I read this post today and it inspired me to post a picture of ONE of my fav. 80's movies. Ok, so maybe it just inspired me to share my opinion (or lack thereof) about what the h*ll we are supposed to pay babysitters? And even worse, what do we pay family members to babysit? I mean, help a sista' out and let's get down to the bottom of this already. Will someone just put a price tag on it and create a babysitting program to build spreadsheets and print invoices? Maybe we can create a directory that may be accessed through some federal website where they rate each person and give all background and fee information. Oh and then the government can add that directory to the WIC list (or whatever that thing is called). Then we can pay them with government cheese,not sure what that is also but I hear people make random comments about it so it must be pretty special. Ok, I am out of ideas...but I really think I'm on to something.
This was me as of last week (well, my bra at least)
Here is a picture of Mary Murphy, a judge on So You Think You Can Dance. This is a great show and these final weeks are going to be killer because I love as in L-O-V-E almost all the dancers that are left. Next week should be Chelsie and Mark (sorry peeps...gotta keep it real). May I just add, poor Will tonight, I thought he was a keeper for this week. Anyhow, AGAIN, back to my point. I feel Miss Mary needs to have america vote on her outfit for the week...cause some of these are killin me. This is the best pic I could find of a dress I am not fond of...makes her boobs look like she's got an 80 year old body. Sorry Mary, but I think you've got more than that to offer. I will say, and I will continue to look for a pic, but her worst day was when Mia Michaels (my fav) was a guest judge...way too much sequence going on!
This was me at about 5pm this evening...look at my long, wavy locks (*btw-they were only wavy from being pulled back in a clip. Usually they are stringy and stick straight) 
And this is me NOW! 
Yeah to short hair and donating the long to locks of love.
Till I spread the love...and water (oops)
This was a quick idea that really only took me about 15 minutes to complete. I see now I probably should have washed the dust off the onesie before framing it (I had it hanging on the wall) and I'm not too thrilled about my name strip...but those are simple improvements when I have time. 
It was such a simple and thoughtful task, I am super excited to give it to Marisa. I love this pasely (sp?) print in pink and green, these colors are awesome together. 
And the front has a picture of her new baby boy, Derek Ethan!
Inside are the details for Connor's Sweet Celebration!
Complete with a map on the back. 
Her Birthday outfit is ready! 
My mom embroidered this cute lil' onesie with the cupcake saying 1st birthday, and I added the rest. I am a new #1 fan of rick rack and am about to start adding it to anything and everything around the house... Andres better hide his tighty whities!
My first step was to measure what width and length I wanted the dress to be. Remember, it gathers at the top, so it's ok to make it a bit too wide. I then stitched up the side to make a seam on the right side of the fabric. (when cutting the dress out, place the fold along the side of the dress so only one side needs to be sewn) * I am lovin my superb fabric trimming skills...look at that straight line down the left side.
And my third side stitch is done by turning that 2nd seam to the side, and stitching one more time. It looks similar to the seam on your jeans. 
This is what the 3 step seam will look like on the side, not too shabby. My mom told me about this seam one time and I have no clue if I did what she was trying to explain, I think she said it was french. Sorry mom, I think I may have dozed off half through your lesson on hems.
I then folded that fabric in half to cut the arm holes. Make sure you cut the holes deep enough so you have room to stitch a seam for the ribbon to run through.
I used bias tape to clean up the arm holes. I am not a bias tape pro either so I added a few pics to show you how simple it really is after you get the hang of it. 
I stitch the tape to the right side of the fabric and the fold it in and stitch again, close to the edge.
After the top is done I press the hem down, twice, to hide the rough edges. 
I love the rickrack I added along the bottom. Such a simple, inexpensive touch that adds so much...did I mention how cute this fabric is. My sister 
