I have returnd from the dead....

or so it seems.  The last time that I posted we had just found out that we were expecting again.  I was so excited and hoping for that sweet little girl that I could dress in all my sweet attire.  God obviously had other plans.  Not only did not have a girl but we had two boys instead!!!  My boys are awesome and I could not ask for anything better.  I am hoping to get back in the swing of things.  A friend of mine and I have been talking about partnering together.  That way we could efficienlty get things accomplished with the 5 kids that we have between us.  We will see where that goes I guess.  Anyway, I am glad to be back.  Oh and here are pics of my two sweet new baby boys that are now almost 6 mos. old.

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Well since I am pregnant I felt like it was a good time to enter a giveaway for a breast pump. Familylicious is givingaway a Medela breast pump. WOW


Go here to enter http://familyliciousreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/medela-freestyle-breast-pump-reivew-and.html

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News!!!!

Welll seems we are having an addition to the CuppyCake family.  I am preggers!!!!  Yay.  We are so excited.  Hudson is going to be a big brother, which kind of freaks me out a bit.  I know that I want this baby but I hope that I am not taking much needed time away from Hudson.  I know every mom having their second child must feel that way at some point.  I can't wait for us to all proceed on this journey together.  It is going to be fun I am sure.  I only hope this pregnancy doesn't suck as much as my first.

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Tutorial and Giveaway!!!

This is the tutorial that I shared over at Fun to Craft on Saturday.  Wanted to post it here as well.  And I am doing a giveaway for it over on my facebook page.  Whoever refers the most people by Thursday at 9 p.m. will win it.  Let’s get started shall we!!!
Today I would like to show you how to make a crayon apron.
Materials needed:
-3 pieces of fabric of your choice. I made one that will fit approx. 2-4 years old.
One piece for the apron ties (6in x 69in)
One piece for apron (10in x 16 in)
One piece for crayon holder (4 in x 11in)
-matching thread
-scissors
-iron

Now that we have our supplies gathered we can start on the fun stuff.

Take your long piece that you have for your apron ties and fold in half with right sides facing.
 Find the middle of your apron ties and mark with a pin or marker. Now mark 5 ½ inches on each side of the middle mark. This space will be where you will fit the apron later. Sorry I don't have a pic of this.
Now sew the apron ties shut leaving an opening where you have marked with your pins or marker.

Take your apron ties and turn it right side out.

Press with an iron being sure that the middle folds in as you iron. Place the apron ties aside for later.

Now take your apron and fold the two shorts sides and one of the long sides and fold about ¼ in. and press. Fold once more and press again.

Sew all three sides leaving one side untouched.

This part is magic to me. I don’t see many people do this so I don’t know if it is an unknown in the sewing world but check this out. Set your machine tension as high as it will go and your stitch length as well.

Take your apron and sew straight down the raw edge. This should gather your apron. If it does not then you will need to set tension to about 1-2 and sew the raw edge without backstitching. Now tug on your thread to make the apron about 11inches in length.

Take you apron and insert it into the apron ties (remember the middle that we left untouched earlier).

Be sure to pin, pin, pin!

Once you have your apron pinned well into your apron ties, topstitch the apron into the apron ties.

And look you have a super cute apron as it is. But who wants to stop there. Now we add the crayon holder.

Take your crayon holder and turn the 2 shorts sides under about ¼ in and press. Turn once more and press again. Do the same with one of the long sides.
 

Sew the 3 sides hems leaving one raw edge.

Now take your crayon holder and place it on top of the apron with the right sides facing and the raw edge about 3 inches from the bottom. Sew a straight stitch across the top.

Now fold the croyon holder up so that the wrong side of the crayon holder is facing the right side of the apron. Top stitch the 2 short sides.

LAST STEP!!!
I used the large crayons for this apron so my crayon compartments are sewn every one inch. Use a pin to measure every one inch and sew from the top to bottom making sure to keep your line straight.

DONE!!!!!

There are obviously more compartments than six but I only had six crayons.

How super cute is that and easy peasy. I love it. Now I have to find a little girl to give it to.   Go to my fanpage at facebook.com/cuppycakeboutique for more info.

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Auction

......going on right now on my facebook page, facebook.com/cuppycakeboutique.com
I originally was going to end it on Friday but I think I will extend it to Sunday because I will be out of town this weekend.

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Happy Mother's Day

Here is my reason for waking up everyday
Isn't he the most adorable little rocker you have ever seen?
Happy Mother's Day to all the Mommies out there.

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Look What I Made and Tutorial to Share!!!

So I have been thinking about making something for ME.  Dare I think much less say that I will make something for me (gasp).  Anyway I have been wanting a new school bag so here I am with only a few weeks left before I graduate and now I decide to make a bag for myself.  Well there is actually a good reason.  Angela Deville, the wonderful talent behind all my model pics, is going to be doing Baby Grand tomorrow here in Baton Rouge and she needed a diaper bag to use for a sample of a diaper bag tag that she has (make sense).  Anyway...I have been eyeing this diaper bag pattern and decided that I would just go for it and have so that Angela could use it and I would have a new bag for myself when she was done.

I followed the pattern for the most part but I did forgoe the bottom part and just sewed the front and back pieces together.  I also did not include the zipper pocket inside of mind and I wish I would have now.  I will make more of this pattern because it was super easy and not very time consuming.  And since we are now officially trying to get pregnant again I have more reason than ever to make cute diaper bags.

So here is my end product.  What do you think?

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