Ive been sitting here in my office living room working on some upcoming projects, and looking around I realized that its been a while since I posted about this room. There have been a few chang...
Well, not exactly. But my parents did. Or are. They stumbled on the real estate listing for this gorgeous old (mid-1800s!) farm house a while back and decided to take the plunge. Th...
I have an incredible backlog of projects Ive been dreaming about doing lately. Ive managed to start several, and even to finish a few. Heres what I hope to start working on soon, what Im ...
I hope all you mamas out there (and all those who have mamas) had a wonderful Mothers day yesterday. I know -- I remember very well -- that this is a really tough holiday for some. I...
*We kept our nieces for a few days last week. We adore those sweet girls, but let me tell you - 4 kids aged 4 and under sure did keep us on our toes! While we had the girls, we decided to...
A fact recently dawned on me which has rocked my world a little. Keith will be 29 next month, and I will be 27 just two weeks later. When did we get so old?! Dont get me wrong, were...
We have a house full of toys to play with. Gus and Lula choose instead to do this: Im OK with it :)
Thanks for all the wonderful feedback on the prints - it was so much fun to hear what everyones favorite was. Thanks to my handy dandy random number generator (AKA Keith), the two winners...
Overjoyed to be home After nearly 30 hours of sleepless travel, we came home to ecstatic family, a home-cooked meal, hot showers, and our own wonderful, wonderful bed. We laid Gus and Lula to sleep i...
Ive been in a bit of a creative mood lately, and recently added more than a dozen new designs to the shop. A few of the new prints Since I may have been a bit of a neglectful blogger during my creati...
My amazing parents hosted Easter lunch, complete with Sister Schubert rolls (the best!) and three kinds of pie. They also hosted an egg hunt for these little ones: My amazing mom made Lu...
In the midst of new Sunday clothes and big family lunches and baking, its been very easy for me to focus on the temporal things surrounding Easter, and not on the eternal reality that He is risen! Ea...
As promised, the shower cornice step-by-step. This was a pretty easy, drama-free project. (Other than the initial planning. Yes, I do realize its a shower curtain. Yes, Pinter...
....on Lulas head: Can you see them? Theyre little, but theyre there.... Pigtails!Just in time for spring :)
Pinterest is amazing. Brilliant. Full of wonderful, beautiful ideas. But Pinterest, it would seem, does have its pitfalls. Case in point: Were currently redoing our guest...
I cannot believe that my sweet babies are all grown up and are now backpack-toting school-goers.....kind of. Its all fairly new, but one day a week from 9 to noon, one of the babies now goes to a loc...
As is normally the case, whenever we find ourselves in the thick of an insanely busy stretch, I have this crazy urge to heap a home project or two (or three) on top of our already hefty to-do list. &...
...I held, hugged, and kissed my tiny babies for the very first time. Its so difficult to wrap my mind around our first meeting, even now. Or to take in the fact that its been an entire year si...
I promised to let yall know whats been keeping us so busy lately (or one of the things anyway).......Well, I am so excited to tell you that my prints are being featured on Zulily today through Saturd...
Sorry for the random list. Weve got a busy week ahead with out-of-town guests coming next weekend (which means its project time around here) and weve got a major event going (Ill fill...
One day I was walking through the store, pushing the babies along in the stroller, not paying much attention to anything in particular. Then from nowhere, I heard sweet, happy baby laughter. &n...
I realize that the term "Mommy hair" generally conjures up images of dos like this one, or maybe a messy, unkempt ponytail (nowhere near as stylish as this one): via. I am beyond thankful tha...
These past two weeks have been a blur - I kept meaning to post, but this little thing called life kept getting in the way. Heres whats happening: *Gus went in for a little procedure last week. ...
We have been crazy busy around here lately. I feel like I say that a lot, but this time I really mean it :) Ill hopefully get around to blogging about all of it soon, but in the meantime,...
A typical street scene. Donkeys, people, cars..... When we first arrived in Addis Ababa last March, and I took my first deep breath of smog-filled air, and squeezed into the back seat of a 1980...
One 3 year-old + one 2 year-old + two 1 year-olds = insanity. Fun, crazy, busy, tiring, awesome insanity. This past weekend we celebrated our first ever (hopefully soon-to-be monthly) Cousins W...
Ive been working on pillows for our living room for a while now, and while Im not completely done (still working on pillows for the love seat), the two for the chairs and the huge lumbar pillow for t...
I dont always feel it. Many mornings I would gladly trade another half hour of sleep for seeing their sweet smiles, or cuddling them close. But I am so very blessed to wake up every ...
Weve been busy, busy, busy around here lately. Heres whats happening: *After a little fun in the ocean over Christmas, Gus has decided that hes OK with the bathtub. He either loves the bath or ...
Just like every other room in our house, the pink room is constantly changing -- never finished. Its gotten a few new additions recently. (Well, actually months ago, but I havent gotten a...
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