My baby is two years old! We celebrated Charlie’s second birthday yesterday with cake and a few little presents and, of course, a new mama-made outfit! I sewed up my Buttons & Buckles Overalls using Ann Kelle Cool Cords in Whale Print and Argyle. I just love the weight and feel of these corduroys! They’re…
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2012 in Pictures: Week 6
Ready for the Big Game! Three Shaggy Little Boys Three Clean Cut, Slightly Silly Little Boys A Little Progress Moms Night Out Scooby-Dooby-Doo! Valentines Dinner & Fellowship
New Year Thoughts
I’m having quiet, reflective day today, and I’m not feeling very talkative. Do you have those days? I feel like I should write down some resolutions. It’s what we’re supposed to do today, right? Instead, I pulled out my new quilting journal and planned out a new quilt. Honestly? I couldn’t have possibly imagined a…
Project #12: ‘Twas the Night before Christmas . ..
. . . and all through the house, no more projects were waiting, at least not for now! Handmade Christmas tree ornaments wrap up my list of handmade projects. These are simple, inexpensive wood blocks adorned with scrapbook paper and digital pictures printed from my home printer. We followed the guide for these at How…
Handmade Christmas Projects 2, 3 & 4 are in the bag!
Adding three more handmade Christmas projects on my way to a full dozen. Today’s projects are all handmade bags! This is my mom’s new Christmas bag. She asked me to make her one like the one that I made for her when she visited a few years ago only in black and red. I used…
One Week ’til Christmas!
Is it really only a week until Christmas?! I still have a few things left on my to-do list. How is yours coming along? For me, last week is a blur of shipping the last of my Market orders (with the new Everyday Camp Shirt pattern!), sewing the last of the handmade gifts that I…
National Tie One On Day
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is celebrated annually as National Tie One On Day . . . tie on an apron, that is! Participants pause in their busy Thanksgiving preparations to make or purchase an apron and gift it to a friend or neighbor along with a freshly baked loaf of bread. National Tie One On…
Thankful
Happy Thanksgiving! Do you have exciting plans today? We’re enjoying Thanksgiving dinner this evening with our whole family and a few dear friends. The morning and afternoon will be spent cooking and preparing and munching! I’m starting the day with my morning coffee and a piece of Chocolate Pecan Pie shared with my sweet almost-2-year-old….
30 Days to Market!
Shhhh . . . Don’t tell my kids that I’m showing you this picture! One of our house rules is that the dining room must stay neat and clean at all times. It’s the first room that you see when you walk into my house, and I figure that if your first impression is one…
9/11 My Story
On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, my husband left our home at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, DC, well before dawn for his Air Force intelligence job at the Pentagon. Still sleeping, I’m not sure I even said, “Good-bye,” much less, “I love you.” I had a busy day planned. I’d made arrangements to stop…