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Strawberry Shortcake

For months now Sofie’s been obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake. She’s got tons of “Strawberry Cake” toys and they’re the most treasured playthings in our vast collection. We record the show on The Hub and she spends a decent amount of time every day lost in her own little world, playing with her “friends” and asking me to visit Berry Bitty City. As her love for Strawberry grew, I knew she’d be excited to emulate her…

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Hallow-giving

Or maybe Thanks-ween? How genius is it to have one garment for 2 holidays? A friend of mine came to me with just that request for her daughter for this holiday season. She sent me an example of a dress she loved and I created this reversible dress for her daughter to wear on Halloween and Thanksgiving this year.                            I created the pattern for the dress myself from one of Sofie’s knit dresses. I…

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cars, cookies, and birthday treats

Somehow an entire week of my life has flown by in the blink of one unproductive eye! Well, it’s been quite productive, just not in sewing or blog related ways. I want to thank all of you for your amazing thoughts, prayers and words of encouragement following our collision with a drunk driver. It saddens me that so many of you have similar personal experiences and such a needless act has ruined many lives. Our…

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just don’t do it…EVER

My life changed forever Sunday afternoon. We were having a fantastic weekend…it was the first time in months The Hubs had been around on the weekend and we were enjoying a blissful few days together as a family. He’d gone to work that morning, but came home mid-afternoon and we all loaded up in the car to hit the outlet mall for new cold-weather clothes. We got 1.1 miles from our house, to the first…

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pumpkin skirt

   Now that Sofie’s in school, I’m starting to get into the idea of her dressing up for holidays and seasons. In years past, we mostly hung around at home unless we were grocery shopping or visiting with family, so just 1 holiday outfit was enough. But this year I really wanted to start building her wardrobe with special handmade things.                            I found this fabric at Hancock Fabrics a month or so ago and…

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