Update

Thanks to everyone for their prayers for Sarah and our family, we really appreciate them!! As well as all the kind offers to keep Perri for me at this time.

Surgery is definitely on for Tuesday, beginning at 7AM and now will last from 12-13 hours, with a team of 3 surgeons in there, each working on the tumor for 3 hours at a time. Also found out the tumor is about 2 inches, considered large for its location, is on the lining of her brain and likely began growing 12-15 years ago.

Yesterday they tried Sarah off the iv pain meds and taking oral medication in hopes that she can come stay here with my parents for the weekend until surgery. She did well managing pain that way yesterday and my mom just called and she slept all night and never woke needing the pain meds!! Her neurosurgeon isn't on call this weekend so they're just up there waiting now for his partner to make his rounds and tell her whether or not she gets to come here or not.

Craig is coming up either Sunday or Monday, praise the Lord, and will be able to help me more with Perri. She is doing well with everything but it's difficult carting her back and forth to the hospital so much. I did take her yesterday morning to a place to climb, slide and play. She had a blast but I was already exhausted from lack of sleep and needless to say came home and took a nap while she did.

I'll keep updating on here as we find out more.
Thanks again everyone for your sweet messages and prayers!

Prayers for Sarah please!

Just wanted to post a quick note to ask everyone for prayers for my sister. Perri and I have been in AR visiting and while here my sister has been very sick with severe migraines, what we thought were a result from having her neck adjusted since he has a lot of problems with her neck. Last night, praise the Lord her fiance was there, but she lost consciousness and he called an ambulance and she was taken to the ER here in Little Rock. She there passed out again. After a CT Scan and MRI they found a large tumor behind her ear, pressing on her brain causing all the problems she's been having lately (dizziness, numbness, migraines) that we thought was from her neck. Surgery is tentatively set for Tuesday, as the neurosurgeon has to plan out the surgery due to the size and location of the tumor. It will be a full day surgery and very serious and risky because it can affect hearing, sight, etc.

Thank you all who have already had our family in your prayers.

Snappy Straps

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Etsy shop is up and running!! I have many more designs made up and will get them listed as soon as I get home from visiting family!

Come check it out! And also, I've done several custom orders for people and love doing that as well and helping you pick out fabric, etc!

Snappy Straps

Smarty Pants

Show Us What You Make!

Over at one of my favorite blogs (and fellow Arkansan!) Kelly's Korner, she is doing her Friday Show Us Your Life post, and today is Show Us What You Make.

Well, it's no secret I have found the love for sewing all sorts of different things and recently have begun making and selling DSLR camera strap covers, as well as boutique style girls clothes. I am planning on opening an etsy shop, but am patiently waiting on my in-house graphic designer (i.e. financial analyst husband who likes to get his artsy side out on the side haha) to design a logo for me!

In the meantime, here are some of the straps I've created! I can do any type of color combination, which flowers, ruffles, etc. I also include a lens cap pocket and straps can be padded or without padding.

Camera strap with lens cap pocket $22

Add padding $25

Add rosettes $3 extra

Shipping $3.50

Here are some of the outfits I've made!

Valentine's Day Set

Knot Apron Dress

Sorry for the iphone pics, but another Vday set

Perri's Christmas Outfit

House Divided Dress (not THIS house! We're both Razorbacks!! woo pig!)

I'm currently working on some adorable Easter sets but don't have those quite finished yet for pictures.

If you're interested in either camera strap covers or an outfit, either leave a comment with your email or you can email me directly at leahvopitz@yahoo.com!

Thanks for checking out some of the things I've made so far!!

How to put on makeup

Lately Perri's new thing is an obsession with putting on makeup. Anything you put on your face/mouth to her is makeup and occasionally we'll let her put on chap stick. This completely makes her day and she always exclaims multiple times throughout putting it on " I like a makeup!!" Kid cracks me up.

Here are Perri's step by step instructions on how to apply "make up" (And I apologize for the crazy spacing. Now I remember why I never blog... blogger drives me NUTS)

1. First you show off your goods

2. Then you lay back an slather it on

3. Then you eat it.. err maybe not?

4. Silly me! This is how it's really done!

5. Make sure not to miss that cheek.

6. Or your chin!

7. Smooth it out 

8. Then pucker up!

The making of a Christmas card picture

It is about darn near impossible to get pictures of Perri where she is both a) looking at the camera or that general direction and b) smiling while doing so. I tried twice to get pictures of her for our Christmas card this year and finally was able to settle on one that I thought that was pretty cute. Some were taken in Arkansas over Thanksgiving holidays and some were taken here.

Here are many that were taken over the course of the two shoots. And to anyone that may have seen me taking pictures of her, I hope you don't think I'm a crazy fool. I was seriously jumping off rocks and singing and throwing a ball to get her to look at me. Oh the things we do...

 And finally, the winner. Cards went out a few days ago so people should be getting them!

Not the greatest but it works!