Valentine's Prep

"Three layers of moist cake topped with creamy icing is like a slice of heaven.
Knowing it’s as close as your freezer... well, that’s even better."

Yum. Yum.

Nothing like a little Pepperige Farms.

Thanks Jeff!!!!

Elena and I are going to make a special handmade treat for all the kids for Valentine's Day.

Can you figure out what the treat might be?

Here is a hint...

I am also going to make homemade Valentine's cards with goodies.

It will be a fun day of projects.

I will show you the finished Valentine's goodies tomorrow.

I hope they turn out as pretty and as special as I envision they will.

I think they will...

We are also making individual Valentine pizzas as well as celebrating Odell's birthday Valentine's evening.

It is also our Friday 'movie night'.

Wow!

A triple fun time!!!

I will sleep in a bit on Saturday...

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Something I Overheard Yesterday

"Joel, when you are not busy do you think you can get a needle and thread to sew up the hole in my pants."

"Sure, Lily. I don't mind. I can do that."

A few thoughts crossed my mind...

How sweet that a nine year old can do (and is willing to do) such awesome big kid tasks in the eyes of a six year old.

How sweet that in the mind of a nine year old, he can handle such big kid tasks with awesome confidence.

How less than sweet to realise your six year old needs to ask her nine year old brother to sew up a hole in her pants because the mom, this mom, moi, is 'too busy' sewing other things for pretty much imaginary people. Haha.

Anyway, the humbling sting was quickly pushed away by this sight.

I just could not get over the huge blue hat on Joel's head.

Don't let him know just how precious it looks.

Please.

He would then take it off and never put it back on again.

And then he will, all of the sudden, be 'closer to ten' than 'just turned nine'.

And more proof that I am loved.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Randoms

Two almost finished skirts.

I am going to miss getting them into my Etsy shop for Valentine's Day.

Oh well.

At least they will be ready for next year.

Like I say, I am always thinking steps ahead of the the rest...

~Sigh~

Yes, yes, that was said tongue and cheek.

You were not supposed to tell, you know.

It is all about the illusion..

But truth, I am usually miles behind...

Moving on.

A little Fancy Nancy

Moving on a little further...

The perfect candle.

Much care was taken by Josh to preserve the perfectly placed wax drips.

To conclude this post I would like to quote Fancy Nancy from her Favorite Fancy Words book shown above,

"répondez s'il vous plaît"

 aka: RSVP

Hm...realizing that fancy set of words does not apply right now.

Does this introduce an awkward moment into the content of my post?

Kind of thinking it does.

Maybe I will change the fancy words to:

Passez une bonne nuit!!

aka: have a good night!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Gotta Love...

those older brothers

who take time out for their little siblings

and make them feel special.

Can I take a little credit for raising them right?

Well, my selfish pride would like to say yes

...but...

My heart knows that they far exceed anything my feeble mom teaching abilities could pass on

and that

it is a Holy Spirit kind of thing...

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

A Small Weekend Sewing Project

I thought I would sew up a few Valentine's skirts this weekend.

So far here is the one that I finished.

I really like how it turned out. The plaid was from Hancock fabrics and the paisley was from Hobby Lobby. Perfect combo, I think.

I have the other two Valentine skirts almost finished. I will try to finish them tomorrow evening.

I would have finished all three skirts this weekend but I got side tracked by some 5 inch squares that I had the urge to whip up into a quilt top.

This week I hopefully will have time to finish three baby blankets for gifts. It is pretty ambitious. I will see how the week unfolds.

Finished projects coming soon!


Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Another Kitty Distraction

and this time the distraction is Grizzly.

But I did finish binding these two quilts this evening.

Top Drawer's Calipso group of fabrics

Top Drawer's Secret Garden group of fabric

I am loved and that feels nice!

From Jeff. He spoils me.

From Joel

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Wednesday This and That

Another morning goody.

Sour cream cinnamon coffee bunt cake.

Better than yesterday's cheese blintz.

To some of my young men, a clean sock is a clean sock even if the socks do not match and one happens to belong to his six year old sister and the other to his 17 year old sister. Face and name withheld for obvious reasons but this young man might be a McDonald's Manager and hitting the big 19 in June. But like I said, identity withheld. You could not torture the name out of me.

Loki finally let me get back to my quilt.

It turned out VERY pretty!

I have two more quilts waiting for their bindings and then it will be time to put my Brother away for a while and go back to dress sewing on my Kenmore.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Cheese Blintz

I was up extra early this morning and in a cooking mood. I thought I would attempt this cheese blintz recipe from Smitten Kitchen

add a little fried potatoes with scrambled eggs, crumbled bacon,cheese, and sour cream for a yummy breakfast...

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Loki, How Is This Helping?

Loki, you cute kitty, you...

I would like to finish my quilt.

But I can wait.

No need to hurry.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy