Newest summer accessory

well, i guess it had to happen sometime. i just didnt know that it would happen during our first trip to the fabulous squirt park, but, you never can guess these things...

aves has her first broken bone.

yup, she broke her wrist.

she fell off of this rock climbing thing at the park and landed on her wrists while trying to catch herself. it was so sad. the first thing she said, in the middle of tears, was "i thought you would catch me, mommy". it broke my heart. i was right there, i just wasnt fast enough to brake her fall.

anyway, we went to the ER, where everyone is soooo nice and the babies were great. they gave them new toys to play with and let us go everywhere together. of course we came right from the squirt park so we were in swimsuits and looked like major hillbillies. they were nice anyway, which really says a lot about them.

they even gave the kids their own carriage ride out.

she has a splint for now but i have to get an appointment with an orthopedic dr for a cast. we will let you know what she gets. i hope its tie dye or red white and blue for the 4th! didnt you hear that casts are all the rage this summer??

Sassarina's

so, i made more clips.

like a ton more. and then my neighbor walked down (her daughters come and play with aves almost everyday) to pick up her girls and saw the clips. she told me to try and sell them at a consignment store around the corner and kept asking how much they were...so, even though they are pretty much clips, hot glue and felt, im gonna give it a try.

i got kinda excited about it, even though i have no idea if they will sell, and celeste came in town and i told her. my friend jennifer came in town, too, and we just had the best weekend. we laughed and stayed up late and made tons more clips, headbands, clips for shoes, pins and necklaces. it was really so much fun.

my dream in life is to someday have a bakery called sassarina's (after my food loving youngest daughter). we decided to use sassarina's for the clips (when the bakery comes along, it will have to be a multi-use name) and we added a little bird to the s (just for fun).

and we made some shoe accessories,

we bribed the girls with candy to take their pics in the bows...i think they are still on the sugar high...

and of course, we have to have the grown up version,

and we are working on the boy version with bow ties and stuff.

and we have necklaces but no pics so ill post those soon.

we are taking them to stores today so wish us luck!!! and if you have any advice on selling things in stores, please let me know!!

pudding paint

so, today we used these ingredients, mixed them up,

and gave jello a new identity-

edible finger paint.

i think bill cosby would be proud.

they loved it. i dont know how much they actually painted...

and yes, that is a deer in our kitchen. jeff hung it there and i have not taken it down. dont worry, it wont stay in the kitchen. he hung a fish (not the fish) next to it, and we look like mountain people who are visiting the big city. who keep dead animals in their kitchen (stay classy barstad fam).

and behind ben and aves you can see all the crap, i mean, craft stuff that doesnt have anywhere to go. thats why i havent put up pics of the house yet...i havent found a place for all my junk. hopefully next week....

hair clips

so, my friend lindsey very sweetly asked me to make her some clips (even though she is about to find out how ghetto they really are...), but i was so flattered! she is the funniest person i know and i have not seen her since we were jet setters and went to australia together when i was in college. she now has a gorgeous little girl that has the cutest dark hair and cheeks. love them! and its the first craft i have made in the new house. i havent gotten out the sewing machine yet, but it was so nice to hold the ol' hot glue gun in my hand. i mean, what is it about having a hot glue gun in hand....anyway, here are some pics of the clips. thanks linds for being so sweet and wanting some of my dorky late night creations. you have to send me pics of gorgeous sofia in them!

bedtime crafts

A few weeks ago I made some crafts that can be used at bedtime. The first one I did was a tutorial I saw on MADE. I made some crib sheets for Ella. You can find cheesy Dora sheets for big girl beds but not crib sheets so I made Ella her own Dora sheets. It made bed time extra fun for her. I also made a couple other ones with some fabrics I had. I would like my next try to be with a more loud fabric so it will really pop.

My next project was something I made for Aves, Ben and Sassy before they left.

I made them each a pillow case with pics of them and Ella on it. This way they will go to sleep and wake up thinking of Ella:)

I printed pics on printable fabric I got from wal-mart then sewed on a border of fabric behind it. I hope it helps them all have sweet dreams.