In the Army Now...

I finally finished my first big project - a military jacket for Oakley to match Jeff's new ACUs.
Jeff even ordered a name plate to make it official. Oakley worked with Jeff at the recruiting office this week "in uniform" and was pretty proud of himself...well, he should be, he was promoted from 2nd Lt. to a 1-star general in a matter of a few hours...

Oakley is still a mama's boy though, he wanted to escape to the rest of the mall and go shopping...

My first real project!

So, I have been planning this one for about a week and finally got to do it! I found a cute little jacket at Petco for Oakley and when I saw it, I knew immediately that I wanted to make it into a little Olympics track jacket...mission accomplished.

I initially thought I would just get some iron-on letters and call it done, but apparently it is not particularly advised to iron on this velour type of material. So, I talked to the awesome Sara over at Heirloom Creations and she told me that I could just make my own!
I used the Quickcutz Silhouette to design and cut out the template for my letters.

Then I used some web interfacing (first time!!) and ironed it to the fabric (wrong-side...very important!).

Then I sewed around the letters with a straight stitch (that looked surprisingly good!) and it's done!!! Oakley is so excited to wear it and I can't wait to say that I made it (def. better than those darn iron-on letters!)

Hope for Haiti

Please go to iTunes and pre-order the Hope for Haiti Now album...all proceeds go to Haiti...those people need our help....

Finally...

The closet had a full washer and dryer in it...

The craft room/office is finally finished!! The new sewing machine is in place and although it is a full room, I think it is going to work great! 

I thought I would take a few pictures to show you...

Here is BEFORE (well, way before, this is what it looked like before we moved in):

And here is today. About 2.5 years after we bought the house, I am finally happy with the craft room, for now anyways...

terrifying and sad...

Haiti, you are in our hearts....

I did it!

Well, I officially taught my first lesson today.
The Astronomy/Meteorology crew learned about atmospheric pressure today and built their very own barometers!! One student said it was a buzzkill...gee, thanks...but that was because that certain individual could not figure out how to keep liquid in a straw - don't we all do this at McD's occasionally? Anyways, I got my first one out of the way, and now I can move on to bigger and better!

Also, off topic, I went to see Karl Mecklenburg (used to play for the Denver Broncos) speak at the Pavilion tonight. He talked about goal-setting, leadership, and being successful in life. It was very interesting and I am so glad I went!

oakley

This is Oakley...

Super funny story about his new boots. Jeff and I were in the Twin Cities before he had to head back to Benning and we stopped at a few of our favorite stores before he had to go. One of them, on Grand Avenue in St. Paul, had a whole selection of dog boots (which we have been searching for for a while!)...Jeff was determined to get a pair (quad??) and worked with the saleslady to find the perfect pair. Oakley finally got a set on and walked around the store in them for about 20 minutes...when I realized that the boots he was wearing were 90 DOLLARS!! Okay, I often don't even spend that on me...so for the dog?!?! We decided against them at the time and took them off. Poor O stood by the display and wouldn't budge...he WANTED those shoes! Poor thing...
new boots from Kaci W on Vimeo.

After doing some searching online I found them on ebay, brand new for 40 bucks...

the beginning

let's try this again...

the wedding website has been closed since Oct. 2008...and now I am going to try to find enough time to do this again! I am obsessed with reading blogs from all over so I am hoping that mine becomes something that others find helpful and want to read...