From now through Cyber Monday, please use the code CELEBRATE for 40% off anything!!

Clothes for my baby

So she's not a baby, but she's my baby!  And gets lots of new clothes, mainly because she won't stop growing.  She likes wearing soft pants and hates jeans.  Tights are iffy anymore, so I stuck to tunics and leggings.  It seems to be a pleasing combination for the girls her age...

From the new Ottobre, 6/2011.  In size 134. Originally this top had pockets in the side seam.  I even cut the pockets out.  But I got busy serging and just serged that side seam right up.  Before putting the pockets in it.  So this top is pocketless.  But that's okay.  She would probably just stick random stuff in them that I wouldn't check for before throwing it in the wash.  You know, like chapstick.  Or crayons.  Or rocks from the school playground.





The next tunic and leggings come from Ottobre 1/2011 and 4/2004. The top, which she calls her ruffle butt shirt is really the peacock shirt from Ottobre 1/2011. In size 134. Made almost entirely from Girl Charlee fabrics. God how I love her fabrics! The leggings are from Ottobre 4/2004 and are just a basic pair of leggings which I added ruffles to the bottom of. Very cute! And they cost me about $4.







The ruffles on the leggings



And because she doesn't have enough soft pants, I made her just a few more pairs of leggings.

gray



brown with little hearts

Happenings

Lots of things to photograph lately!
Chocolate chip pancakes



Butter!!!! This was for a double batch of Paula Dean's sugar cookies.



That made this... 74 sugar cookies!





To balance out the sugar..



Diggy!





Fiesty Diggy