No peeking swap partners! We went to the post office this morning and sent our package to Ill. I sewed a lot yesterday. I think the fact that I actually completed a project has me unable to wait to post this until they get it. I have been sooooo tired an feeling queasy. That it is a big accomplishment to be done. My biggest project is still going well. We have reached that point where everyone tells you that if you go into labor now at least the baby will survive. COME. ON. Don't get me wrong I do not want to have to endure the grief of losing a baby. I feel really deeply for every mother who has. But, also I know how difficult it is to have a preemie from watching friends and I do not want that either. I would rather be told. Good going! Stay strong for another 13 weeks. Postitive thinking, here, people. I am trying to do this by picturing my baby only head down and thinking very strongly about not hemmorhaging this time. Because that was REALLY scary after Oliver. I go tto that point where I thoght it would be OK if I just let Ryan take care of the kids and surrendered. Luckily I had excellent medical help and when everything else didn't work my dear friend and midwife looked me in the eyes and yelled at me to STOP BLEEDING! And I did. There is actually a study that says that works. I didn't even have to get transported to the hospital. Although with someone who wasn't as emotionally close I would have. OK, sorry, this has gotten more gruesome than I meant. I could have stopped many sentences ago! On to the Swap!!!
Here is what we sent:
all wrapped up with yarn bows.
Here is what the kids (read Lacy) made:
Here is what I made, what this was supposed to be a swap for the kids? Oh, well.
I just made the frogs in the second picture. But they wanted to chill on their pads. They are quite fond of the job Lacy did.
Here it is with all the art supplies and stuff we included, unwrapped:
Details:
The cute bags are from Bend the Rules Sewing. This is the first project I have made from their and they did turn out cute and were easy! I had never done box corners or a lining before so that was fun. Or actually made a bag. The frogs are from Purl Soho (free pattern.) We may be making some frog lilly pad kits for birthdays this year. Or Christmas when you need an indoor gift. We used primed canvas from a roll and acrylic paint to make the pads. Lacy cut and painted them herself. With Daddy's help. This fed into our latest conversations about habitats. It is supposed to be a game. Where you stand in one spot and try to throw your frog onto a lily pad. Also included were beaded necklaces, and a melted beaded heart. I am not sure what these little iron together beads are called. We included supplies for the girls to make their own necklaces and lots of melted bead creations. Then there are stickers, face paper, and glue on eyes. We love these faces. We glue ours to popsicle sticks and use them like puppets. I also threw in playdough that we had left over form Halloween. We always give out playdough because then I don't eat the leftovers. I wanted to include something for the mom so I put in the book Every Mother is a daughter. This is the only new book that is fiction I have bought in a long time. It has good reviews but I could not get into it. I think that my relationship with my own mom is so broken that I couldn't identify at all with the writers. I hope my partner likes it. Because books deserved to be loved. I tried really hard to read this book. I also printed out the directions for the frogs for her. We didn't have to include anything for the moms so don't freak out if you are in the swap. My partner mentioned she liked to read.
Overall cost: 14 dollars (that includes 7.66 in shipping priority mail.) All the fabric I already have. All the art supplies were from our own stash. Then there is the leftover playdough (free.) We bought lentils to fill up the frogs, stickers for each girl, a pack of face paper, and pack of glue on eyes. The canvas is from a roll that has extra because I want to make this hopsctoch mat. So there you go. I will post what we get when it comes.
I don't remember if I mentioned it on here, but I got accepted to nursing school at Miami University (in Ohio.) I am going to start in August. Unless the baby ends up being colicky, or needing me to not be away for the 8 hours a week the first semester requires. Since then I have found out we have to buy a lot of extra stuff. Like a palm pilot! And then nursing stuff like a stethescope and such. Nervous, Excited, Accomplished, Scared, only 5 years away from catching babies as a Nurse Midwife, that's me!
(Technical note, I am uploading my pics the same way does anyone know why they are always coming up blurry on typepad now? It is not the photos. Does anyone do typepad with flickr? Can you give me directions? OK I fixed this by making my pictures smaller but I like them big so I am stilll looking for ideas!)
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