Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Chloe as Kitty

Chloe and I were out shopping one afternoon and happened upon the fabric store.

As we were passing down the aisles...
Her arms outstretched trying to feel as much as she could...
We passed some super soft and fuzzy "cat fur" material...

With a super cute "woooaaahhh!" coming out of her in a high pitched voice,
Of course we had to stop and get some...

So for Halloween this year...
I've given it my best...
I've made her a little kitty costume...

It's not perfect, but it's cute on her...
And to make it extra funny, I realized when I sewed the tail on, it's a bit off center.
Oh well... she at least will be able to sit down and not have that tail in an uncomfortable place...

I used some of her clothes as a template and cut it free style...
Stitched it by hand to avoid excess frustration from using a sewing machine.

Makes me wish I would've made mom let me sit while she made stuff...
She used to tell me that I could get a needle in the eye if I messed with her sewing machine without her around.
She knew my interest, and I look back now and realize that she just wanted to make sure I didn't touch the machine without her around, and wanted to avoid any horrible sewing machine accident.

I rather enjoy using a needle and thread by hand anyway...
I think you would really like it all, and would be laughing with me about the tail...

Monday, October 12, 2009

It's October, I'm allowed...

I wanted to find a cd that I came across in October of 2007...
It was from my mom...

It was a burned cd of some John Denver Christmas music from when we were little...
And it has a post it on it from my mom saying:
"It's October, I'm Allowed"

It is in one of those "safe places" which means of course I can't find it at the moment to snap a picture of it (I love my mom's handwriting!)...

So instead, settle for a picture of my mom and Big Tony (her 2nd husband) dating back to the early 1980's. This was taken at my grandmom's house and I love that you can see my sister Teren's reflection in the mirror watching them get their picture taken...
My mom loved to sew, but rarely found enough time to really get into it.

For a while she even had a small side business called "The Window Gallery" where she would make custom curtains for people...

Ok - weird random thought... Wish that small business could've taken off instead of her picking up working in a nail salon around all those chemicals, and eventually running her own shop from the house with super poor ventilation... "may have" kept her from exposure to stuff that caused her Leukemia... Who knows... just one of those thoughts that randomly shows up...

Life is what it is...
Seize something today that makes this day special for you!