Weekend Fun, No Money--Mo Prablems, And No-Name....

*We had a great weekend! Zach had to work, but got off "early" both days so we actually got to see him and spend time together! YAY!!

*Most importantly, he vacuumed for me. Thus, my love for him has grown.

*Yesterday Zach texted me "Happy 11 years together!!" Only he would remember the date that we became 'official'! Man he has a freaky memory.

*We celebrated by having a big family nap....mmmm this preggo loves her a nap (normally I HATE naps).

*We are officially poor.

*Okay, so maybe poor is an extreme word... Okay, I know it is too extreme of a word.

*Some days it depresses me and other days I see it as a challenge to make the most of what we have. 

*I'm praying that the whole feeling-it's-a-fun-challenge-thing becomes my feeling about it all the time.

*We're blessed with fabulous people in our lives. Dear friends sent us a gift card for groceries with a verse attached randomly in the mail, SUCH a huge help! So thankful for them and the blessing they are in our lives (this is not the first time they've done something like this for us)! Not to mention Zach's mom randomly blessing us yesterday too (she does this all. the. time. too---love her!)...

*Makes me feel foolish for ever doubting that God will provide for us. Yup, foolish.

*I always cut Zach's hair for him. He decided that Saturday was haircut day.... did I mention that I'm 38 weeks pregnant? My belly miiiight have gotten in the way... a lot. Good times.

*The other day in the car Aubrey asked me when the baby was coming and I told her that only God knew. It was silent for a while and then suddenly I heard her whisper, "um God? when is this baby coming?". hahaha LOVE this kid!

*I started making this faux chenille blanket for the baby from a tutorial on Made and it's the most non-instant-gratificational project I've ever worked on. Just row after row of plain stitches. I really love the look of the finished project so today is the day I'm going to make a huge dent in this project. Assuming my 90 year old back cooperates.

*Zach and I are still working on baby names.... seriously, why is this so hard?!? Grrrrrr 

*Oh No-Name Klaassen, please don't show up until we have a name for you....

*We have a dinner with Zach's work this Friday and I officially have nothing to wear. Awesome. My belly is so ginormous, it's outgrown the few fancy-ish maternity things I own. Fabulous. 

*The good thing is we have someone to watch Aubrey that night and I'm so excited to go out with grown ups(most importantly, Zach!), get dolled up and take this belly for a spin! Maybe not so much "dolled up" though, I might just be the one in a classy pair of sweatpants....

*Oh!! and my chalkboard was featured on I Heart Nap Time too!!! YAY!! Check me out!

A Little Sheep Obsession... And Being Featured

So as of Friday and a little wander around the World Wide Web, I fell in love with sheep.

Seriously, I saw a birthday party on Half Baked, The Cake Blog and then a link to make the sheep pillow at Purl Bee Blog and I was hooked! 

And you know I was in love because I went right up to my sewing room and started to make all the things swirling around in my brain. 

Motivation is not my strong suit when 37 weeks pregnant.

It was a bonus that I happened to have all the supplies on hand already!

True to Jen fashion, I totally wung the sheep pillow and freehand drew a pattern, partially because that's how I roll and also because our printer is not working so I couldn't print the free pattern.

The sheep in the frame was just a random what-not I came up with and ended up falling in love with. 

Just a garage sale frame, some rick-rack and felt and you got yourself some art.

Too cute right?!? It's going above the baby's crib and the pillow is for the crib too.

Just look at the little lamb!

Of course Zach has now taken to randomly throwing the lamb at be an baaing super loud, but I saw that coming before it even happened.... 

Seriously, I was sewing the lamb together and was thinking of all the random ways Zach was going to be obnoxious with it. 

I guess I've learned a thing or two about my man in the 11 years we've been together :)

Like I've said before, those are the moments I love him the most.

We're a little sad like that.

To be honest, I'm not sure the sheep/lamb is going to ever make it into the baby's crib, between Zach's randomness and Aubrey's new found love for it, I think is destine to be in the living room.

Oh well.

Linking up here...  

In other news....my ugly tray to chalkboard project was featured over at Southern Lovely!!Yay for being featured :) You can check me out here !

Revamping Things....

Remember these ugly trays?!...

Well I finally finished them and here's the one that worked out....

I used chalkboard spray paint and then covered the inside with newspaper and sprayed the outer frame with a pretty blue color!

But when I pulled off the paper, it still felt like something was missing so it sat for awhile as I tried to come up with something to spruce it up.

Enter some mini bunting...

and I'm in love!

I just glue gunned the whole thing together, so it was super easy and quick to make.

I've been saving these buttons for a while, waiting for the right project to show them off and I think this is perfect!

How cute is that little flag?!?

I have the chalkboard up in my kitchen and I'm loving it as a place to write out encouraging verses that I need to see all the time...

because let's face it, as mom's we need all the encouragement that we can get :)

***Update: This chalkboard was featured on these two blogs!!! Yay!!***

And remember how there were 2 trays....

one was a giant craft FAIL. Seriously.

I used a different kind of spray paint on this one and obviously it didn't take to the chalkboard paint. Oh well, I have one and when I have the urge, I'm sure I'll sand this one down and do something with it.

And it being Valentine's Day and all, I figured I'd brag on Zach a bit and show you what Aubrey and I got. The stuff above was for Aubrey and you should have heard her squeal when she saw it waiting for her this morning! It's just a shame Zach didn't get to see her reaction.

And these are my fabulous flowers....

So pink and purple and wonderful! Well done husband, well done.

Now all I'm hoping for is to actually see him tonight... pretty sure that won't happen with the rotation he's on, but a girl can dream right?!

Aw Shucks...

My little ol' Tree Art thingy...

was featured over at....

Go check it out HERE !!!!
I'm so pumped!
Ahhhhh!
Yay for being featured :)