A couple of years ago, I made a dress out of my old Pujols t-shirt (see post here).  I recently got the urge to redo this dress into something more practical.  I wanted to make it a cute strapless dress, but I'm not in a "strapless dress" kind of place these days.  I am always carrying a toddler on my hip, so wearing a strapless dress means that at any given time my top half will be exposed.

I wanted it to be a dress that I could wear to Cardinals games as well as around the house.  Since I live in maxi dresses in the summer, I turned my dress into a maxi (that can also be shortened later if I so desire).

I cut the bottom half of the old dress off, removed the ribbons and started from scratch with a cut off t-shirt.  I added the gray and white striped fabric for the bottom, then I made a "belt" with navy blue jersey knit and stitched it on.  After much debate about what to do with the top, (keep it as a tank, make it a halter, go strapless?) I decided to keep it as a tank and turn under the edges.  Once I figured out what I wanted, the whole process took me just an afternoon.  

I couldn't be happier with the way it turned out.  Maybe eventually I'll make that strapless dress....

Jason and I went to a beautiful wedding this weekend, where one of Jason's co-workers married a Reds fan.  I know, right?  Anyway, as I was thinking of an interesting wedding gift to present them with, I came across an awesome St. Louis Cardinals wreath.  I decided to take this wreath and put a new spin on it.  (You can see the original Cardinal wreath I made for us last year here.)

I used this tutorial to make a basic burlap wreath, then I added a red burlap bow.

After that I made pins using baseball paper and printed team logos on card stock, by snapping them into button pins.

The perfect door wreath for compromise.  Not that I condone being a Reds fan, but whatever.  Of course I'm kidding.  Sort of.   

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Katherine went to her first Cardinals game this week.  It was a shining moment for her father.  He had been waiting for this day since...he found out I was pregnant.  Taking his first born to their first Cardinals game was a dream of his. 

Overall she did pretty well.  She took in the sites and sounds for the first inning or two, then she fell asleep.  ASLEEP!  She slept through the roar of the crowd and the loud squawking of the beer salesmen.  Amazing. 

{She wasn't interested in watching the bullpen.}

{So excited about our first game.}

{2nd inning.}

{3rd inning.}

{4th inning.}

{5th inning.  We're done.}

It was a perfect night for baseball.  What wasn't perfect was the outcome of the game.  Boo Cubs.  Oh well.  A Cardinal/Cubs game as your very first baseball game is not a bad way to start out. 

We had a pretty busy Friday night.  Not in the traditional sense.  We had some pretty wicked weather, meaning that the girls and I spent Friday night hunkered down in the basement.  Jason was at work, so it was up to me to get the dogs, Katherine, and myself into the basement.  This was no easy task because Callie wanted to run to the window to see what was going on and Sammie wanted to run to her bed out of fear. 

{I crammed both dogs into Sammie's "bed" so they couldn't run back upstairs or near the walk-out basement door.}

Once we were safely in the basement, Katherine decided it was the perfect time to throw up all over me.  Then she passed out and slept through the rest of the storm.  We thankfully had no damage to our house and Jason made it safely home from work several hours later. 

While we spent Friday night in the basement, we spent Saturday night outside on the deck. 



I'm so excited that it's finally summertime. 

During the spring and summer months, our house is decked out in Cardinal red. I made a St. Louis Cardinals wreath last summer that lacked the quality I had hoped for.  It was actually a little goofy looking.  After scouring Pinterest during the last few days of my pregnancy (when I actually had time to look at Pinterest!), I found a couple of cute ideas for a new wreath and combined them.

{Vine wreath, wired ribbon, baseball ribbon, and extra accents.}

It only took me two weeks to get this project finished. Not to mention, I'm not a good wreath maker and I'm a horrible bow maker.  I had to enlist help with some of the bows.  It's like the time I tried crocheting.  I tried and tried and literally could not do it.  I'll have to keep working on the bow making.  I can sew just about anything.  Why can't I make a stupid bow?  Anyway......this is the finished wreath.


I hope there's lots of summer fun ahead for Katherine's first summer...and no more tornadoes.  Go Cards! 

Our neighbors don't have to wonder what baseball team we cheer for.  Somehow Jason's love of the Cardinals has taken over our yard. 

{Stepping stone by the front door.}

{A flag for the porch.}

{The wreath I made for the front door.}

{And finally, Norm the gnome.}

Obsess much?  I think so.  You should see our guest room.

I've been wondering what to do with my old Pujols t-shirt.  I only have a couple of Cardinals team shirts, one of them having Pujols 5 on the back.  While a lot of people had Pujols jersey burning parties last December, I held on to mine.  While browsing Pinterest I found an idea for my old t-shirt.

{My t-shirt and some sewing necessities.} {Sewing the skirt.} {Goodbye Pujols t-shirt.} {My new Cardinals dress.} {Baseball print ribbons.} {Ok, so the Pujols 5 is still there.}

I love my new dress, but now I'll have to find a new Cardinals t-shirt to wear.

St. Louis is my favorite city. One of the reasons I love this city is because of its love and devotion to its St. Louis Cardinals. Having always been a baseball and Cardinal fan, its no surprise I ended up here in St. Louis.

One of my favorite things to do in the city is of course going to baseball games. This past week, I got to go to 2 games in 1 week. One with my new friend Bridget and the other with Jason. It was a baseball-filled week, but I enjoyed every minute of it.