Babies, Ogden Nature Center, New Windows, and a Dress

So, I've had an eventful week. Then, when doing paperwork I realized that nobody was seeing my blog, and that I hadn't posted in awhile. Something makes me think that these may be connected. Hmmmm....

Well, last week was Spring Break. I was able to get in contact with the owners of  childrensneeds.com who had gotten a little swamped with orders. They were looking for some sewers to help them catch up. I've been able to get some baby slings made for them, and they in turn have paid me. Which is always nice. You should check out their website: childrensneeds.comThey have lots of good stuff for new mothers.

My cousin Jenny, who we refer to as Cousin Jenny to keep straight which Jenny is being referred to (our family knows a whole lot of Jennys), works at the Ogden Nature Center in Ogden (duh) here's their websited too: http://www.ogdennaturecenter.org/  I've been able to enjoy several activities there in the past year including the 5k Fly with the Flock, and the Halloween carnival Creatures of the Night. Well, anyway, Cousin Jenny called to let me know that she saw my recycled grocery bags bag on my Etsy site and that I should make an appointment with their Gift Shop lady to get some of those bags in the shop before Earth Day on April 17.  On the left is the picture of this bag. So I'm working hard to collect grocery bags from family and friends, and making up some of these bags in varying sizes before heading down there to my success (or doom).

This week we also got new windows in the house. Yay! They're ceritified "Green" and are supposed to insulate the house a bit better than our old school windows. Which for me means the Sewing Lair won't be as cold as it always is. It also means I had to take down my feather boas, and am yet to put them back up. Sigh. I'll get around to it eventually. Interestingly all of the windows in the house got replaced except for one. The one in my bedroom. Apparantly it's illegal to have a window that small in a bedroom and we had the option to get some construction people in here to cut a bigger hole and install a bigger windowell so the window would be legal. Great. Then the guy said, "But in houses this old there is a Grandfather clause that protects these windows." They just can't legally replace one with out enlarging it. So my room will still be cold. Oh well, I only sleep in there and I did get an electric blanket for my birthday.

Since we had window people here the past couple of days, I've gotten some work done. But not as much as I know I can get done. I have gotten pretty far on the pink Paris Original dress that was shown in an earlier post. It's super cute and I want one! But I purposely made it not my size so I can sell it and not just keep it in my closet. I hardly ever wear dresses and it would probably just sit in there next to the polka dot dress that I can't remember the last time I wore.

So that's me!