Clippies!!

All my stuff came in to make my clips! Yay! So I began working on them today and here is what I have so far.

I have made some of both the alligator and snap clips.

I opened up some of the snap clips in this picture so you could see which were which.
They look pretty plain right now other than the pattern of the ribbon. The larger alligator clips will probably work well for some kind of applique like a flower or small bow. I will tinker with that later. Right now I'm just excited to have something to put in Alli's hair that is small and homemade. I'm tickled with myself!

A few Easter pictures

I went ahead and took pictures of Alli on Sunday in her Easter dress as this coming weekend is General Conference and we'll be at home. So here are a few of the pictures. She wasn't 100% cooperative. :) The pictures were taken inside instead of outside because it had rained earlier and it was messy. I would much rather have had her out in the grass! Oh well.

You want me to do what?...smile??

smirk..

finally...a half smile... it'll do.

My new craft project

This might be slightly inspired due to the fact that random strangers keep telling me I have the cutest little boy...Alli looks nothing like a boy. But I will admit that the blue car seat throws them off....sigh....anyway. I have been looking for some cute bows and clips to put in Alli's hair. Headbands just won't due because they mess her hair up something terrible! So after finding a few different ones and deciding I refuse to pay $5 for a set of two or three clips...I've decided they are easy enough that I'm making them myself...I rather spend the money to make them so that I can make more than just a couple.

Mom found some ribbons for me on sale at Walmart the other day and it got me started. Then today at Target I find the motherload of cheap ribbon. It was just what I needed...a lot of variety but not too much ribbon of the same pattern. They are 18 in rolls. Target was selling each tube of ribbon for $1. So I got 6 of them because of the color variations. So now look at all the ribbon I have for $6!!So today I went searching online for some Alligator and snap clips to be able to glue the ribbon on to. I found a great site that had large quantities at cheap prices. So for $15 I was able to get 25 small (1 3/8") alligator clips, 12 slightly larger ( 1 3/4") alligator clips, and 25 snap clips. So for $20 I'm going to be able to make over 60 different clips. I'm so excited!

Alli went to the park

We took Alli to the park today....along with everyone ELSE in Smyrna. hah. There were a lot of kids there. Anyway, we found an empty swing and Ben had her in his lap and she got to swing for the first time. We also went down the slides with her too. Not sure what she thought about it. I think she had more fun watching all the people there.

Happy Girl

I took a few pictures the other night of Alli playing on the floor before bedtime. Enjoy