keep 'er perservin'

First we must wash the corn.
I love the way this captures the water flowing...

Mmmmmmm......

Then we have to parboil; be careful girls, this is hot.

They are working so well together!

I love all that steam.

Cool them down.

Using her tool wisely and safely.

Ready for the freezer!

wordless wednesday 'sorta'

'this flower is a love flower...use it well'

a precious surprise for mom from damsel

crocheting for damsel

Here's some new colors damsel girl picked out for her crochet blanket. We bought these awhile back. Aren't they gorgeous? I didn't have enough leftovers for hers and I was excited to try some nice wool yarn. This is so fun to work between my finger as it flows so light and carefree.
This will not be a 'crazy' blanket since my girl has absolute ideas about what colors she wants and what order they are to be placed in....:)

Isn't this basket adorable? I love it for a crochet project as it is easy to grab colors, store and move the whole lot about for easy start and clean up each day.

I had an aching desire to try out a ripple pattern and talked A into it. I love it so far. It is so cuddly already.

keeper ironing...

Well, this is so late but I wanted to get these photos posted before we have another keeper meeting. The girls had a great time getting expert ironing advice and practice from Mrs. D.

The girls have such a heart to learn from those more experienced while others offer their assistance freely.

Even the moms are learning some tips.

crazy hat night

It was crazy hat night at Awanas, so we decided to have fun with fleece! A helped and came up with all the design ideas.

Side view.

Pattycakes made one too.

wordless wednesday

to mom, i love you, from A

fashion designing dresses

We read the sweetest book last month, damsel and I. THE HUNDRED DRESSES. It ended with a hundred fashion designs plastered all over the walls and a lovely character message. We got a great crafty idea from a fellow blogger. This was right up her alley as she spent quite some time diligently designing away. It was girl heaven in this room.

This one is my creation.
Working diligently.

Notice those cute little toes on the left of the photo!!

Hawaiian style.

Getting married!

Notice the bride's 'wat up'?

# 7 is doll house heaven

Welcome to our girly, girl project! Our very own year of the doll house. I found the most wonderful and inspiring little doll house blog. If you would have asked me before if I would like to do this I would have cringed and thought it sounded horrid, but once I saw how creative and thrifty you can be in the process, I was sold. I showed my darling damsel girl and she was sold beyond words. Who would have thought she would be so hyped up for it? This will be perfect for us now that we have finished the most intense part of her brother's chemotherapy, as I knew that we would need to spend some special time together. I (we) are so excited to begin her 7th year and beyond building fun memories together and bonding our relationship even stronger. We invite you to enjoy our adventure and hope you will join in with your daughter. We have some friends already joining in. It's so much fun! In just the first process we were already engaging in the most wonderful conversations. If you want to spend some real time with your daughter and grab/ keep her heart then this is for you.

(Pro 4:21) Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Now if you have boys, don't be afraid, get a shelf or a box and create a boys room or a hunting ground or something cool like that. You can accomplish nearly the same thing or whatever dreams he has.

One of the fun challenges of this project will be in being thrifty and creative in developing it into it's doll house grandness. As you can see we had to do some prep/painting type work but it wasn't that hard, still fun.

We started with an old shelf we found at GW a few months ago. I had been using for shoe storage. It is old but sturdy. You can use any kind of shelf really.

Damsel girl was very diligent with her prepping of the home for paint.

The excitement is building!

Here's two dolls that we discovered we already had that she bought last year. They are very happy to be moving in and start decorating.

Here is the finished product. The kitchen has been painted blue, one room has been wall papered (got that at gw real cheap) and we already had a very cute chair for one of the girls to sit on.

We'll let you know more next time on the doll house adventures!