A friend came to me recently and asked me to make 2 peasant style dresses for her daughter. I readily agreed knowing they were all the rage these days, and I figured it would be a great chance to learn how to make them. I hunted around for patterns, both paid and free, and didn’t find anything that struck my fancy. Then I stumbled on an old favorite blog of mine and found the perfect…
Continue readingI often feel like I need to apologize here for not posting enough. But what is enough? Especially when my life is this crazy race to get through each day alive. I read other blogs of crafty stay at home Mommies, but most of their kids are older than mine. A lot are even in school! Most of them don’t have 2 little butts in diapers, a nursing baby, and a husband who works the…
Continue readingRemember when I made the Shirt Skirts I said keep the rest of the shirt for 2 other projects? Well, this is one of them! I knew Chloe would start solids soon and none of the bibs we have are big enough to properly cover her. Wanting to be as resourceful as possible, I decided to use the remaining neck part of the shirt to make huge baby-covering bibs! I was excited to try my…
Continue readingFor Christmas 2008, The Hubs really blew me away when he surprised me with a Canon Rebel XS DSLR. I dreamed of taking professional-quality pictures of my children as they grew. I did a semi-decent job with Sofie, trying to take her out for photo shoots every few months. But as she grew, the less cooperative she got. And now she’s nearly impossible to get “on film” with her boundless 2 year old energy. So…
Continue readingI had a great grocery shopping trip this week! I spent more than normal because I was able to get a tremendous deal on diapers. We ate out some with our company last weekend, so some things made it back to this weeks menu. So for the next week we’re looking at having: tacos lasagna and cesaer salad waffles and scrambled eggs stir fry with noodles spaghetti with meat sauce baked fried chicken, potatoes and…
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