Being Ready. {Bear with me, I'm all over the place!}

If my purse can be any kind of indication, I am not ready to welcome a second child into this world.

Yes, it really does look like that!

Really, to be honest, if I did go into labor tonight, I know it would all be fine BUT, I still feel like I have a To Do list a mile long. I have not packed a hospital bag yet. I just made a list of important phone numbers for whoever ends up watching my son while I'm out of commission {check that off the list!}

I know that in my sofa there are clumps of dog hair that might actually cover a small dog.
I have to replace the batteries in the smoke detectors.
The dogs need to go to the vet & get their shots.
The curtain in the living room needs to be rehung, requiring the ladder...
The lightbulb in the kitchen above my fridge went out and badly needs to be replaced.
I need to pack my hospital bag.
And, to top it off: I have about 20 craft projects I'd still like to do before I turn into a human cow....priorities here, right?!

My second "push present" lens arrived in the mail today (happy mother's day to me!) and then I realized I'm over-lensed (is that a word?) and need to be able to safely store these beauties since I can only use them one at a time.

I saw a wonderful idea at Smashed Peas & Carrots to create my own lens bag. So, instead of vacuuming my sofa today, I took a trip to the fabric store/mall and did a little shopping (priorities, right?!) I've always been a sucker for seersucker, and have also been obsessively thinking about getting a new purse. Because none of the other 100 purses I have will do {ironic considering my purse is going to be a diaper bag pretty darn soon!} but momma wants what momma wants. No luck with the purse, but I did score the fabric I'd  need to do some quality sewing. Woohoo.

Just to further lament, my husband has been away for the past 3 days with work. Now, 3 days is nothing, I know, I lived through a 15 month deployment, but I just don't have the energy to function fully. It's no fun when he's gone.

But the up side of the day is that today my son gifted me with a FOUR, yes 4, hour nap. I had enough time to sew the camera bag, realize I didn't love it, take the first one partially apart, decide to scrap it entirely and start over. And finish the second one.

The 1st attempt, the zipper ends just looked funny. 

So, Noodle-Head (see below) had instructions on how to cover the zipper ends to give it a more finished feeling--just what I needed! 

2nd attempt

 And while trying to fix the way the zipper way laying, came across ANOTHER tutorial for a Gathered Clutch that I fell in love with at Noodle-Head.

I decided to sew in a tag for myself, in case I forget I made this for myself. 

This should be a better picture, sorry, but I made the interior with 3 slide in pockets for my credit cards, etc. 

I'm so excited about my new projects...but my purse "move" will have to wait until tomorrow....

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Something for my "fur" children

Back before my son was born, my "fur" children (Mason & Trekkie) were the apple of my eye. Although I would not say they could do no wrong, they definitely have to share the spotlight with my third child...my firstborn son!

They have been amazingly good sports about their two legged sibling. I'm sure they look back to those days having a newborn in the house wishfully...since now they have an almost two year old climbing on them while they sleep. I'm sure Mason wouldn't complain one bit, since they have a mutual relationship, I climb on you, I'll eat your scraps...I'm not too fond of this arrangement. To say my fur children have been neglected...I'm sure it's just a mother's guilt...

Today, I decided I'd do something special for them: a dog bed. I've been thinking about this project for a while and decided I should just go for it. I ended up using a $10 canvas painter's drop cloth from Lowes. These drop cloths have been becoming more and more popular according to the blogs I follow...so I figured I'd join 'em. I was going to use it straight from the packaging yesterday BUT the chemical smell was so strong I ended up bleaching it in the wash...AND yesterday ended up being a VERY short nap for Callum, and there you have it...a project for TODAY.

I used one of their older falling apart dog beds (I'm so sick of brown fuzz coming off every time they breathe!) as a template. I decided to round the corners and I like the look of piping. I doubt I followed the proper rules to make the piping, but the end product seems okay...I removed the zipper from the old falling apart bed, which almost was a catastrophe when the moveable zipper part fell off...oops! BUT I was able to salvage my mistake and use the zipper. I try to measure as little as possible when I'm crafting (if my husband is around I usually leave it to him) to my surprise I sewed one strip of cording on only to be about 3" too short (gah!!) so with a little creative sewing I was able to fix the problem...

I love personalized items, so I used iron transfer to personalize the bed for Mason & Trekkie. This might just be wishful thinking that Mason will be able to find HIS bed at night and stay out of MY bed...weimaraners...

I filled this bed with the two falling apart dog beds (yes, I really do need to get rid of them, but they are in pretty pitiful shape so I wouldn't want to donate them to a shelter and I don't want them to sit in a landfill for eternity!) anyway, I used the two dog beds and folded two older blankets on top of the dog beds....zipped 'em in and wa-la. I would say from start to finish (including taking the zipper out of the old dog bed and repairing my mistake) it took 3 hours...not too bad for the results, right?!

*And as a side note, apparently I should have put my son's name on the dog bed: he hasn't stopped climbing on it, laying on it, jumping over it since I closed the zipper. At this rate, the dogs wont have a turn on it until Callum is in bed tonight!

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