Thankful to be back at it

I am so excited to be back to crating! Today was a rough one at home. It was a snow day and for whatever reasons my littles were in rare form when it came to not being able to get along. (I'll be honest and say that had I had a quiet place to hide from them for 10 minutes I would have today.) I love my kids and normally refereeing isn't normally so bad, but today that was all I felt I did ALL. DAY. LONG. So that being said, back to being excited!

For Christmas, I got a new sewing machine, but sadly I had crafted myself out sewing for the holiday so I have kind of been in a crafting hiatus. Well, a good friend asked me to make a poncho for her littlest little to wear in the car seat. It'll keep him snug and warm, but will also help keep him safe and secure as his seat will still be able to be strapped on properly. I have dug out all of my needed supplies, gotten my sewing area (sadly this is part of our main living space since our house is the size of a pea) into working order, and I can't wait to fire up my machine. I'll be cutting the material and getting to the crafting these next few days and I can already feel myself begin to relax and find a peace that i have been missing since sewing the last of the doll diaper bag accessories I made before Christmas. Thank you, Laura, for helping me to get a project so that the new machine can work its magic and I can find some Zen once again.

Intro

I'm a stay at home momma, which in reality means I'm crazy busy just trying to keep the house in some sort of order while not missing a minute of my kids journeys in life, of two wonderful (most of the time) kids. At 3 and 5 they keep me busy and just a tad bit crazy. Over this past couple years, I've slowly been working to learn to do all of those wonderful crafty things that my Grandma had tried to teach me while I was growing up but had no interest in back then. (Man, how I wish I had had the interest because sometimes learning as you go to pick up a craft you know someone lovingly tried to teach you in the past is even more frustrating when you get stuck.) But, as I muck through the learning I'm finding that the crafting is bringing me a sense on peace and relaxation during the crazy of my days of being maid, being a taxi service, working on teaching two littles how to grow into respectable children, and eventually adults, cook, nose (and butt) wiper, referee (who knew how often that role could come into play), and a wife. Juggle life is a hard job for all of us, but something about being at home and juggling all of these different roles all at once puts me in a state of crazy that crafting has somehow helped to begin to balance. I'm mostly a novice at all tings crafty, but I'm loving doing it (and to me that's what counts most). I dabble in sewing (and an super excited over my new machine that will be getting its debut on my next project for a friend's little one), and crochet mostly, but want to learn to knit and would love to re-learn cross-stitch again. Basically, if I can find it within the walls of JoAnn I'm pretty much game to try my hand at it (well, all but painting and sculpture work-my kids make enough messes without me trying my hands at those).