Potato Stamp Leggings

There are so many cute leggings for girls out there, but its a little harder to find them for the boys. I have certainly found [and purchased] cute leggings on Etsy and Instagram though. Since we live in a colder climate- leggings work great for Ezra as they stay put and not ride up his legs!

I’ve wanted to try out potato stamping for a while now- so a dear friend and I got together and made a few pairs for our little ones! We headed to Target and bought blank leggings and over to Joannes to pick up some fabric paint [i used Martha Stewart paint for this project].


We used a steak knife to cut and carve the potatoes [im sure there are safer tools to use, but we used what we had on hand as this was just an experiment this time around]….and with paint brushes, we painted directly on to our carved potato stamp with fabric paint. Instead of applying fresh paint after each stamp- I stamped 2-3 times to give my design a variation of color and character.

I really do love how these turned out- the zigzag took a while to do, but if you keep with a simple and sporadic design…it’s a quick little project!


Have any of you mommas done this before? If so- and if you’ve blogged them- I’d love to see them! Leave your blog post url in the comment section below!

4.11.13

VOL25 - SOO cute Kelli! You’ve inspired me. 🙂 I wonder how a fabric paint marker would work on this kind of material, for the free handed zig zag dedsign.

4.11.13

Amy Conner - I don’t know which is cuter… those pants or that sweet boy. And I’m LOVING those chubby feet and toes!!!
Hugs and Love.

4.12.13

Melissa - I’m totally going to have to do this when Rhett arrives! Too cute!

April Desktop Download

This is a bit late this month….Ashley and I were super busy over Easter weekend and we were just able to connect on this collaboration this week!

I can not believe that next month marks our ONE YEAR anniversary since we began these monthly collaborations! This series has been so much fun for us- as friends and as creatives. We plan on continuing this series for sure!

As were driving around our neck of the woods here in Montana….we were desperately trying to find a BLOOM. Anything that would represent a new season and life. Well, April is actually considered “mud season” here….the snow is melting and there aren’t any signs of blooms just yet. However….a sweet momma cow and her calf caught our eye as we were driving around. Her baby could barely walk….it was the sweetest thing.

Life doesn’t always look the way we want it to. There are times that we don’t find what we are looking. Sometimes what we are looking for doesn’t exactly look the way we have it in our minds, but once we get past our pre-conceived ideas…..it turns out to be exactly what we need- in that season. I’ve so been in this season- many times. I love this reminder to do what we can…with what we have…right now. Don’t stop in your tracks because life in front of you doesn’t look the way you thought it would…..it could very well be the bridge that connects you to where you are to be next.

Life is never without purpose, especially in the seasons of waiting or in the quiet. Keep moving forward….take one step at a time….enjoy the little moments.

DESKTOP DOWNLOAD // right click and “use as desktop picture”


iPhone DOWNLOAD

10.30.13

Katelyn Monahan - This is one of my absolute favorite desktop downloads. I have a slideshow of all of them as my wallpaper, and every time this one pops up it makes whatever place of mind I’m currently in so much better!! Thanks Kelli and Ashley!

Weekend Adventure

We spent a bit of our Sunday with family. Reeds uncle came into town for a few days so Ezra got to meet his GREAT UNCLE for the first time! Ezra’s middle name is Reed, which is daddy’s name, but Reed was named after his uncle Reid, who spells it a bit different. Love it!

Great Grandma Gail visited with us as well! Love this photo of the 4 generations!

4.8.13

Lisa Bauman - Clearly all men with Reid/Reed in their name are the most handsome guys in the world!

4.8.13

Haley Trontel - Awwww…I love this!!! So wonderful!

Our Little Funny Bunny

Holidays are SO much sweeter with little ones….

This was our first Easter with Ezra. Our first Easter as parents. I loved dressing Ezra up in his Easter best! Such a little dapper man.

Since Ezra is still too young to even understand holidays and traditions- we skipped the whole Easter basket and egg hunting this year, but started a tradition of family dinner…complete with whole wheat bunny bread!

Isn’t this bunny bread adorable? I picked it up at a local cafe this year, but hope to make our own..as a family…as a new tradition!

The sun was shining and among the clear blue skies were little cloud puffs! A picture-perfect day. We decided to enjoy our family dinner outside on our deck….all of our patio furniture is currently being stored in the shed, but Reed took a few things out so this outdoor dinner could happen!

I love this little party of three….

4.2.13

Allyson - I cannot get over his little bow tie & suspenders! So adorable. Looks like your Easter was perfect!

Allyson

Easter Weekend

Our weekend was busy, but oh so awesome. Super awesome.

As a family, we spent the weekend with our church at the Majestic Valley Arena.

There was a Skull Church event on Good Friday, with music by Thousand Foot Krutch. Easter Sunday included an amazing worship set by Phil Wickham…and of course, a powerful message by Levi Lusko.

I love that Ezra is part of what we do…we intentionally chose not to allow having a new baby keep us from investing time in church and peoples lives. I love that he is seeing us do what we do…..and it really is by Gods grace….because it’s not easy, but so worth it!

/// Phil Wickham