Here’s the first finished of my handmade Christmas gifts this year. A needlepoint initial pillow for my sister-in-law (and her husband…sort of:) I knew she loved these ones, but their pri...
Hi there guys! How was your weekend? Ours was fantastic, minus the beginning of a bout with the flu that I feel may be coming on. It’s taken over my head and stomach, and I fear the rest of me ...
Is your season feeling magical? We have just over a week to go. Woah. Because we started so early, we’ve really been able to soak up a lot of the Christmas fun. The decorations make home feel f...
There are some fantastic gift guides floating around the inter web these last few weeks. I am taking full advantage of the ideas and trying to follow the advice of wiser givers. In general, I think I...
The box for the Trader Joe’s Gingerbread House was darling. I fell in love with the little vintage characters, so I decided to cut them out and add them to my Christmas decor.With some bent pap...
One of our favorite Christmas traditions is building and decorating a gingerbread house. This year, Milo was old enough to really get into the process. You know, like eating the gingerbread before it...
Happy Friday! We’ve been feeling all sorts of festive. I think it’s because our home is filled with little bits of Holiday cheer all around. We bought our tree (all romantic-like at Home ...
I love a good excuse to dress up and feel fancy. Dave’s Firm Christmas Party was a great chance to whip me up something nice. I hadn’t sewn for myself since I was very pregnant (with good...
I’m super excited today to share One Little Minute with one of my favorite bloggers and almost-family members (my-sister-in law’s sister- in-law) Caitlin from Hue and Hum. You might remem...
We were 40 minutes late to church on Sunday. First, because we were all a little sick-feeling with snotty noses and froggy throats. Then because once we all took naps to sleep off the edge, and scurr...
Hi there! How was your weekend? We had a fun, busy one. Thanks to our Advent calendar activities, we cut out snowflakes to hang in the window, and stuffed a bag full of items to give away. Milo and I...
Dave’s cousin Megan just returned from a few months studying in Spain. One of the dishes that her house mother made for her was fettucini alfredo…with raisin! I am a raisin fan anyway, a...
Okay, so I know I’m cutting it close. Real close. I mean, TODAY is December 1st. But, late last night I pulled out my old handmade advent pocket calendar and hung it on the wall. The details so...
Can you believe it is already December? I’m trying to whip into shape to enjoy every minute of this fleeting Holiday season. Last night we picked out a tree then came home and ate homemade egg...
It will be at onelittleminuteblog.comAbout six months ago, I decided to take some first steps towards a new blog design and layout. I had a bunch of ideas floating around, but no skills to turn them ...
I had a baby, did you hear? Yeah, I know, old news (like FIVE months old. Where has the time gone?!). But last week I finally finished sending out Eliots birth announcements. I began working on these...
Family oh family. What joy it is to have dear ones surrounding us during the holidays, even stuffing eleven around my table for four (in the 7x10 dining room)! We have been so spoiled these last coup...
Now that the "give thanks" napkins are finished, it is time to move on to the place card for our family Thanksgiving table. I toyed with several ideas, but this one stuck. I am excited to giv...
The troops have begun to gather. Weve had my parents company over this last weekend (they leave today), Daves older sister and crew arrived late last night, his younger brothers wife and son landed t...
A few weeks ago, when I was in my funk of project overload, I was singing Milo to sleep one night. Every night I sing the same few songs, and one of them is "I am a Child of God." Its a sweet...
First of all, let me welcome all new readers visiting from Four Flights of Fancy. I hope you find a cozy place here and stay awhile:) For those of you regulars, I am guest posting today over on my ne...
If youve been reading this blog for a while, youll remember that we have used cloth diapers since Milo was a week old. We originally had a whole set of Bum Genius 3.0 diapers, and they were wonderful...
A month ago, my dear friend Cassi asked me to whip up a duvet for her son Bexs room. She had fallen in love with this perfect brown dot from Dwell Studios, which doesnt come in a twin duvet.&nbs...
Saturday morning I won the Richmond Half Marathon. Just kidding. I did run it though, and finished two-minutes faster than my goal time. So it was sort of like winning my own little race with m...
It was a good food week. Because Dave (once again) came up with all of the meal ideas so I didnt have to try to be creative. And because we began the week with absolutely zero groceries, which made m...
Hows your Halloween candy consumption going? Do you throw it all away after a week? Let your kids trade it for a toy? Or something different all together?Weve just been eating it...slow and steady. S...
Today Im going to begin a short series of posts about my trip with the boys to the Bay Area last week. Like I mentioned, it was a renewing trip for all of us. I was prepared for a whole lot of madnes...
I was excited to get back in the letterpress studio a couple weeks ago. This time, I was working on a calendar page for the annual Pyramid Atlantic Letterpress Calendar fundraiser. I was assigned my ...
Im back from California, and feeling the benefits of a much needed break. Before I left last week, life was feeling a lot overwhelming and much too busy. I am by nature a high-energy person with...
Today I wanted to show you how I put our weekly meal plan into writing. About six-months ago I painted one short wall in our dining room with chalkboard paint. It quickly became the weekly ...
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