After my foray into bean bags, I decided I loved applique. I wanted to attempt it on shirts to see what I was capable of. My oldest niece is obsessed with mermaids so I was thrilled when this little lady was a success! She was part of Katie’s birthday gift last August. We also had news to announce to my family at her birthday party! I was thrilled it still fit 9 months later!
Continue readingWhen I was pregnant with Sofie I joined an online group of women with babies all due in June 2008. They are an amazing group of ladies and people I’ve come to depend on and cherish. Last summer when the babies turned 1 we did a gift exchange and I was excited to participate. I was a little stumped when I got one of the boys because I wanted to sew my gift, but don’t…
Continue readingA little math lesson: 6 week post-baby body+Carribbean vacation=nothing in your closet fits. The Hubs and I had been planning on attending the wedding of some near and dear friends in the British Virgin Islands since February of 2009. When I turned up pregnant that fall we quickly did the math and discovered, to our delight, our little bundle of joy was due exactly 6 weeks before our plane took off. As April drew nearer…
Continue readingI was out running errands with just the baby last week so I decided to swing by my local Goodwill. Toddlers and thrift stores just don’t mix so I don’t get in there as often as I’d like. I found a few steals and as I excitedly made my way to the register, something caught my eye, and I turned just in time to see this bright yellow smashed among the women’s skirts. I couldn’t…
Continue readingEaster crept up on me this year. It couldn’t have come at a more inconvenient time as we’d just moved a week and a half before, and our second baby was due 2 days later. I woke up Easter morning upset with myself for not having found the time to make Sofie an Easter dress. (Hell hath no fury like a pregnant woman with an idea!) I decided I had 3 hours before 19 of…
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