"Her name be Hannah!"

For each of my brother's children I have cross-stitched a Care Bear and sewed it up into a pillow, an example can be found here. His youngest recently celebrated her first birthday and I figured it was about time she received hers as well. I had the cross-stitching finished before she was born (or maybe right after), and found the fabric in my stash. I just never got around to finishing it earlier. During one of my brother's visits, I was holding and chatting with the baby, and called her "Hannie". Her older sister quickly corrected me and said "Her name be Hannah!"

Here is Hannah's pillow-


A close up of the cross-stitch-


It's a good thing I finally finished since Hannah will be a big sister herself this year and I need to get started on another Care Bear.

Celebrating Birthdays at Work

My company does a great job of celebrating co-workers birthdays. A card is sent around a few days early for everyone to sign and when it's delivered it contains a Cold Stone gift card. We decorate the desk of the birthday person with streamers, balloons and other fun things. We also bring munchies and sweets for the celebration. In March I took a cake for a team members birthday and ended up doing one for everyone else through the rest of year. I got photos of a lot but not all.

Winnie the Pooh was actually for a baby shower. We like celebrating new babies too.

Side note on this one, I "convinced" them the chocolate cake crumbs caught in the white frosting was done on purpose, so the ball looked like it had some dirt on it :)

A Labor of Love

This year I was able to go to California for my Mother's birthday and this is what I made for her. I just so happens that the day I did the decorating was one of the hottest days in Ventura ever. Since the weather is usually mild and lovely most of the mission home doesn't have air conditioning (including the kitchen). It made the experience quite an adventure - luckily it didn't all melt! It tasted good and we all enjoyed it.

Happy Birthday Miss Ella

Yes I know I'm late once again - but this bag is for Ella Bella who turned two in June!