I can sew

Never thought I could actually really sew, but I did.
Here is the result, isn`t it cute??

Some friends of mine and I got together last weekend for a sewing and chatting afternoon.

We all have sewing machines, but never used them. In fact the only reason why my machine was out of the box was that I needed the box to ship something. Ha ha

So I tried to remember everything what I learned back in Middle School in home economics (Handarbeiten) and some of it actually stuck with me.

We worked after a pattern which my friend Claudia brought and surprisingly it wasn`t too difficult. I just need to remember to stay patient and work slow...

Anyways I am hooked and can`t wait to do more..hmmm but what...Pajama pants, tablerunners, bags??? Oh so many options, we will see...

Have a fabulous weekend!

N

XXXOOO

Fitness 4 Life Photo Shoot

We had the unique opportunity through Fitness 4 Life to do a photoshoot with the amazing James Patrick. Reason being the successful end of our 8 week challenge.

What an experience to do a professional photoshoot! Quite nervracking (thanks to Terry and Cheryl for the drinks at 11 am to relax us), but also very exciting and a great feeling to be part of such an amazing group!

So here they are, my model pics!

Not totally at my goal yet, but definitely on my way!

May I introduce you...

...to my 2 nieces due in June:

Yes you see right...TWINS....I am sooo excited!!

Totally in pink mode, I am sure my brother and sister-in -law will be very happy to get flooded in pink..HA HA!

And then all those onesies and tshirts that say: My Aunt is cool or My Aunt rocks!!!

Not sure when I will meet them for the first time since they live in Germany, but I will be making sure they get spoiled!

Girlpower!! YAY!!

Love is in the air

I hope you all had a great Valentines Day and were surrounded by LOVE

We sure did and I spoiled my family with these extra special dinner treats:

Hugs and kisses

N

Valentine Lollipops

Just found these beautiful Valentine Lollipops an another of my favorite blogs Glorious Treats and so had to try them out. Done in 5 minutes and supercute.

Now you know what my kids will give their friends for Valentines Day :)

Valentines Day decoration

I was looking for some cute Valentines Day decorations and definitely didn`t want to spend a fortune.
So I was reading one of my favorite blogs Dear Lizzy and absolutely just HAD to copy this gorgeous idea.

Different jars filled with hearts !! Genius!!
So I filled them with heart candy, chocolate hearts, foam craft hearts and wooden heart beads.
Then Naiya and I made a heart garland from my Cricut machine and found a red heart light string at our local drugstore.
And voila...here we go ... our cute and very creative decoration!!

Excuse the quality of the pictures, my camera just didn`t like me this morning.

Happy Heart week to you!!

Nina

XXXOOO

Plank Off

Today I participated in the plank off during bootcamp.

I held it for 2 1/2 minutes. Quite happy with the results.