Made With Love #41

Hi friends! I sincerely apologize for the lack of posting going on these days! Life has been a bit crazy around here with birthdays, and weddings, and enjoying our last few days of summer! Here is a fun photo for you...

 

 My brother in-law was married on Saturday and had the boys wear kilts. When I showed Carter his he said, "Is that the dress I'm wearing?" Yes son. Yes it is!

I promise I will try to be a better blogger this week since the little man is heading back to school on Wednesday! 

***just to give you an update on my last post, $485 has been raised for Carter's iPad. I feel blessed beyond measure that so much generosity has been shown to my son. He is such a special boy!***

 

Now let's party! I’m getting Made With Love up nice and early this week so more of my crafty people have time to link up!
 

Are you ready for this weeks party??? Let’s get to it! I'll be featuring my favorite links on the Facebook Fan Page throughout the week! Are you a fan?
 

{Just a few party guidelines}

• To link up, I would first love for you to follow my blog. I like followers. The more the merrier. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
• Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor....anything that has been made by you! {Multiple links to different posts are fine}
• Link back here by grabbing the super cute button on my sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know you've joined the party!
• If you see something you like, click on it and go leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments!
• Lastly, feel free to help me spread the word about Made with Love Monday! Follow me on Twitter {just click on my little Twitter button} and use this tweet "I linked up my craftiness to @sewchatty's Made with Love http://sewchatty.blogspot.com Check it out and link up your craftiness too!"

Thanks for stopping by! Now go link up something crafty!

 

Elizabeth :)

{the kindness of strangers}

I have a miracle to share with you all! It's so crazy and I am still processing through it all, but can I just say the MY GOD IS GOOD! And SO faithful. I will preface with these two things to give you a little bit of a back story...

1) A while back I was having issues with my blog design. My OCD likes things to line up and the buttons on my blog were all wonky. It was driving me crazy. I tweeted about my frustration and along came Dana Sears from http://designsbydanasears.blogspot.com/. She fixed it for me free of charge and I told her that when I was ready for a blog redesign, I'd be calling for sure.

2) Most of you know this, but my son Carter has autism. A lot of research has come out recently that promotes the use of an iPad in kids with autism. You can load them with apps that aid in social communication and routine. It would be a huge help at school for his teachers and therapists as well.  As much as we would love to get one for him...we don't have an extra $500 just lying around. I called the insurance company to ask if they would cover it and the girl literally laughed at me!

Ok, there is the back story. Now onto the MIRACLE. Last night I happened to see a tweet of Dana's that her purse and her son's iPad had been stolen. So heartbreaking. She is a mommy with a mission though and was determined to get it replaced. She was contacting everyone she could think of to learn of any giveaways and was even going to set up a fundraiser for people to donate. I replied something to the extent of "I'm so sorry. I'd be sick over that too. My son has autism as well and would love an iPad for him. I'll pray for a miracle that it's returned!" She thanked me and I sincerely prayed that the Lord would grant them a miracle. Well folks HE DID.

As I was getting ready this morning my phone started going crazy with tweets from Dana. "I NEED to talk to you!" "Are you around???" I thought, wow, the Lord must have returned her purse and her son's iPad! Ahhh, the power of prayer! Well, that's true, her things were recovered, but that's not all! This is what her message to me said..."Ok, found purse & ipad, so thankful . Blogging about how & where now. But here's the thing, I think that God may have given me this to help someone else. It was a heads up that other people with children who have autism need to have the same help. So I want your permission to change the "fundraiser" and all funds given to go to your little boy. Is that ok? Well it has to be!"

OH MY GOSH. I was stunned and couldn't even think straight. It blows me away that someone I don't really know and have had very limited contact with would offer to do something like this for our family. God is so good I can't even stand it!

So of course I agreed to let her set this up on our behalf. I fully believe that this is the Lord's hand at work. I'm not telling you all this because we're asking for handouts, I ultimately just want to share with you this miracle. To read more of the story and hear how Dana's things were recovered (it's amazing!!!) click here. I don’t think she’s going crazy at all. I think the Lord moved in a big way! If you want to donate, there is also a button on her post linked to our account. All funds are going towards Carter's iPad.

I still can't believe this is happening! Also another side note...Carter was approved for Regional Center services this week as well which is a miracle in itself! I can't help but think the Lord is going to bless us with the perfect therapist that will teach us how to use this miracle gift of an iPad to help us and Carter.

So incredibly blessed.

Elizabeth

{my week in phone pics}

Happy Friday friends!!! Today I am linking up with Jeanette (for the first time!) for Insta Friday! I don’t have Instagram because I’m an Android person not an iPhone, but Little Photo is just as good! So for all you Android peeps…check it out!

Alright, let’s do this!

As if I needed ANOTHER reason to love Yogurtland!!!! They now have Hello Kitty cups. Oh the cuteness. I enjoyed my yogurt with a Chococat spoon people!

My son brought these into my office for me with these instructions…”You have to keep them together because they’re madly in love!” He may have watched Toy Story 3 a few times…

Tuesday was the Little Man’s 7th birthday! For breakfast he enjoyed a waffle topped with whipped cream and sprinkles. I gave him a silly straw for his juice too. It’s your birthday…go crazy kid!

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean on the Wii…they stayed like this for hours!

I think these are my FAVORITE baby shoes to date! Available in the shop.

I have 3 shows this fall so I am sewing like a mad woman! I get to hack into this pile of pretty today!

I finished those tiny shoes just in the nick of time!

Well folks, there you have it. My week as told by Little Photo on my Samsung Galaxy S. Hope you all had a great week too!

Elizabeth

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Made With Love #40

I’m getting Made With Love up nice and early this week so more of my crafty people have time to link up!
 

Are you ready for this weeks party??? Let’s get to it! I'll be featuring my favorite links on the Facebook Fan Page throughout the week! Are you a fan?
 

{Just a few party guidelines}

• To link up, I would first love for you to follow my blog. I like followers. The more the merrier. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
• Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor....anything that has been made by you! {Multiple links to different posts are fine}
• Link back here by grabbing the super cute button on my sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know you've joined the party!
• If you see something you like, click on it and go leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments!
• Lastly, feel free to help me spread the word about Made with Love Monday! Follow me on Twitter {just click on my little Twitter button} and use this tweet "I linked up my craftiness to @sewchatty's Made with Love http://sewchatty.blogspot.com Check it out and link up your craftiness too!"

Thanks for stopping by! Now go link up something crafty!

 

Elizabeth :)

Made With Love #39 {and a weekend recap}

Happy Sunday everyone! We have been prepping all weekend for our big camping trip and I am so excited to say NO MORE SLEEPS UNTIL VACATION! We leave today for our annual week long camping trip in San Diego!

In the midst of all packing frenzy we were very blessed to attend our good friends wedding. I think that everyone should have a photo booth at their weeding. It was a BLAST! Here is one of our pics!

I’m getting Made With Love up nice and early this week so more of my crafty people have time to link up!
Are you ready for this weeks party??? Let’s get to it! I'll be featuring my favorite links on the Facebook Fan Page throughout the week! Are you a fan?
{Just a few party guidelines}

• To link up, I would first love for you to follow my blog. I like followers. The more the merrier. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
• Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor....anything that has been made by you! {Multiple links to different posts are fine}
• Link back here by grabbing the super cute button on my sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know you've joined the party!
• If you see something you like, click on it and go leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments!
• Lastly, feel free to help me spread the word about Made with Love Monday! Follow me on Twitter {just click on my little Twitter button} and use this tweet "I linked up my craftiness to @sewchatty's Made with Love http://sewchatty.blogspot.com Check it out and link up your craftiness too!"

Thanks for stopping by! Now go link up something crafty!

Elizabeth :)

 

{sometimes a girl just needs cookies}

Happy hump day friends! Hope you are all having a lovely summer week. We are gearing up to go on our annual family vacation to Campland in San Diego next week and I CAN’T WAIT. Tons to do before then. The prepping to camp is my least favorite part. And the laundry afterwards…but while we’re there, we have a blast!

I am sharing a few TASTY cookie recipes with you today! The first one is a knock off of a cookie I had in Cayucos, CA last week. There is this cute little bakery right on the beach called the Brown Butter Cookie Co and they have THE BEST COOKIES I HAVE EVER HAD.

However, they are $1 each. For reals. Kinda pricey for tiny cookie, but it was a nice treat. Anyhow, I did some Googling and discovered that there are lots of people who loves these cookies that have recreated the recipe by experimenting with the ingredients listed on the bag. AWESOME. Saved me a lot of work!

Here are the cookies my mom and I made by following this recipe by Munchkin Munchies.

The taste nearly identical to the cookies from the bakery. Little bit salty and a little bit sweet and VERY BUTTERY. Yum!

Sadly, as much as I LOVE those cookies…eating stuff like that has lead me to gain like 10 lbs over the last year and I am putting my foot down and saying no more! At least until I’m back at goal and can manage my food intake a little better.

However, sometimes a girl just needs cookies so yesterday I made these!

They are a Weight Watcher recipe called Caramel Cookies and I must say they are very good. Only 1 pt each for up to 3 cookies. After that the WW math kicks in…4 cookies are 5 pts so just stick with the 3 and have a nice glass of skim milk. Cookie craving satisfied :)

Have a happy day!

Elizabeth