For months Sofie’s been sure of one thing–she wants to be Rapunzel for Halloween. I tried to show her costumes online and in stores, but each time she demanded I could make a prettier Rapunzel dress. At first I was flattered, then I got nervous. She’s quite critical (aren’t all 4 year olds?!) and I’m not a pro at silky fabrics, but I set my mind to it and I’m thrilled with the results! Sof’s…
Continue readingAfter doing my post on green cleaning, I started thinking about how much money I was saving by not buying commercial cleaning products and how much safer I felt my family was without being exposed to all those chemicals. I started thinking of other ways to cut chemicals and unnatural products out of our lives and decided a great place to start would be some beauty items. I’m not fancy, I’m mostly a chap-stick-and-mascara-hair-in-pony kind…
Continue readingAll summer I had intentions of getting my girls dressed up and taking pictures of them. I really dislike traditional photography studios and we’ve got a nice camera, but it’s hard to do it myself since I can’t snap and entertain them very well at the same time! But this week I decided I needed to stop putting it off and get some precious pictures of my gorgeous girls. They made me work hard for…
Continue readingWhew, was that September that just whizzed past? We’ve been going like crazy and between everything we’ve had going on, I haven’t had a chance to sit down and blog. Months like that exhaust me. This post isn’t anything sewing related, but still something I wanted to share. I know many of you are familiar with those gorgeous mixed babies of mine and might wonder where their brown skin comes from (as I’m quite the…
Continue readingLately I’ve been feeling like I’m constantly sinking. I can never get the house clean, the laundry done, the kids fed, and my sewing projects completed at anywhere near the same time, if at all. I’m constantly looking for ways to streamline my life to make any of it easier. I usually really love to cook, but since the girls fall prey to the witching hour, it’s nothing short of complete chaos. All attempts to…
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