I have a few friends I’ve been meaning to send baby gifts to, and now their babies are getting so old! I feel a little silly taking so long to do it, but I guess it’s better late than never!&nb...
Sorry I failed to announce this yet. The winner of the Whimsy Couture patterns is: Deolinda Gandra! Congrats! (I will be starting to delete the comments after giveaways are over, so...
I hope all of you women had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I know this time of year can be great for some, and hard for others. If you are one who has lost your Mother, or any other wonderful ...
1. I’ve been jogging 3 days a week for the past month and a half and have finally worked up to 3.2 miles. I’m getting better and better at it. I know some people run much further di...
Ever realize you haven’t posted a guest post? This was one from Cheri’s blog, I Am Momma—Hear Me Roar, during her Refashionista even last fall. Thought I’d bring it on home! I found this ...
(giveaway closed: comments deleted to protect commenters’ email addresses) I was asked if I wanted to review a pattern of my choice from Whimsy Couture. I’ve been wanting to make Poppy a ...
It was late at night earlier this week. I was browsing YouTube videos (which I rarely do, but past a certain time at night, my brain really doesn’t think straight) and somehow through the recom...
This was post I wrote for Kate’s Ruffle Series a few weeks ago. I know I’ve done a couple variations of bike baskets (check the tutorial archives), but I’m kind of in love with bike bask...
1. Last night was so fun! My mother in law took all her daughters-in-law and some of the granddaughters to see Celtic Woman, plus we ate at Buca di Beppo (yum!). The concert was SO GOOD!&...
Hello everyone. This post has been a long time coming and I’m excited to finally have it put together to post. I’m going to go over a few things that help my family save money, and hopefu...
I made Mr. Zippy’s tie using THIS tutorial from Sharing the Wealth (and yes, it’s too long by my own fault, but I just need to re-tie it and it will work). I made Sunshine’s bow tie using my ow...
Have you been following See Kate Sew’s Ruffle Series? There are a lot of great posts going on over there! Today I’m sharing how you can turn an inexpensive thrifted basket into a bike bas...
In case you missed me a couple weeks ago on Sewing in No Man’s Land, here’s the tutorial I shared there. Made from a fun knit fabric (Joann), this shirt is comfortable and light....
Before I blog about my little vacation to Texas, I wanted to let you all know of some changes to picasa that are so exciting to me, if you haven’t seen them yet! You can check them out HERE, but to g...
…Her 3 1/2 year old will give herself a Mullet. I went to Texas this past weekend to visit my dad. It was a great time (beautiful weather!) and I’ll share a few pictures from my trip later, but...
I know! Two tutorials in one week—that hasn’t happened here for months. This one you just have to click over to the amazing Sewing in No Man’s Land to see! This shirt is SO easy to ...
This is nothing brilliant but it’s very easy to do and I love the outcome. Now let me just put it out there right away that you in no way need to make these lace ruffles removable with the velcro. Yo...
1. We finally got enough snow last week that my kids could play in it for over a couple hours and it didn’t melt during that time. They built forts. Last week’s storm was a big one, and it’s about ti...
Does it seem like blog-land has exploded with a huge amount of babies lately? I love seeing all these new ones! I’m also surrounded by a lot of new babies in real life as well. My s...
Sunday night I promised my kids that after they came home from school on Monday I would take them to the park with a large field so we could fly kites, if it was windy. Sunday, I was flying hig...
My friend Lori does ‘Ten on Tuesday’ posts and I like it so much that I asked her if it was ok that I try it out on my blog. She said of course, but since I don’t know if I can ever come up wit...
Click HERE for Part One. GAMES The idea was to get in teams of two and using just a piece of twine, somehow tie Yoda to you with your partner’s help. Then draw an activity out of the cup and if...
My middle son turned 7 last week! He is seriously such a sweet kid and brings us so much happiness to our home! He’s majorly obsessed with Star Wars these days so that was the theme...
Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss tomorrow! Hopefully it’s obvious how the colors were inspired from the books the quotes are taken from. Quote from Oh the Places You’ll Go! picture source Quotes fr...
I have two cousins welcoming new babies in the next month, so my family had a big shin-dig of a party this past Sunday. I used Katy of No Big Dill’s tutorial she posted on Delia Create’s Nesting Seri...
I know it’s late in the day but I figured I won’t care enough tomorrow to post these shirts after Valentine’s Day is over! My boys took a while to figure out what they wanted for their shirts, until ...
Who loves Downton Abbey? I loved the first season but thought it was a bit soap opera-ish, and although I still like the second season plenty, it’s definitely soap opera-ish now, which I don’t ...
I love this quote so much! It’s from Marvin J. Ashton, and after just a little research on some of his other quotes, I’m convinced he was a very charitable person indeed. I could go on and on a...
In honor of our little Tea Time get together at the Grand America Hotel, I decided to try and duplicate a delicious hot chocolate many of us ordered. Using THIS recipe for normal hot chocolate ...
I have such admiration and respect for those who endure the trial of trying to conceive and then moving on to trying to adopt. I have a couple of close friends and a dear cousin who have been b...
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