Crafty!

First of all, I am so thankful that my Grandma taught me how to sew, craft, and everything else. I definitely recieved her "creative gene" when I was born. When I was a little girl, my grandma would use all the patience in the world to try and teach me everything she knew about sewing, quilting, baking, cooking, knitting, cross-stitching, and any other craft you can think of. Being a little girl, with not-so-much patience, I usually just gave up on what she was trying to teach me, because I was so frustrated, and moved onto whatever else I thought sounded cool to learn and wanted her to teach me.

Now that I am getting older, I love every opportunity that I have to sew something together, knit, paint, and just create. I have definitely found a new appreciation for my Grandma and how she would use hours upon hours of teaching me all of her skills. I also believe that my Grandma is my biggest fan. Anytime I come up with something that I have made, I immediately call her because I know she'll be proud of me. I love that I can get direction from her over the phone, when she is five hours away. I love that she is my inspiration with almost every craft I do. I can only wish that I am as crafty as her some day. I can only hope that I can put together the most beautiful quilts ever. And I can only hope that I am as kind as her someday to try and teach my little girls exactly what she has taught me. Thanks, Grandma, for your patience, love, kindness, and crafty gene. :)

With that being said, I am putting my own skills to work! I have been knitting hats for Chaseton in my free time. So far, this is what I have come up with.

An orange hat, brown teddy bear hat, multi-colored green hat, and a soft, blue hat with speckles of white.

Even though it will be summer, I still wanted to make sure that Chaseton would have something to cover his fresh, newborn head. I've had a lot of fun making these hats! I've even ordered a few appliques to attach to them, in the shapes of footballs, letters, and shapes. I cannot wait to see what he thinks about them!

I find that I am more motivated if I set goals for myself. As a mom, it is sometimes hard to achieve those goals because I am easily distracted in doing something for my girls rather than myself, which is perfectly fine with me. The goal that I have set this time is to make atleast 10 hats to donate to the hospital/NICU in Chaseton's name, when he is born. I believe families will be touched by the gift of a hand knitted hat, rather than a typical hospital one. I cannot wait to share my craftiness with other babies! Here I go!

Xoxo,

Tanna