Child Infinity Scarf Upcycle: A Tutorial

House building has been somewhat slow. Sort of on pause.

 

 

So instead of a house update, I have a project to share with you.

 

 

Child infinity scarf

made from thrift shop scarves.

 

So simple, you might say, "really?!"

 

Start with a relatively thin scarf about 40-44 inches long.

 

 

I got mine at a thrift shop for less than $1.

 

 

Some scarves have angled edges, creating points at the end. These need to be evened out.

 

 

Cut the ends to make straight edges.

 

 

With right sides together, pin short ends and sew a zig zag seam.

 

 

You could leave it as it is, but I like to give it another nice straight seam.

 

 

Voila!

 

 

And your done!

 

Wrap it twice around your little one and you've got an adorable little accessory!

 

So easy and it makes great use of those silky little scarves you see in all those pretty colors and patterns. Have fun creating!

 

 



Raising The Roof - Plus Family Visit

The time has finally come.

 

We have a roof on our house.

 

 

Even though this is a metal roof, it took a little more time to complete because of the gable. But now it's finished and looks great!

 

 

Here's a better picture of the actual roof. It's hard to get a picture of it because the house is so tall!

 

 

A picture of our crew in the process of putting the roof on (crew being my father-in-law, brother-in-law and of course Nick).

 

 

Nick and Ryder scoping out the covered deck!

 

 

It's a big deck!

 

 

We got to enjoy the company of my niece and nephew recently when they came to stay with my mom for a week.

 

 

At Tiger Creek with Aunt Jacque.

 

 

Ridin' with Uncle Nick.

 

 

He's always the favorite. I can't imagine why.

 

 

Scarfing down dinner after a busy day of play.

 

 

Bike time!

 

 

Wow! He can jump high! Xander's such a good sport!

 

 

Gram pushing Ryder in the car. Many turns taken by the kiddos.

 

 

Selene enjoying the other car. Notice all the toys Gram has for them? So much fun to be had outside these days.

 

 

Sabrina gets a turn in the car!

 

 

A typical picture of my baby girl: gorgeous.

 

We enjoyed a special weekend with the twins' parents as well. All in all it was a wonderful visit and I know Ryder can't wait to see them again!

 

Here's a couple of special pictures from this week.

 

 

"Love In Starbucks."

They are so precious and love each other so much!

 

 

Sabrina is crawling! It's official! She just started yesterday. She's been combat crawling since she was 7 months, but it took 2 months to get up off that belly! She's growing up so quick! 9 months!

 

The house is steadily coming along, but it's slow because Nick has been working more with his job. It won't be long and we'll be hiring some stuff out. There will be a house out there soon!

 

 



Taking Shape

I know I just posted yesterday, but truthfully those pictures were overdue for posting anyway. Today's photos were just too exciting not to share. Plus I have a "lost" picture of the flooring.

 

 

It's totally covered now, but it's some beautiful wood, let me tell you.

 

 

Whoa! There's some walls in those hills!

 

 

 

 

View of the back.

 

 

Notice: our first set of stairs to the master bedroom. Sweet!

 

 

Front wall.

 

 

Things are going so well right now, and the weather will hopefully cooperate in some of the following days. I will continue to post as there are pictures to share.

 

 



The Ground Floor - Plus Puppies and Potties

The house is coming along. The kids are growing up.

 

Needless to say, we've been busy.

 

 

The deck went up first because the material was available.

 

 

Then the material arrived!

 

 

We now have a deck!

It's ironic because we planned to have a deck on our other house for years and never got it. Now it's the first thing we have before a house.

 

 

The foundation is up!

We have the floor in now but I didn't get a picture of it before they covered it up with plastic to protect it from the rain. It looks very close to the deck planks, but it's nice tongue and groove plywood and we plan on staining it.

 

 

We've had help from family and friends, including Nick's cousin from Mississippi.

 

 

Bird's eye view!

 

 

She's ready to jump in and start hammering!

 

 

We've also inherited a new family member.

 

 

Meet Saige.

She showed up at our land one day, and Nick brought her home.

 

She's very sweet and loyal. Smart and trainable, she's everything our other German Shepherd was not. She loves Nick, like, annoyingly so. She likes Ryder too, but he's been going through a "scared of dogs" phase. This pictures shows great progress for him because he actually went up and petted her on his own. Tonight he was playing with her outside all by himself. I think they're going to end up being great friends.

 

She'll do anything for Nick.

 

 

Another big milestone: Ryder is in the midst of potty training.

 

 

He's been doing fantastic for just getting started. Yesterday he only had one accident the whole day, and that was with only one week under his belt! However life gets pretty consumed by this process so some things have slowed down a little. We tried going camping this last weekend. He did okay using the potty in the camper. But we ended up coming home because the local trains going by kept waking Sabrina up. Just as well, it was less fun camping with a potty trainee and an infant who can't walk. Next year they'll be older.

 

 

Just had to share this adorable picture of my girl.

 

I'm still working on projects here and there, just not finishing them as quickly as I'd like. I might have another tutorial coming up soon. Will keep things updated as they come!

 

 



Ryder Ridin' High!

Ryder loves the movie Planes.

 

 

It was the first movie he ever saw in the theaters and ever since he has had a definite fascination with airplanes. Lucky for him, he has an aunt who is a pilot. He's gotten to try his hand at flying airplanes on a simulator, and he's pretty good at it for a 2.5 year old.

 

Today, he got to fly in a real airplane.

 

 

Accompanied by his dad and his aunt, Ryder got to have an amazing experience that few ever really get to enjoy.

 

 

Sportin' his aviator jacket and headset.

 

 

Daddy was having fun too!

 

 

Peeking out at the world below.

 

 

Such a view.

 

 

That's the face of a kid who had a blast!

 

 

And this is what happens on the way home.