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Sophie is so cute with her blankie. She just loves to hold a single fringe in one or both of her little hands. She always brings it up to her face and gently rubs it on her nose or cheeks. Sometimes she even tucks it inside the top of her binki. It melts my heart to watch her do this. Small little comforts...and just one of many small comforts she will create to help her through this life. Oh how I love her.
and this....
Found these and lots of other GREAT vintage-inspired clothing and accessories at the online boutique Ruche .
I am so excited to show you the treasures and loveliness I made AND recieved In Heather's Petite Box Swap - Nesting Edition. This was my first swap and I absolutely LOVED it! There are so many beautiful vintage and vintage-inspired craft items out there and what a fun way to be inspired by other women's find and the things they love! There were four players in my group including myself. So lets take a look first at what I recieved!
The first box I recieved was from Samantha
I love the cute handle she put on the outside!
A little peek inside - now...silly (or stupid) me was so excited to open the box that I did it with Sophie, my 7-month old) on my lap. Well...Samantha's presentation was much more beautiful all wrapped in a pretty paper doily with a beautiful tag on tap. Sophie has been crafting with that doily!
Beautiful stuff! All so pretty....
Isn't this just too adorable!!!
I put the bracelet together right away! I LOVE IT! Thank you Samantha!!
The next box I recieved was from Connie
A nest with eggs....so gorgeous!
A peek inside - I see flowers and velvet....fabulous!
Treasures of beauty! I love everything here!
I just can't decide what my favorite things are...but I particulary love this little mixture of items.
Thank you Connie! I love all of it!
This one is from Jessica
Pretty pretty colors....makes me excited for Spring!
This box is just brimming with goodness...
Just look at all of this vintage stuff! I love the paper goods...so nostalgic.
Never can have too many buttons - I love them all. Especially love this little plastic bird charm. Adorable!
Beautifully stamped ribbon and tags! Thank you Jessica! So inspirational!
Lastly...here are the boxes I created for Jessica, Samantha and Connie! I love how they turned out and I hope they enjoy them! Oh - and sorry for the random lighting in my photos - I have been playing around with my speedlight and manual settings on my Nikon. I have so much to learn about photography! Tips appreciated!
Thank you for playing with me ladies and Thank you Heather for hosting! I had so much fun and can't wait to do it again!
It was a good Easter Sunday. I have always loved Easter and all of the traditions our family has - although this year, we did not get to roll eggs down USU old main hill...something I have done since I was a little girl. Too much snow this year! It was a bummer for the kids...but a good day nonetheless. It was eggs-tra (haha) special this year because we have Sophie. One of the things I always remember about Easter is my Easter dress that usually my mom made for me. I can still smell the new fabric and the feeling of being so pretty on Easter. I want my Sophie to have the same memories. Although I really probably didn't have time to make her dress, I decided on Friday night that I was going to do it no matter what...and I did it! I am so proud of myself! I am certainly not the seamstress (or even close) that my mother is...but lucky for me she taught me just enough and she lives next door to come over at 10 pm on Saturday night to show me how to do a button hole! I really love how Sophie's dress turned out...purple is not my favorite color, but I love this shade of purple and Sophie looks especially darling in purple with her strawberry blonde hair!
The Easter Bunny left the kids some fun goodies and was even brave enough to hide the eggs outside in the cold snow! Brayden (being the awesome 14 year old that he is) wasn't to keen on the festivities but I think he was secretly excited about is Easter loot and also hunting for eggs! Funny thing...he doesn't like his picture taken much these days...so sorry for the sour faces!
After hunting eggs we went up to my Uncle Johnny's for Brunch. The best food ever! Egg bake, scones, fresh fruit...so delicious! I just love my family and am so grateful for every single person and for the blessings they bring to all our lives. We are so fortunate to still have my grandparents John and Jackie with us. I wish I would have gotten a picture of them. I usually do when we are all together. I think my sister did...I will have to get one from her..
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!!
