tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22203437781296145692024-03-13T23:35:24.371-04:00Orion VictorianAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.comBlogger428125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-39348710019086573812012-11-11T14:18:00.001-05:002012-11-11T14:23:51.676-05:00Dear "the Ro Ro" and BubbaDear Rowie and Vera--<br />
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Before it gets away from me, I thought I'd write you a fall letter. <br />
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You are both sleeping after a lovely trip to the zoo. I don't need to tell you how much I love you both, but I do need to tell you to STOP WAKING UP AT 4AM. you're killing me. I try to think about as military-style sleep training. If I can function as a normal person now, just imagine what I'll be capable of once I can sleep again...<br />
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Halloween was fun this year. Rowie, whenever I asked you if you wanted to dress up like Thomas (the costume you picked) you would say "no, Mama. I Rowie. Dress up baby" (also, you've been calling me "Alta" a lot instead of mama, and I don't think that's funny.) I honestly think that it's my fault you won't dress up. Last year when I made your gnome costume and tried it on you I laughed so hard that I fell on the ground, and you stared at me rolling around laughing, grabbed your hat off your head threw it on the ground and have *literally* not dressed up since. </div>
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In the end you did wear your costume once you figured out that people would give you candy. Two highlights:</div>
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1. Our neighbors who do scary Halloween. The husband dressed like a giant 8 ft crow with flashing red eyes and you saw him and freaked out. I decided that it would be good parenting to make sure you confronted him so it wouldn't turn into a "thing." So I picked you up and we went and tickled him. This was tremendously successful and you thought it was pretty funny until he tickled you back. With his giant Tim-Burton-style foot long talons. Parenting fail. For the next few days you kept saying "Giant bird scared the Ro Ro. No scare the Ro Ro giant bird!" </div>
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2. After we came back form trick or treating you were counting out your candy and mixed it in with the candy for the kids who came to our house. From then on every single time anyone came to our door you screamed and cried when I gave them candy "No!! NO!!! Mama, no give kids the Rowie's candy! nooooooooo" And they all felt so bad. Even though it wasn't your candy. </div>
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Little Bubba, you are just getting cuter and cuter every day. Sorry about the "bubba" thing. I can't help it because you're my bub. Rowie calls you Bubba now too. You are eating all kinds of different foods now and you are still not sleeping through the night. You like to watch football with your daddy and you like to clap after every bite of food (a girl after my own heart.) You are the speediest crawler ever and very adventurous. I don't think Rowan ever got to leave the living room at this age, but you're under the tables and chairs, in the laundry room, under the stairs, in the kitchen, in the pantry all over the place! </div>
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Rowan, I hear you up there not sleeping and I don't think that's funny. I'm going to turn the monitor down and let you read your books while I take a nap. It's only 2:00 and I've already been up for 10 hours. It feels like dinner time. Sometimes there's just not enough coffee in the world. But Then I try to remember that though the days are long, the years are short. <br />
Goodnight, shorties.Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-67461407855600859072012-11-11T13:59:00.001-05:002012-11-11T13:59:03.733-05:00Home/Life Improvement through organization.I've never been exceedingly well organized. I have my moments, but you will never walk into my home or office and think, "Wow, this girl has got-it-together." You may at times think: "Wow, her house is surprisingly clean and tidy for having a baby and toddler!" and then you will look under the beds, or open the door to the laundry room. <br />
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Look at that! So many nooks! so much storage! so whimsical! I can have a lovely space that has places to put things, but doesn't look like this:</div>
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Until further notice, the laundry room will remain the room where laundry is done-- I had thought we might move it to the basement sometime soon. Sometime? probably. Sometime soon? probably not. So in order to maximize space we're thinking of getting front-loading stackables.</div>
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So lovely! But let's be truthful. Would pristine whites be found hanging above our laundry station? Would we display bamboo shoots?</div>
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ooooo! But the doors would have to slide back along the side, I think. Then we could extend the countertop to make a desk/sewing table to the right of the laundry. That would be GREAT. </div>
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We could also stack the Washer Dryer, thusly:</div>
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Before we go any further, this room will be used for (and will require stations for): </div>
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<br />Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-16021775317601550812012-07-07T14:50:00.002-04:002012-07-07T14:50:44.317-04:00Also this happenedJust because it's the best photo I've taken this summer:<br />
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I've enlarged it to maximum capacity so that you may more easily gaze upon the mass of burnt hair.</div>
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Many of you know that Drake enjoys grilling A LOT. For the first time ever, the grill turned on him and exploded in his face and burned off a great deal of his hair. It was horrifying. and hilarious once he was determined to be ok. </div>
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It was just like in cartoons when a character's face gets exploded and after the smoke clears they look like a very surprised Albert Einstein! (I was going to Google "cartoon face explosion" to include a picture of what I'm talking about, but thought better of it.)</div>
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Original summer plan (with some things even accomplished!):<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">fix shed (</span><strike style="background-color: white;">paint</strike><span style="background-color: white;">, </span><strike style="background-color: white;">new door</strike><span style="background-color: white;">, <strike>new lighting fixture, </strike>new windows, roof)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">dig up dead arborvitaes, replant 2 new ones, mulch landscape area between garage and shed</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://orionvictorian.blogspot.com/2012/03/back-yard-plans.html">install fence for play area in back yard</a></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">repair/repaint the shutters</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">replace lighting fixture with motion sensor in back porch area</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">stain/seal front porch</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">repaint gingerbread work on porch</span></li>
<li>upholster living room furniture (in progress!)</li>
<li><strike>remove plaid shag carpet form back stairs and paint</strike> (YES!)</li>
<li>remove beige shag carpet from master bedroom</li>
<li>install new hardwood floor/paint linoleum in master bedroom. It's classier than you think, <a href="http://blog.ounodesign.com/2009/02/03/diy-paint-your-linoleum-floor-white/">see here</a></li>
<li>organize every inch of life. (this item will seemingly NEVER be checked off.)</li>
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<li>cut out half wall between kitchen and dining room</li>
<li>build bar at cut-out</li>
<li>replace stove/fridge</li>
<li>replace washer dryer (perhaps move to basement?)</li>
<li>redesign laundry room based on presence/absence of new washer/dryer</li>
<li>paint/reupholster the dining room furniture </li>
<li>insulate/seal basement</li>
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We decided to take a breather from house projects for various reasons so I hereby declare the month of July August-project-planning-month. I've never been very good at estimating how long it takes to complete projects. I have a very unrealistic expectation of what can be accomplished during naptime. If I were to rank the projects above from highest to lowest priority based solely on what *I* want, and with a blatant disregard for budget imposed boundaries the list would look like this.</div>
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<li>NEW APPLIANCES STAT.</li>
<li>kitchen/dining room wall cutout and bar</li>
<li>new flooring in Master Bedroom </li>
<li>paint/reupholster Dining Room furniture</li>
<li>reupholster Living Room furniture </li>
<li>clean up landscaping</li>
<li>(shed of course, because of the whole ordinance-police-might-take-us-to-court thing)</li>
<li>redesign laundry room</li>
<li>insulate/seal basement (if only to prevent nature from penetrating my happy home. more on that soon)</li>
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The problem with that is the most important item (new appliances) takes all of our budget and none of our time-- and August is all about having a bit of time. SO if I were to use more time and less budget it would go (are you still reading this? is the internet that empty of interesting things? :) </div>
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<li>organize </li>
<li>paint/reupholster DR furniture (with new paint sprayer! I love it! I owe the blog a post about my love of our paint sprayer. soon, I promise)</li>
<li>reupholster LR </li>
<li>clean up landscaping</li>
<li>repair shutters</li>
<li>shed so we don't go to court</li>
<li>remove carpet, paint BR floor</li>
<li>stain seal front porch</li>
<li>repaint gingerbread</li>
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<li>insulate/seal/organize (never finished, remember) basement</li>
<li>replace appliances as possible</li>
<li>eventually cut out half wall etc</li>
<li>once washer dryer stuff is purchased and in place redesign laundry room. </li>
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Now that's shaping up! Let's see how far we get with the list above! </div>
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Look what I got for Mother's Day! A lovely water color portrait of our house :)Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-30000551163509024372012-06-05T20:11:00.000-04:002012-06-05T20:11:00.794-04:00Dear Vera, 3 monthsWhy hello, Baby Girl!<br />
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When you first came home, Rowan called you "My bagel." He was trying to say baby girl and it came out ba-guhl and I hoped and hoped and hoped it would stick and be your nickname forever, but alas. After a few weeks your Dad told me I ought to let it go since I was the only hold out still calling you that. What has stuck, though, is Baby Girl. Rowan refuses to call you anything else. Whenever I ask if he can say Vera he says "Noo, mommy" with this look like-- why on earth would I call Baby Girl that.<br />
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You are a little chunk and I LOVE it!!! you are roll-y and wonderful. You have a beautiful heft to you and are just perfect for holding, which is good because you want to be held all the time. You are a big time snuggler. You also like to look at things for just long enough-- you'll stare at the bee and coo and talk to him, but if it's for too long you get very upset. Same thing with the chandelier in the Dining Room. Same thing with the under the sea baby mat. Same thing with ceiling fans.... If you're happy when you see yourself in the mirror you will have a grand old time, but if you're sad things fall apart even more quickly. You've just discovered your hands and are grabbing at things which is adorable! Maybe now you'll have a fighting chance at getting your zizas back from Rowan. <br />
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You have started to love your baths and are scooting during tummy time, right on track! We stare at your eyes all the time trying to figure out what color they'll be-- right now I'm thinking dark blue, but with a brown patch on the outside of your right eye. It's always been there and I think that might just be something special that will stick. We'll see I guess! <br />
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You wake up twice at night and are very quick to go back to sleep which leads me to believe that you will be a super sleeper like your brother... I can only hope so! Today I put you in Rowan's crib when we went to get him after your nap and you just stared at him and cooed and tried to grab his back-up ziza... it was awesome. How lucky you both are to have each other! He loves you so much. You're the first one he asks about when he wakes up (after one of us gets him out of bed, of course) and you're the last one he kisses goodnight. I hope that you'll always be friends. It's a pretty awesome thing to get to watch. <br />
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I have to go to sleep now, so that I can spend some time with you later, but wanted to make sure I got a letter in before I wake up and you're off to college! (DARN YOU TOY STORY 3 FOR MAKING ME CRY SO MUCH)<br />
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Love,<br />MamaAlta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-537758915564034232012-06-03T15:20:00.001-04:002012-07-07T14:11:33.316-04:00Dear Rowie 2+ Years OldOh dear. <br />
It's happened just like they said it would. Time has sped by and now you're two and you look like a boy and not a baby. And you speak! You have your own thoughts and you name letters and colors and you demand things, and you always say "Thank you momma." Lately in the morning when Baby Girl (you won't say Vera and oddly, taking your cue, no one else does either) is in her cradle and I'm talking with her, you come between us and push her to the middle of the room then come running back and say "Hug, Mama!" Whenever you give hugs you say "Awwwwww, cute."<br />
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You have been working up the courage <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wSrezC9VdQ&feature=g-upl">to pick up the frog that lives on our back patio</a>-- not there yet, but you will be. When we go grocery shopping you spend the whole trip talking about the ride-on horse ("Moo") at the front of the store, then when we get there you lose your nerve. Last time you sat on him, put in the penny, pressed the button, then as soon as he moved you threw your arms up in the air and yelled "NO THANK YOU, MOO! MAMA, HELP!" It was pretty awesome.<br />
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This weekend was the Lake Orion Flower Fair and we went to the bounce house (bounce house! hooray! jumping!) I got to watch you interact with other kiddos, which I don't always get to see. You said Hi and smiled at every child in that bounce house, though with very little reciprocity. You just went from kid to kid saying "Hi!" and putting your face right where they were sure to see you and not miss the fact that you were there saying hi. When that little girl in the rainbow jumper pushed you over I wanted to punch her (not really, Mom) but you looked sad for a second then you got up and moved on. How proud I am that you are such a friendly kid with such an open heart! It makes me happy-sad. Happy because I think it will mean that you will be open to getting to know all kinds of wonderful people. Sad because they won't all be as wonderful as you, and chances are that if you get hurt you're not going to let me fix it. Which is probably a good thing, because of said earlier instinct to punch a 5 year old who didn't like you. (again, kidding. But ask your dad about the six year old at the McDonalds playplace who told the other little girls to stay away from you because you were a boy. I stared her down with my perfect new mom-face (slightly raised eyebrows, I'm sure you can picture it) until she smiled and patted your head. I assure you these girls will be singing a very different tune 15 years from now. You are gonna be quite a looker!)<br />
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We practice our character voices, talking waaaay up high and way down low, I think you have a future in this stuff. You have a big old hearty laugh and it's awesome. ALSO! every time I'm stuck trying to make a left turn, we talk about how much it stinks to be stuck and when I finally make the turn you yell "YAAAAAAY MOMMY!!!!" and you clap and kick my seat. You also do this when I change the batteries in any toy that is out of batteries (I REFUSE to change that trampoline's batteries when they finally go. Shortest music loop in the WORLD and I refuse. It will bounce just as well without noise.) <br />
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Well, I hear you upstairs (talking way up high) you just yelled "Heeeeey! Oh, mommmmmeeeeeee! kna-knock....." <br />
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Can't wait to hear what else you have to tell us as you start to put more and more together.<br />
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Then we tried one with him right-side-up which was moderately successful....<br />
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We did have a very fun morning, and the pictures above are probably the result of a (small, mind you) chocolate bunny.<br />
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Happy Easter everyone!Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-63158911039799263322012-03-17T21:22:00.001-04:002012-03-18T11:31:35.784-04:00Vera Week 2<br />
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<br />Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-89078352149586522562012-03-17T08:17:00.001-04:002012-03-17T08:17:34.957-04:00Geeking outI've had the same computer since 2004 and it has been trusty and wonderful but it is, alas, 8 years old. This week we got a new Apple TV and new iPads! So awesome! In fact I am blogging right now from my new iPad which means I scan do things like this...<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/altadantzler/OrionVictorian?authkey=Gv1sRgCLHA6PXckpT56wE#5720839115628027330'><img src='https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oTDLomB8dzU/T2SA3YgrHcI/AAAAAAAACOo/VkgSgrOd0NE/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='400' height='400' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Insert pictures that I took with my iPad just now! Hee hee. <br /><br />Life is good. <br />Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-13173565928382013532012-03-13T11:51:00.000-04:002012-03-18T11:21:01.290-04:00Back yard plans<br />Now that Rowan is a bit more active it's time to start looking outdoors... This summer we're hoping to install a fence in a section of the backyard so that they can both play outside without us worrying about them running into the street...<br />
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There's more to it than what is in the picture, including one of the giant trees that was planted when the house was built and a little rock garden where we planted some unsuccessful pumpkins this year. </div>
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If you can manage to look past my pregnant-ness (Rowan- back in April 2010), you can see more of the part we're talking about here: </div>
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From everything I've read in reviews it's perfect for two year olds :) I'm sure that we'll graduate to something much bigger but I think this will be perfect for this summer. </div>
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And just because Drake really likes to build, and I really like to sit, maybe something like this from <a href="http://www.ana-white.com/">www.ana-white.com</a></div>
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And a little something for the kiddos to sit on too :) </div>
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Drake has plans to connect the fence to the back porch area so that they can come and go from the house too. Should be great fun!</div>Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-6527499747686040552012-03-11T13:46:00.000-04:002012-03-11T13:46:53.541-04:00Vera's Weekly photo project!Inspired by this:<br />
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We've decided to do a weekly photo project with Vera! We were too late and missed the boat with Rowan (baby Clara of <a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/">Young House Love</a> was born two months after him) BUT! for those of you who feel badly for our poor neglected son, let me remind you of this:</div>
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So once a week we'll be back here to post an update and at the end of the year when she turns one we'll have a little flip book to watch her grow!</div>
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Beautiful quilt from Drake's cousin Ali <a href="http://lifelovedoghair.blogspot.com/">here</a></div>
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<br />Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-11981900382228174002012-02-26T09:51:00.000-05:002012-03-18T11:23:45.858-04:00February Baby SweaterI've had this one earmarked since 2008--<br />
Bought some silky fingerling merino from <a href="http://www.sundarayarn.com/">Sundara</a> in the Poppy colorway:<br />
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Still waiting on glove number two, and I think I even have enough yarn for it!<br />
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Elizabeth Zimmerman was a knitting guru and responsible for this adorable pattern from her book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Zimmermanns-Knitters-Almanac-Commemorative/dp/0486479129">The Knitter's Almanac</a>.<br />
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I first came across it on <a href="http://brooklyntweed.net/blog/">Brooklyn Tweed</a> a really wonderful blog by a knitter/photographer in Brooklyn who knitted this:<br />
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Beautiful right? And this is how I came to know Sundara yarn. </div>
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I knit this in the round instead of on two needles, and I picked up the stitches under the arms so that it was entirely seamless. </div>
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A very fun knit. It was also the first time that I've tried to knit lace. It was moderately successful. There were definitely rows where I fell out of sync and may have shifted the pattern over a stitch or two, but I forgave myself and moved on. </div>
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See-- if you look across the body right where the arms met you can see I messed with the lace a bit, but I bet when it's on an actual baby no one will notice :) </div>
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So I made another one of these:</div>
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This is a really great and easy pattern. This time I had some pre-made bias tape, so the whole thing took me 30 minutes, from making/cutting the pattern to finishing. </div>
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So that is the inspiration photo... Unfortunately I don't have any before pics of the closet but it was the final wallpaper frontier-- with the same wallpaper that was in most of the house when we moved in:<br />
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Drake removed all the wallpaper....</div>
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Guess what color was underneath? Not just pink....<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Then he painted it colors from our house. Sandstone from the Kitchen, Forest Green from the front room.</span></div>
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He built a frame for the upholstered bench and storage.</div>
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Then he upholstered a bench with an old extra-long twin memory foam mattress pad that we already had.</div>
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He installed it on the frame, added some fabric to hide the storage, trimmed out the front, added some shelves, and Voila!<br />
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Happy reading family in a closet!<br />
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See that monster? <a href="http://orionvictorian.blogspot.com/2010/03/look-what-i-won.html">Remember when I won him</a>?</div>
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I made the little square monster pillow next to him. That was my contribution :)</div>
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The bolster in the corner will be covered in this fabric as soon as it arrives:</div>
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The other thing we ordered is an adorable set of robot decals:<br />
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So in a few days we'll have a final "after" picture for you, but thought I'd go ahead and share this project now in case I go into labor at any moment :) </div>
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Happy last day of Winter Break, Oakland!<br />
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We are officially on Winter Break! When we found out that the due date was right in the middle of the semester I decided to try to teach through the first half (6 weeks) which would take me right up to Winter Break. It worked! I did it! And now we have a week off-- assuming she decides to wait till her due date. So I plan to spend the week crafting and we may or may not be working on a super awesome project for Rowan for his new playroom under the stairs. It's kind of magical.</div>
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Let the crafting begin!!</div>
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I made some felt flowers from a tutorial I found on <a href="http://pinterest.com/altamarie/girl-stuff/">guess where:</a></div>
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I have to go to a craft store and get some wide band (very light and stretchy!) elastic to make some tiny baby headbands (I am having too much fun with this.)<div>
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I've also, as you might imagine, been knitting. It's slow going because by the end of the day I just want to lie down and I can't knit during Rowan's waking hours-- he's just too curious. BUT here it is so far!</div>
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It's from Elizabeth Zimmerman's A Knitter's Almanac. The "February Baby Sweater on Two Kneedles" except that I knit it on circular needles and also picked up the stitches under the arm so that it's totally seamless. If that means something to you and you'd like to know more here it is on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/AltaMarie/baby-sweater-on-two-needles-february">Ravelry</a>. </div>
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This is the first time that I've attempted to knit lace and I've enjoyed it quite a bit. It is also the most sumptuous of yarns- <a href="http://www.sundarayarn.com/">Sundara</a> fingerling merino. So soft and she is an amazing colorist. I bought this yarn in 2009 when we were living in NYC thinking that I would make gloves with it-- I did make one glove (which I may have to rip apart to finish this sweater :) I think it looks better as a baby sweater.</div>
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Very excited to be sewing more! You've <a href="http://orionvictorian.blogspot.com/2012/02/nesting.html">seen the dress above already</a>. Rowan showed very little interest in it.<br />
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I did a lot of knitting for Rowan before he was born, and I am knitting a sweater for Vera, but dresses are just so cute and easy. Very different from knitting, the ability to sit down and finish something during a naptime or two. <br />
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Now you may also recall that I had bought a bunch of adorable fabric from <a href="http://fabricworm.com/">Fabricworm.com</a>:</div>
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So the first decision was which to use! The two big floral prints (4th and 5th down) are under consideration for this dress:</div>
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I narrowed it down to the bunting and the bicycles and went with the bunting:</div>
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It was a fun sew! -- I'm getting better at bias tape, even though if you look closely it's different sizes under the arms. Oh well, I'm sure she won't notice. I've never used snaps before and had no idea how easy they were. I will use more snaps in the future, though I will probably get some decorative ones. These were very utilitarian (as snaps are wont to be, I guess.)</div>
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A closeup, though the focus should've been on the pleats and snap!</div>
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I think the party dress is next, so we'll see you soon with that one!</div>Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-65743070651143878112012-02-18T10:00:00.000-05:002012-02-18T10:00:12.511-05:00More Nursery Stuff!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A few more peeks at the baby's room:</div>
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The mobile that all the ladies at my baby shower made. Sooo sweet!<br />
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The rococo chalk board decal that Mom and I got in MA (I love decals!)<br />
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The tiny dresser and changing pad:<br />
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So I found this pin which linked to 25 free dress patterns/tutorials:<br />
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Chose this one: </div>
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Found this fabric about a month ago:</div>
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Then made this today!</div>
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I took some pictures with my real camera too-- Rowan even made an appearance in the photo shoot eyeing the dress suspiciously and touching it with one finger (this is what we tell him to do with delicate things :) </div>
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I have one more week of work before I'm home on maternity leave. The chances are very strong that I'll be spending a bit more time blogging and doing crafty things (when I'm not napping). </div>
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See you soon!</div>Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-67053236892035342522012-02-11T06:00:00.000-05:002012-02-11T06:00:00.152-05:00Radio Show: Let it Be<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SYiYgS9Bx1k" width="420"></iframe><br />
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One of my students! :) There will be more of these soon....Alta Booverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117350549926496309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2220343778129614569.post-81577382122054106892012-02-04T08:22:00.000-05:002012-02-04T08:22:06.553-05:00NurseryEven though I am very rarely here, I think it is known that we are expecting a baby girl this month? I assume that my dear readership consists of friends and family far and wide, but just in case...<br />
It's a girl! and she'll be here this month!<br />
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With that in mind I took to Pinterest and started pinning all kinds of inspiration for girl rooms. <br />
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I also asked our Doctor to double check to make sure we were really having a girl, because I secretly have thought all along that it wouldn't be surprising if we were one of those families you hear about where they were told it was a girl, and then SURPRISE! it's a boy and everything is pink and I just couldn't risk it. So I'm pleased to say that she remains a girl. And my Doctor said he has never been wrong. </div>
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I have been asked by many where she will live! We have three bedrooms upstairs-- the front room</div>
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First I will share with you my major craft fail. I saw this on Pinterest:</div>
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And I wanted to make it for the nursery, so I found this:</div>
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I made this collage with Mod Podge</div>
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I taped paper to my computer screen and traced the picture above (it's open source, so that's OK :)</div>
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Then I cut it out and traced it on top of the collage. Here's where things went wrong and I ended up with this wrinkly mess:</div>
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wrinkly and awful. </div>
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No amount of Mod Podge coats could save it. I also tried glitter. Even glitter couldn't save it. I kept it around for a couple weeks thinking that I might be able to come up with some way to save it, but it was slowly destroying my self esteem so I threw it out and decided to try a new bird project. </div>
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Inspired by these:</div>
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I went to the graphics fairy and found a vintage dictionary page, cut out some of the birds in photoshop and overlayed them. I was then left with *not* a wrinkly mess! Behold!</div>
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I showed them to Drake and he said "What's with the crowns?" I said "they're cute" and he said "What about the newspaper" and I said "It's a vintage dictionary page, Drake. I don't have to explain my art to you." :) </div>
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I framed them and they are only awaiting some picture hanging wire before they will go above the crib!</div>
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