Surrounded by love! I love the day my grand babies are given a name and a blessing! Whether it is in English or Italian, I love that they are surrounded by so much love. That the holy priesthood is used to acknowledge some of the special gifts and abilities that this specific child will have while they are on this earthly journey.
And I love the tradition of creating an heirloom for the event. I have sewn a dress for each one of my grand daughters and quite often the crotchet blanket has been created by the great grandmas. This time Rebekah & Curtis were fairly specific about the style of dress they wanted for Sadies. It was a fun challenge. Though I have sewn since I was like six years old I have never implemented "heirloom" sewing techniques such as lace to lace joining and fabric to lace so you can hardly tell there is a seam.
First, finding the fabrics and laces for this type of sewing was CRAZY! I searched in every fabric store between Provo to Layton. NOTHING-- actually there is a store in Provo but I didn't want to brave the freeway construction. FINALLY! I found a lady in Murray that sells lace on line that would sell it to me out of her house. I found the linen fabric at Little Things Means A Lot factory outlet. By the way-- they have a sale this weekend. Then I had to research the sewing technique. I checked books out of the library and purchased some magazines. But the best place was on-line tutorials-- by Martha Pullen's Sew Beautiful Magazine created form various pictures and from our our own ideas. Rebekah and Curtis would look at some options and make suggestions, I would sew to that point, then we would continue until it was done. little Sadies' had a few fittings and on the last day a photo shoot with her papa once she was all dressed up. Here are more pictures of that special day. You can also see pics on Bekah's blog
closing the door, and looking toward the open one
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These last few weeks before leaving Milan have been interesting and
wonderful! Many memories and sweet acts of kindness coming to my memory
from the years ...
Chick Magnets
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I did it. I touched a chicken. Not only did I touch one, but I purchased 8
of them, packed them home in the car and moved them in with me.
Seriously? ...
drum roll please.....
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And we are so excited to be welcoming this new little chica into our
family.
I'm so glad that we decided to wait to find out until we were with all of...
Life with Liam
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We have been in heaven with this little boy! I just can't imagine life
without him. He is still not sleeping at all at night but we have no
complaints! ...
All Balled Into One
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Here we go.... First we had Easter, dyed our beautiful eggs. All 5 dozen
of them!!
We had quite a few casualties, but it made for a very colorful egg ...
Introducing Chase Grant Smith
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Chase Grant Smith
Born 3/20/12
8lbs 5oz, 20 in
Yea!! Our little Chase is here! And MAN was it a long time coming! After
swearing I would never, EVER be indu...
A little video for my little monsters
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We just wanted to let Kennidee and Braxtyn know that we love them and wish
they were here to see this in person. We Love and really miss you and hope
you a...
It has been three weeks since I returned home...
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Hello Family and Friends,
I still can’t believe it has been almost three weeks since I left my
mission! I know I kind of left everyone hanging so I will gi...
FISH TANK FUN!!!
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NOT!!! Lol okay, WHAT was I thinking when we got fish?! Oh I know! NOTHING!
It's SUCH a pain in the butt to keep that tank clean!! Ugh So, now an hour
has ...
MTC Address
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Hey everyone I just got my new address for the MTC.
For those who would like to stay updated on what is happening, here is some
important information.
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Prague Adventure, May 2010
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Prague, in the Czech Republic has been on our list of "must sees"! We got a
three-day weekend and were very excited to make the trip.
The local police we...
LIFE IS GOOD
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Life is crazy...but life is good!! So many months have passed by with so
many wonderful things to share. I just can't seem to find the time to get
downsta...
The house is quiet,
The kids are gone
They all have other places to live
and now Rod & I become 2 + infinity.
What fun this is to only have each other to blame when we are looking for the remote. Or what to have for dinner. Or how late to sleep in...... until
we hear the pitter patter, squeak squeak of James & Chanel's little shoes.
So, now we are trying something new-- a blog-- to share our lives with our friends and family who are near and far. So if you want to join in the fun, feel free to add a comment or two.
2 comments:
The dress was so beautiful! Thank you so much for taking this challenge because you truely outdid yourself. Love you mom!
So pretty. I need sewing lessons.
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