Baby Update & Artist Tour!

On Thursday I had my 24 week ultrasound...I was so excited getting ready to see my baby, probably for the last time before it will be born!  It didn't even matter how bright and early my appointment was!

 Baby is healthy! Yay!  Everything is developing properly! Baby weighs approx. 1lb10oz!

 So cute!  Can't wait to meet this little one!  Some people say they see little hair whispys...hmmm are we going to have a full head of hair?!  :)
P.S. the little black spot in baby's chest is it's heart beating away!

ARTIST TOUR

Yesterday I had invited my mom to join us for a yearly local artist tour.  There were something like 32 stops available...I think we managed to visit 6.  Art varied from paintings(oil/watercolour/batik/encaustic), pottery, metalworks, textiles, clay, and glass.  Some stops were better than others but all were interesting!
First we visited our town pride "Gallery in the Park".

 The Schwartz House was built in 1902 and recently renovated and transformed into a beautiful gallery for local artists!

 The town created a beautiful park surrounding the Schwartz House complete with water feature and sculptures.

The gallery in the House is beautiful and they are constantly changing the art to display the many talents we have here in Manitoba.

We also visited a local place in the country called Elemental Stone.  Somewhere I've wanted to visit for years now!  It did not disappoint!

 Their farmyard was full of stone from all over Manitoba that he has trucked in.  He then carves or breaks them into wonderful pieces of art.

 He carves and polishes artistic faces, abstract sculptures, Stonehenge masses, and even furniture! 

 Of course they have landscaped their yard to accommodate the sculptures.  This pond held several beautiful Coy fish

We spent almost an hour and half wandering the paths and finding cool art along the way. 

 This rock is amazing!  It's got many colourful rocks inside it!

 Water feature!

Apparently Claudia needed help climbing up onto this boulder.  One of many in his "backyard" awaiting creativity.

Barn Concert

On Thursday evening Ike and I attended a barn concert.  Yep you heard right...I live in the sticks so what else are we gonna do for fun!?!  Actually though, it was great!  A high school teacher and his artist wife converted an old barn into their home (very cool) and they use the upstairs loft to hold random concerts.  Looked like about 100 people showed up for it!  The opener was a local guy, Paul Bergman, and his friend...great singers...depressing songs...and quirky stage presence!  Hmmm....good thing it's BYOB....oh wait I can't drink!  The main band was AWESOME....The New Lightweights...check 'em out on Youtube or ITunes.  They were kind of a bluegrass rock combo...lead singer was hilarious and kept us laughing between songs.  It was great with the exception of the couple sitting next to us who had never heard of deoderant or bathing...sigh....country people...

Half Way There! :)

 20 weeks! YAY....Can't hardly wait for Christmas!

P.S. Props to Kara...It is mighty awkward taking your own belly shots!

Besides growing a baby here's what else I've been up to on my days off from work...

I made a wonderful diaper bag out of denim and lined it with super cute baby teddies material...It has tons of pockets and space for everything!   And it's uber chic! :)

I made a matching change pad for my diaper bag...found this cute animal vinyl print in the States and used baby teddies on the reverse to match the bag!

Also in matching baby teddies and denim...play/nursing pillow!  I can attach toys (like Sir Prance-A-Lot & Olivia The Owl) to the ribbon loops for baby to play with!

Check out this snuggly blankie!  I also bought this super cute farm animal panel in the States and turned it into a super soft blankie with the SOFTEST material on the back side and cutesied it up a notch with the cotton lacy frills!  Can't wait for snuggle time!

Fancy burp cloths are a must!  One side is nothing but softness!  Terry-cloth.  And the other side is a new material I found called 'Pul Material'.  Basically a waterproofed soft polyester material in super sweet baby designs.  Of course I couldn't leave the terry-cloth side so plain so I jazzed it up with some matching owl embellishments! 

Baby Belly

Check out this momma's 14 week belly!

So very excited...we made it past the first trimester!  Grow little piggie grow!

So Proud of Our New Family Photo! :)

Love For Jackie

I planted these babies just for Jacks cause I miss her and I wanted to fall in love with something that she already does!

 The ever awe inspiring Daffodil!  This cutie is a twist on the classic as it is white with yellow middles!

Glass Class 2

A couple of weeks ago, my friends Leah and Diane and I challenged our creativity with another day of glass!  In three hours I ended up with two more sets of stir sticks, a beautiful smokey heart shaped dish (which will be a wedding gift for one of my close friend's this fall. Obviously she does not subscribe to my blog!), and my ladybug fruit bowl which turned out even more amazing than my flower dish!!!