Being Crafty

One of our favorite things to do in the South Bay is go to all the free events in the area. Fiesta Hermosa, the Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair, the Richmond Street Fair in El Segundo...there are so many. Most of these places have the same types of booths (or the same exact booths) and it's usually the same stuff but it's just a nice excuse to get outside and enjoy our awesome weather and some fair food. As we've walked around this year there have been a few things that I've had my eye on but have been too pricey to buy. I keep telling Dave "I can make that" and he nods his head and says "sure you can honey" and then we move on. Well I finally decided to try out my crafty skills this year and so far so good! I started off with the seashell garland in Levi's room and saved us about $50. 

Then I saw this seashell wreath that they were selling for $68 and I made it for $28.

Then my good friend Becky figured out how to make these awesome onesies! We had a little sewing party at her house last week and learned how to make them. (I also learned how to do a new setting on my sewing machine with only a few user errors!) Again, we were able to save ourselves a few dollars and have a new skill that we can use in the future. And they turned out super cute!

No party at Becky's would be complete without the babies. Here are Levi and Stevie doing what they do best-- SLEEP! Becky's Kylie is way too active to stick around for these guys so she was doing almost-one-year-old things like crawling and eating and playing in her jumper. The kids did such a great job of letting us do our thing that we're already planning our next project.

We also had a great trip home last weekend and have plenty of great pictures to show but I'm still working on getting everything unpacked, cleaned and put away so you'll just have to wait to see our first family Fresno State Bulldogs game!