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I found this oil painting at the Habitat ReStore Thrift shop this morning.  I thought it needed someone to love it as I believe it was once quite loved.

Check out the back of the painting.  

Handmade Church Clothes

This was so exciting for me.  Matching but not overly matchy-matchy clothes to wear on Easter Sunday for the boys.  

Of Course there's no pictures of them both looking at the camera and smiling, but that's life.  This photo-shoot was actually the pre-easter trial run anyway.  I wanted to make sure they fit right.  Owen's is a bit big, if I wanted to have it fit perfectly, I should have used the 12 month pattern but I opted for 18 mo.  It looks good though.  The romper was downloaded from YouCanMakeThis.com.  It was quite doable for a novice sewer like myself.

About a week ago, I found THIS pattern for a little boy's tie.  I found the pattern so simple to follow, but I shortened the tie since D is so young.  I also used the interfacing from one of Andy's ugly ties.  It was perfect considering I really didn't have enough of this fabric to make Deacon a matching romper, and he's getting a bit old for these anyway.  

Andy found matching blue shirts with the tags still on at the thrift store for $.25 each!  Those were a great score and Deacon's pants were only a couple of dollars also.  They were in beautiful condition.  It helps to keep your eyes open at the thrift stores.  

A few ladies at church told me that they have sewing machines and really have no idea what to do with them.  SO... I'm thinking of starting a very small sewing group so that we can share our knowledge with each-other.  I just need to find some ladies that actually know how to sew so that they can help the rest of us!

Late in the evening, Andy asked me to hem the pants for a newer suit that he has acquired.  So we got them a few inches shorter so he could look classy for his first Easter Sunday as a minister.  Isn't he so handsome?

New dress and tiny ice cream cones

Well, here are the promised new dress photos.  I'm all ready for Andy to take me out dancing.  Although that would require a babysitter, extra cash and actual dancing moves.  None of which I actually have right now.

I found it at a thrift store that is run by the Rock Hill Junior Welfare League.  Great little shop.  I got Deacon a pair of WHITE (what was I thinking?) church pants and a pair of pink converse high tops for my dear friend's daughter, Olivia.  

I found this black lacy shrug at a consignment store this morning, which also compliments the dress nicely, don't you think?  I went back and forth on this purchase.  It was a whole $7, but I just didn't know if it would be useful enough.  Now I think I'm glad I bought it.

At that same store, I found a lovely shelf for the house.  Very vintage looking, but I have no idea if it is.  I'll have Andy hang it up and I'll show you that once we find the perfect place for it.  I'm glad to have found so many nice shops here in Rock Hill, but really, with the two little ones, it is not an easy task to just hop into a small store and try on clothes.  

Finally, while I'm showing pictures, I thought I'd share this one of the boys.  They are eating tiny little ice cream cones.  Perfect for tiny little hands.