{"id":878,"date":"2010-04-09T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T17:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=878"},"modified":"2010-04-07T12:36:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T19:36:25","slug":"crossing-things-off-my-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/crossing-things-off-my-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Things Off My List"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a list written down somewhere. Actually I have a few lists written down in a few different places, and well….can I find any of them right now…..NOPE!<\/p>\n

I’m usually super organized and yet I’ve been feeling SO SCATTERED recently.<\/p>\n

I think I’ve got too many things on my plate right now and yet…..that’s a post for another day and another time.<\/p>\n

We’ve bought a crib set for each of our other kids. I figured that at the very least, I could save and one day pass on the comforter to each kid and that each child was unique and deserved something of their own….With each child I’ve had a harder and harder time choosing something that I really liked that wasn’t too over the top, gaudy or just down right ugly.<\/p>\n

I did find a cute set for Siah and yet I wanted something different for this little one.<\/p>\n

I decided to buy some fabric and to make some co-ordinating bedding and covers for this baby.<\/p>\n

I’m not the worlds most amazing seamstress. My mother can make anything, even without a pattern, (She sewed my sister’s wedding dress and it was UNREAL! A massive hand beaded fairy tale princess dress!<\/em>) and my sister has made and can make some of the most amazing things – clothing and toys. They can both sew like nobodies business. I can use my machine (barely<\/em>) and I’ve made a few simple dresses for my girls when they were younger but I had to follow a pattern religiously.<\/p>\n

I figured that most of what I wanted to do involved straight lines (I even have trouble with that sometimes<\/em>) and that at the very least, I could give it a try. First hurdle….finding some fabric, that #1 went with my bedroom colors (as that is where the baby furniture is and where he’ll be rooming for most of the first year<\/em>.) and #2 that I actually liked and #3 was appropriately boy-ish without being all balls and animals and primary colors. The second hurdle involved the fact that I had NO PATTERN to follow. I figured that at the very least I could try and if it turned out that bad, I’d rope my mother in to helping me.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for me, and the family who has to live with me…….I’ve managed to start to pull it all together. <\/p>\n

As of this past weekend, I’ve purchased some fabric…..<\/p>\n

\"Fabric<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I’ve finished one crib sheet…..<\/p>\n

\"Crib<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

and I finished one change pad cover……(I’m quite proud of this considering the rounded or scooped edges that I figured out how to do all on my own – YAH ME!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"Change<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Here is a closer view…..<\/p>\n

\"Change<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I’m almost finished the second change table cover and I still need to make another crib sheet. After that I have to make the bumper pads and the biggest project will be the quilt…. ACK! I’m a little nervous about that one.<\/p>\n

My mom did come over to help me figure out how to “fit or secure” the cover and sheet underneath the pads and instead of using elastic, I’ve…..well…..I’ve no idea how to explain what I did. I basically sewed the bottom edge into a corner so there is a pocket for the corners to fit into. I have no idea if you understand and short of going and taking more pics…..which I don’t feel like doing right now<\/em>….It’s all okay. It works and looks good and more importantly…..they fit perfectly and required no yelling, screaming or swearing.<\/p>\n

I’m gonna finish the change table cover today and hopefully the second sheet too.<\/p>\n

I think I might even take few minutes to sit down and actually write out a good list of everything that I really want to do before the baby comes and post it somewhere where It won’t get lost.<\/p>\n

Oh, and you can see the color that we’ve painted our room in those pics of the change table. When we finish decorating, I’ll take some more pictures and show the whole thing, but for now…that’s a sneek peak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a list written down somewhere. Actually I have a few lists written down in a few different places, and well….can I find any of them right now…..NOPE! I’m usually super organized and yet I’ve been feeling SO SCATTERED recently. I think I’ve got too many things on my plate right now and yet…..that’s … Continue reading “Crossing Things Off My List”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45,25,16,40,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafty-goodness","category-firsts","category-me","category-planning","category-pregnancy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}