I'm gonna pop some tags ...

... only got 20 dollars in my pocket ...

I am a deal-hunter. Always have been.  I love to shop and finding stuff cheap lets me do more of it.  So one of my favorite things to do while back in the States is hitting the thrift stores.  Here's part of my haul:  

Nothing in that photo (which includes Osh Kosh, Gymboree, Ralph Lauren and Lands End) cost me more than $0.98.  Most of it was actually about $0.49 because I hit a Goodwill on a sale day.

I wish they had Goodwill in Georgia.  Oh wait ... they do.  Except it looks like this:

and this ...

Fleeting moments

And then there were five

We added another life to our house last week.  Gabriel Richart was 8lbs13oz and 22 inches long.  Tall and skinny with his Papa's knobby knees.  Labor was short but very intense, but all are well now.  We are all adjusting.

So it's been awhile

I have a lot of excuses.  I'm tired.  I'm pregnant.  I have two toddlers.  I busted our camera two weeks ago and am still broken up about it - blogging is just a reminder that I dropped the darn thing AGAIN.  Also apparently I have reached the limit on the number of photos I can upload to the blog - or something - so anything I post now will be illustration-less.  I'm sure there is a work-around but I've been too busy preparing for our trip (read: sewing like a crazy person) to figure out what it is.

But in just a few days I will be cruelly separated from my sewing machine and with a lot more time on my hands (I hope), and then maybe I'll have time to post all of the posts that have been bouncing around in my head.  I've got some thoughts on Disney princesses (why I like them, actually), on driving in Georgia (not so much), that road trip to Yerevan, a number of sewing projects and probably some other stuff I am forgetting.

I'll be back.  I swear.

Been working on something ...

... for about six months.  Figured I might as well give you all a sneak peek.

  

Made a few receiving blankets too, but those are in a suitcase in a closet and being six-and-a-half months pregnant, I couldn't get it out by myself.

This is my excuse for infrequent blog posts.  I've been trying to stay off my feet, which is challenging with two high-energy toddlers running around.  I had grand plans for a full hand-sewn layette, but the above (and those blankets) might be all we end up with.

Stay tuned, as I do have some stuff to blog about, including a road trip we took to Yerevan earlier this month, and some more crafts.  Hopefully I'll find some time to blog about those in the near future.