Working on my Baby Doll...

Hi friends! I had mentioned to you a bit back that I'm making a doll for Craft Hope and we're getting close, only three weeks to get it finished and delivered!
I decided to make a Simplicity Pattern...

I am making the Smiling Happy Baby for a little girl that I can see in my mind's eye!
I'll share pictures of the baby doll as I get her sewn together (with lots of love!)

A Sweet "Cottage" Giveaway!

Sweet Cynthia over at Cynthia's Cottage Design is having a wonderful giveaway right now, friends! You'll want to pop over and enter too!

Happy Pink Saturday, friends!

I thought I'd share some vintage glass shaker bottles I purchased and gussied up for my daughter's fireplace mantle, I used two of my favorite colors on the lids, PINK and turquoise! And I filled them with pretty shiny colored beads and prissied them up with vintage seam binding and a pretty image.
Here's the pink one, with some vintage colored rhinestones too! I love vintage rhinestone jewelry the MOST, don't you too?!!

And here's the blue/turquoise bottle, with a little fake jewel on top and a vintage bloom I received in a swap a while back, I LOVE swaps too, don't you?!

Here they are together with a GORGEOUS cross we bought at Canton Trade Days (First Monday) last month. OOPS! MY PICTURE IS TOO LARGE AND CUT OFF THE OTHER BOTTLE, AND I'M TOO LAZY TO FIX IT! :>)

And, finally, another jar/bottle Megan found at Canton Trade days too that has some vintage pink prettiness going on...

I will have to show you all another day the vase that is FULL of vintage pearls, rhinestones, etc that is behind the jars I featured today.
Megan picked it up a while back and it's gaudy to some, and gorgeous to others, you know, one of those over-the-top sparkly, shiny girly things!
Have a wonderful summer weekend and a blessed Pink Saturday!

Can you crochet these booties?

I, unfortunately, do not have the talent to make these most adorable Crocheted Fourth of July Booties and I have already purchased from Carters the Fourth of July bloomer outfit, the headband and socks, but I'd love to find someone to crochet these little ones in a 3 month size or even a bit smaller, Madison is only about 8.5 lbs right now.
I'd be willing to, of course, pay for your services! Please leave me a message if you know how to crochet and would like to make these! I'd really appreciate it too!

I Love Summer Magazines!

I just love when summer comes along and all the bright, sun-filled magazines hit the stands! There are so many ideas! Summer kabobs and strawberry cake recipes, summer crafts using seashells and patriotic Fourth of July themes, summer decorating with bright cheerful colors to tempt us to repaint our own walls and summer clothing that is light and airy, flirty and cute!
Today I picked up a new magazine this summer 2009, Phyllis Hoffman's Celebrate Summer!

This magazine SCREAMS SUMMER!!!! Yeah! There were fresh photos saying take a vacation, hit the beach!

And there were Ice Cream recipes, Strawberry!, a staple of summer fruits....

And there were beautiful photos of light summery treats!

I just love to aimlessly spend a few hours at the beginning of summer thumbing through the desserts, dreams and photos of warm summer days to come!
It brought to mind one of my past FAVORITE Magazines, Home Companion by Mary Englebreit!
I so miss her magazines, her July issue was always so inspiring and was right on with my view of a perfect July day! Oh, I wish someone would pick up publishing Home Companion again!
Here's a touch of Mary Englebreit and SUMMER!

I love English Springer Spaniels!

For no reason at all I thought I'd just say if you want a GREAT dog in your life, a Springer is that dog! I have had two, Bailey who passed in March who was our black and white springer and Cody, who is our liver and white sweetheart!
Here's a Youtube video showing a Springer that looks just like Cody, Gorgeous!

and here's my dogs...This one is Bailey...

And this cutie in the crib is Cody, now I know I shouldn't put him in Madison's crib at Grandma's house, but look how CUTE he is! Just for fun!

Happy Pink Saturday!

I have been very busy making goodies for my Granddaughter Madison since she arrived in early April and I thought I'd share the pink silk liner I sewed for a Moses basket with you...

Here's Madison in it, and we also took some fabulous professional pictures in it this afternoon too, but here's one of our home shots of her...

I just love having a Grandbaby! Happy Pink Saturday! Grandma Suzie Button

Professional pictures today...

It's baby Madison's first professional pictures today with Heather King Photography and I'm saying a little prayer sweetie pie here...

will be calm and cute like this baby...

Ok, that may be too much to ask for, so at least as sweet as this little girl...

Her Mommy has the "plan" to nurse her until she's milk drunk and take a little formula along too for crying emergencies while snapping pictures!

Just some lighthearted afternoon fun...

It felt like a summer day today, it's midafternoon and the grandbaby is over and a little fussy, but cute (of course), I am pondering my afternoon shows to caption and on a break, and my 20 year old needs to have college classes begin or find a part time job with more hours (ha!) so we're just sitting around slightly bored, and Katie first shows off my vintage tiara I have and then we convince her to entertain us a bit by trying on some of the vintage gowns I've bought for my dress forms over the last year...
So Katie runs to the closet and emerges first in this beauty...

Notice how her, well, boobs, don't quite fit right into the dress? Well, it's because who really can FIT into these dresses?!! Was everyone a size 0 back then?!! And Katie's tiny! Here she is trying to figure out how to get the zipper up...

Oh, well, Katie will serenade us anyways with a ballad...

Oh, well, let's try another dress, Megan and Mom seemed to enjoy the first one, what else is there to do?!
This time I'll (force) Cody to play too! Doesn't he look like he wants to?! Oh, and this one's just a bit too tight too to zip! Golly!
Cody says, can't we all just have an afternoon siesta instead of these girly games?!

Uh, oh, baby Madison is crying again! Maybe she needs a diaper change, Aunt katie will do it, kind of like Cinderella in the ballgown, doing house chores, isn't it?

Are you SERIOUSLY laughing behind me and taking pictures of my behind?!

Yes, we are laughing and taking behind pictures, Katie!
Who's the happy girl now?! Madison is!

We love Katie and Madison entertaining our pre-summer afternoon!

Have a great Friday, friends! Suzie Button

Am I "tagging" you out?

I hope I'm not boring you, but I have more tags! Here are another four tags I created, I'm finished all I needed to make, but I want to make copies of several as a gift for our host of the tag swap, and since I have a few extra days before the deadline, I will do that before I mail them out!
Anyway, here's my first tag for this posting...

And the back..This is actually my favorite in this set, I love the colors!

Next we have some children enjoying a day in the water...

and the backside has more summer fun!

We continue with more children and a dog just means summer fun, doesn't it?

OOPS, no backside with this one, I forgot to take the picture, and I am short on time, so we'll skip the backside! :>)
Here is an innocent scene, wouldn't you say? I love the pastels..

Here's the other side of the tag..

Finishing up my tag swap for A Swap for All Seasons

I'm "almost" finished, do you know that feeling?!! I need to finish up today so I can start sewing my doll for Craft Hope
and then on to swaps for the Paper Cowgirl Art Retreat
Here's four more of my tags I've made, and I'll share the rest throughout the week, so please come back! I love sharing with fellow bloggers who love the same crafts I do!
In this tag I used a vintage map (L-O-V-E the vintage colors on this map!) as my background...

And the backside...I made her into a princess... EASY! :>)

Next I have a vintage mermaid, complete with a jewel from the deep, blue sea!

and the backside...I threw in some glitter on this one, love the glitter!

Then we have a young girl about to "swim"...

and on the backside, a couple contemplating marriage...

And here's another vintage couple..

And this one was one of my favorites in this set of four tags...

Keep on crafting! Suzie

Happy Pink Saturday!

Now that summer is creeping up on us, we're all enjoying lighter, fresher desserts and scrumptious fruits, so I thought I'd share a couple recipes with you!
Buttermilk Cremes with Strawberries

I made this for Mother's Day, It was a nice change from the heavy desserts we have in winter and a sign of summmer to me! I didn't have the individual ramekins, and didn't really want to purchase them, so I made it in my tart baker and spooned out individual servings. Tastes the same, but here's Martha Stewart's prettier version and recipe pictured below also!

The next recipe Stuffed French Toast Sundaes was made as a treat for me by my daughter Megan.

We had it for breakfast with pancake syrup on it.
Megan discovered the website and TV program Cook Yourself Thin and has been trying out some of their recipes. It's such a treat to have someone cook for you, and it was so sweet of her!
I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and stop by the produce stand for some yummy summer fruits! Blessings! Suzie