horse back riding

Picked up a paint brush today and did a little watercolor painting.
It is so nice and relaxing to paint.
I always feel really at peace with life when I am done.
Probably because you just can't paint and be grouchy
or irritable. It won't turn out.

I think I got close to capturing the feel of my daughters here.

Horse Birthday Design Board

I am getting excited for my daughters 9th birthday coming up in August.
We picked a horse theme with some Robert Kaufmann fabric called
Pony Club by Dan Norris, very cute with lots of colors to play with!
Inspired by the fun cupcakes out there I want to make grassy cupcakes
to put little toy horses on.  Then have a cake barn behind the grass.
We also want to have pink bandannas and yellow bandannas for the
boys and girls.


What do you think?


Here are some inspiration sites
horse bubbles and tiny horses
cupcakes, and more cupcakes
cupcake tower, pony cupcake
bandannas

Nursing Poncho Pattern

Now up on my Etsy Shop Little Dar'lyn

Want to make a Nursing Cover Up?
Want more coverage than other little nursing covers?
This Nursing poncho is easy to use with pockets to hold nursing pads & baby's pacifier. No slipping rings or straps to hassle with. Just slip over your head and your ready.

This Nursing Poncho is a simple pattern to make in an afternoon and have ready for your next outing.

This Pattern is one size fits most with a plus size option.
Full detailed instructions with pictures and illustrations.
Good project for beginners or the experienced.

Would you like to try making this Poncho for free?  Here is the catch I want pictures of your finished Poncho.
And I want to know how well you got through my pattern!  The first 3 to comment get this chance!  Thanks so much!

At this time I am no longer offering free copies of the pattern.  Thanks for your help Ladies!

You can get this pattern here.
 Come on over to my etsy shop and check it out!

Happy Summer Vacation

Yellow Teddy Bear Picnic Baby Shower

Helped throw a baby shower for my sister in law.
Her nursery is yellow with lots of teddy bears.

Had a lot of fun decorating with baskets and gingham
Made lots of muffins,
Blueberry, orange cranberry, lemon poppy seed and
Banana Nut with a yummy crunchy almond topping.
I made some picks to stick into the muffins.
Some with a teddy bear and some with a baby face.
Good times stamping those and paper punching.









We played a game using baby items from A to Z.
I cut out circles of fabric and glued them to bags
and my mom cut out letters of the alphabet with her Cricut.
I felt like everything looked lovely enough for a magazine.
(Wish I could take better pictures.)

Everything was adorable! Now our new
mama to be has a lot of things ready
for her little one to come!

Fabulous Fabric Friday

I love this lavender Fairy Fabric
Purple leaf Fairies by Micheal Miller

 you can get some of this
Here



My girls might be getting some new curtains from this

Absolutely gorgeous!

As you know I love  vintage and I love old shoes.
When I stumbled upon this beautiful oil painting I fell
in love with it.
Absolutely gorgeous!

Check out Showstopper at her Etsy Shop here