Help! Cute Deer Fabric?!?

I am trying to find cute deer fabric for a pillowcase I want to make for a little girl that is turning six.  She LOVES deer, but the only fabric I can find is very manly or Bambi.  Any ideas?  All I need is one yard. Thanks ladies and happy sewing!

Family History... in a shadow box

Unfortunately Monday Morning B*tchfest was a huge flop (thank you Jenn for linking up your posts)!  I was expecting great things with the response I received, but it just didn't come to fruition.  However, the MckLinky is still up, so feel free to jump down a post and add your MMB. 

Back to crafting!
After my husband's Grandmother passed away last year, we started helping his parents go through all of her belongings. She had lived in the same house for 60 years, so had accumulated A LOT of items! We found so much memorabilia that we did not know existed. Letters dating back to the 1800's from my husband's Great-Great-Grandfather. We learned so much from these letters. Lots of different stories that we knew nothing about. Not all of the stories were sordid (although there were some!), but most were very interesting, including many from when his Grandfather, Dana, was over seas in WWII. He was a decorated sharp shooter and saw a lot of action.

It was great to get to know Gram as well. She didn't speak a lot about her husband who had passed when he was in his mid-thirties. We knew that they had divorced when my FIL was young and that Dana died when my FIL was 5. We didn't know much about his family and had never met his relatives. Because of all the historical items we found, my husband became very interested in learning more about his Grandfather. He turned to the internet and started researching some of the names, etc. Through many twists and turns and without meaning to, he found Dana's half sister. He began communicating with her via email. She was just as excited to be speaking with him. She had met my FIL's older siblings, but hadn't seen them since they were young. She loved her brother very much and misses him every day, so to hear from his direct descendent pleased her to no end. After a few months of chatting, my husband came to find out that she had Dana's purple heart, which was something we had been looking for but had not found. She decided that she wanted our family to have it, so they arranged a time to meet.

It was very exciting for my husband to hear more about his Grandfather. He saw even more family pictures and letters and has documented everything. His Great Aunt was very happy to meet him and they stay in contact regularly. She did end up giving us Dana's purple heart, as well as his army hat from WWII and some of his other uniform items.

We decided that we wanted to present these to my FIL for Christmas. My husband picked up a shadow box frame with a place for a flag and asked me to include the medals, patches and some pictures into the rest of the frame.

This is what I came up with:

My FIL really loved it and it is on display in their house. And I know that it will be treasured for years to come.

Happy treasure making!

Monday Morning B*tchfest

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Alright ladies, I am opening Monday mornings up here at seven thirty three for you to leave all your MMB's (Monday Morning B*tches). 
 

Have you noticed how most Monday mornings tend to be a pain?  Back to school and work.  The start of another week.  This is your chance to release all that pent up aggression over Monday mornings so that others can validate your feelings!  Did someone cut you off on the way to work?   Try to get in an early craft and burnt your finger on the hot glue gun? Let that b*tch out!

Here's how to join the party - post your MMB and then come back here and link to it in the MckLinky below.  Last step is to bloghop!  Visit a link or two and leave a comment that will help make someones day a little brighter!

So for my first ever (blogged about) MMB: PEOPLE, if you see a mother of three walking into a store holding her two year olds hand, an infant carrier in the other hand and her 9 year old carrying a bag, don't just stand there as she struggles to open the door without any of her kids getting squished like bugs in the parking lot!  Open the door! Especially if you just entered said door and would have had to wait a whole 15 seconds until said woman reached the threshold.  Of course, we know when another mother is around.  Aren't they always the first ones to offer help?  You get that instant connection, that understanding that is passed through three litle words, "Let me help". 

Whew!  Now it's your turn. 

And please, add my button to your blog so that others can come vent their b*tches too!  (Otherwise I might jut have to b*tch about you next Monday! Just joking...maybe.)

These are the completely, BEST barrettes, Charlie!

 

For all you mamas with pink milk loving lil' girls that delight in watching Charlie and Lola then this post is for you!

Wendy at Mother Rising shares a tutorial with us on how to make "Lola's Best and Favorite Hair Clips"!  Full of wonderful pictures, these are the cutest AND easiest barrettes.  I am dying to run out to get some florist wire, but it will have to wait till tomorrow!

Head on over there and tell her seven thirty three sent you!

Don't miss next Monday - seven thirty three is happy to host the first (and hopefully not last) ever Monday Morning B*tchfest!  Have you noticed how most Monday mornings tend to be a pain? Back to school and work. The start of another week. This is your chance to release all that pent up aggression over Monday mornings so that others can validate your feelings! Did someone cut you off on the way to work? Try to get in an early craft and burnt your finger on the hot glue gun?  Come join us on Monday to let that b*tch out!

The rundown: Post your MMB to your blog.  Come here and link up.  Then visit a few other posters to make their monday morning a little brighter!  I'm looking forward to some entertaining posts.

Happy Crafting!