My Little Dutch Girls

This past weekend we went as a family to the Tulip Time Festival in Holland, MI. We are a very Dutch family (in more than one sense of the word!) and just love enjoying the food, fun, and heritage surrounding the town in May.

The girls fit the same dresses as they wore last year, so all the pictures from the Saturday Musik Parade kinda look the same. I attempted to take some decent 'cute' pictures of the girls by the tulips, but Brit took a little nap on the way there, and was a bit on the grouchy side for most of the time we were there. They turned out okay I suppose, but definitely do not catch the 'frisky' side of either of their personalities!

As you can see, my sister Dawn was entirely too excited to be there!

Overall, it was very fun, and we'll have to do it again next year! It is a family tradition now!

Love you Mom!

Sweet & Sassy ~ Love you Mom! Bag, originally uploaded by mytwobabes.

This was my gift to my Mom this past Sunday, Mother's Day. She just loved it! I am so glad, since a lot of love and time went into this creation. She picked out the fabric month's ago, and I think she thought she may just get a key-fob out of it, but this was a total surprise! It is actually a sold-out fabric from Amy Butler's fabric line. The light blue part is Swirly Buds from Heather Bailey. There is a cute green Swirly Buds pocket on the inside.

It was really fun to see her reaction, and I know she'll be a proud momma carrying it around.

Love you Mom, you're the best! I hope you understand how much you mean to all of us!

Graphic Design has been a top priority...

I have been doing a lot of graphic design again lately. Actually, I had to narrow down my shop to 5 or so items since I couldn't find enough time in the day to process all the orders, and get quality work done for my design clients! So far, that has worked wonderfully!

These are a few of the images I have been working on, in addition to wedding invitations, bookmark wedding favors, and some custom blog backgrounds... oh yeah... and sewing, sewing, sewing!

I sure am praying for a good baby, I'm not sure how I will keep up otherwise! ♥

I know I have said this before, but I think the items sold in ColorMeCute's shop are super cute!

I had the opportunity to take product photos for her last week, and the ones with her little Kinsley turned out so cute, I just HAD to post them for you to see as well!

Baby #3 coming in November!

I am very excited to announce that I am expecting Baby #3, due November 18!

This is definitely a miracle baby, we were told years ago we would not be able to have any children at all... with our girls we had to go through years of medication and treatment, finally concieving them in June of 2000, they were born January 19, 2001. Our lives have not been the same since, being a mother was what I "wanted to be" my whole life. Such a blessing!

With this baby, we had no treatment at all! In fact, I took two pregnancy tests a little over a month ago and they were both negative. I decided to be patient, and just wait for my cycle to begin in the next few days... finally at 60+ days, I couldn't take it anymore and tried another test... PREGNANT! so I took another the next day... that was positive too!

So far things have been going really great, I have not been sick at all, and am 13 weeks along this week. One of my sisters is three months as well and is due only two days before me!

Thank the Lord for a wonderful blessing, we cannot wait to add this sweet little one to our family!

A Winner! Girls Day Out Giveaway

Since there was only one registrant for the giveaway this week, it is an automatic winner!
Congratulations, SaraB ~ Have fun shopping for your sweetie Kimberly!
You can contact Amy directly by going to her Etsy shop, and click "contact seller."

Happy Birthday Dawn!

Today, I am unveiling the {secret} project I have been working on...

I decided this year to make something special for each of my sisters for their birthday. This is the first completed project.

My sister Dawn LOVES Target. I mean, this girl goes there almost every day. Her kids call it the "happy store", since they always end up with something new everytime they leave!

I created this purse with kitchen hand towels from the Orla Kiely designer line, of course, purchased at Target. Isn't the print adorable?! I figured the "Target Queen" had to have a Target bag!

So, Happy Birthday Dawn! I realize your birthday isn't until August, but I just couldn't wait!