last baby shower gift set... FOR NOW

dearest grace, an old friend from my childhood, is pregnant with a boy!  she had a baby shower this weekend.  a puppy, bib, and bootie set for her!

not gonna lie, i hate making the booties.  more than anything.  i finished the puppy and bib 2 weeks ago.  the booties took an all-nighter saturday night.  MISERABLE!  i hand-sewed this one because the booties i made for jenny's baby (born last thurs, congrats jenny!!!) were machine-sewn and looked awful.  to be honest, these hand-sewn booties were not much better.  ugh.  never again.  i wasn't willing to scrap the nice fabric i had already cut out, so i made myself finish the job.

i found the cutie pie napping in the sun this weekend.  hehehhe.  such a goof!

and puppy #4 has been born

but this time i was clever!  i armed myself with doll needles so that i could stitch the eyes in easier!  whoo!

best invention ever!  no more stabbing myself accidentally in an attempt to reach from one eye to the other!  whoo!!

i ran out of the pink flannel, so this puppy has a burgundy fleece tail.  i actually prefer the body fabric for the tail... don't know why i was using contrast fabric on all the other pups!

i cut out a "sweet pea" and peapod to rubber cement on cardstock to make a simple greeting card:

bunks got many treats this weekend while the rents were here for mother's day.  he got all tuckered out from all the sweets!  spot the bunny:

puppy #3

a friend on my (former) football team helped drive me and bunks to the animal hospital that night he ripped off his toenail.  at midnight.  clearly i owed him a puppy for his newborn nephew...

now that i am the master of puppy-making and pay people in puppies, i've perfected how to make one in 4-5 hours.  even though the time required to complete one has decreased, my fingers still get sore from having to stitch eyes and noses.  (i have to use thicker thread- embroidery thread- which is tougher for me to pull through fabric.)  =(

oh, and half way through my bag of fiberfill, i discovered the free gift that came with the bag... a stuffing tool...  see the funny thing is, as someone of chinese descent, i happen to own millions of these "chopstick-shaped implements" known as CHOPSTICKS, and i've already been using chopsticks to stuff fiberfill for years.  the fiberfill company is so innovative, OR #iamsoclever

cutie pie was watching me brush my teeth last night.  boring sight isn't it, bunks?