Now, This Is Awkward

Feeling somewhat antsy at the table this evening correcting the kids school.

Even more antsy looking at the stack still waiting for me.

~Sigh~

I feel the stress building.

Then I got snippy at my eldest for something I can not even remember now.

Sent her to her room.

Called her back down.

We did not need to be separated but together with some mom-daughter bonding time.

Over plates of homemade donut holes

As well as homemade French fries.

My youngest, who is never one to accept being excluded from anything that resembles a tea party, joined in despite her lack of being in the possession of a formal invitation.

She also wanted to demonstrate the proper way to drink from a tea cup.

As the three of us sit down to enjoy our special treats, my oldest realizes she is sitting in the middle.

The tea party place of honor.

This mom smiles.

I hear her say, "Now,this is awkward."

Sorry if I am still smiling.

She will be 20 in a few months and I think she still secretly enjoys sitting in the tea party place of honor.

I will stop smiling...

in a little while.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Vintage Valentine's Trip to Paris

Lily is just a little spunky model!

We had fun taking pictures of the two dresses I finished this evening.

Grant's Ghana hat and Nolan's old cowboy boots are a must as our shoot props.

Here is one I will call A Trip to Paris.

This one is Vintage Valentine It turned out very pretty.

I added some vintage looking buttons to the front as well as a last minute impulse I added the ecru cotton lace over the red hem band. It is so pretty. Too bad I missed Valentine's this year! I put it in my Etsy shop anyway.

Jeff and Elena went to a Love Out Loud concert in Minneapolis tonight and look what they brought home for me!!! So kind!!! Yummy almond bark. It is one of my all time favorite treats! They bought this at the Minneapolis store but I grew up in Stillwater and remember a candy store in downtown Stillwater. I wonder if it is was called Candyland store back then.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Thursday, February 27th, 2014

A candid shot of Elena with her new Family Force 5 hat

A sneak peek at two almost finished dresses for my Etsy shop.

A day in Paris

and My Funny Valentine

A long ago memory that warms my heart

Elena (3) and Grant (2) in 1997

Two peas in a pod

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Elena at the Sewing Machine

She took some of this

and went to work

to create something fun

something original

all for the newest Icon For Hire Project Rockstar Sewing Challenge 2.0

She did not end up entering it in the challenge because time ran out before she could finish but we both learned a few new sewing techniques to carry with to a future challenge.

Here is Ariel's from Icon For Hire Project Rockstar Sewing Challenge 2.0 video promotion.



Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Elena in the Kitchen

Don't let the pink and purple hair,

the loud crazy Christian music,

the numerous band t-shirts,

the knee high converse,

her tendency towards wearing darker colored clothing,

her love of skinny jeans,

the FF5 toboggan hat (which she happens to look darn cute in),

or even the nose ring fool you.

She makes a wonderfully good from scratch cinnamon roll.

She has captured this mom's heart.

My eldest.

My Elena.

And she takes great pictures as well!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

A Leaf Pile and a Revamp

Fun in a leaf pile through the eye of Elena

My revamped circus dress.

I spent a good amount of time yesterday morning redoing the collar (three times) and also the hem on my circus dress.

Now it is much better.

The two front collar pieces are overlapping a little more than I wanted but it looks WAY better than it did before. I am satisfied enough to leave it this way.

and here is the other a-line dress I made with a collar. This collar is perfect. Just the right amount of space between the two front collar pieces. See,I am a quick learner.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

A Little Treat

Elena made these very fun cookies this evening!

A closer look.

Cookie dough ( chocolate chip without the chocolate chips) baked in tiny muffin tins with a mini Reece's peanut butter cup placed in the middle after the cookie dough crust was cooked. Kind of like a thumb print cookie.

They are SO good!

Jeff brought me home some flowers this evening. Very sweet guy!

P.S. Missing Grant very much. He is in Ghana now safe and sound and doing well.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Something I can Say..

I never made before.

Boys boxers.

I had a request from one of my older boys to make boxers.

How can I say no to a sewing request!

My son is very pleased.

I love my boys!

I will not divulge which boy I made them for but with all the holes my boys have in their jeans, I think you might figure it out.

I also made Elena a pair of p.j. bottoms.

She would not model them for my blog but they fit well and she is pleased. I almost could have made a size smaller,though.

Cute fabric for a 19 year old in my opinion. Elena likes it,too.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy