My oldest niece turned 7 in August and decided that for her birthday she wanted an American Girl doll. I wanted to help celebrate her great new doll and thought clothes would be the perfect gift. What does a girl love more than clothes? Well, after looking around at the price of American Girl doll clothes, I decided to make my own. An Internet search for patterns left me empty handed. Nearly everything I found…
Continue readingA 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 readingThis has been a full week for me. Full of lovin’ on my girls, and trying to spend a lot of time with them. They’re growing so fast and some days I can’t help but sit around and play with them all day. They’re just so amazing!! While Chloe napped, I was able to fill orders and get stuff ready to mail. I made another baby gift, and made a birthday Elmo to mail a…
Continue readingI’ve been absent the past few days because my oldest friend came to visit. We met in Germany in 1986 and all these years later, we’re still getting together. Pretty spectacular for 2 Army Brats! I had a fantastic time reminiscing about the past and laughing about the present. I even got to go on a movie date to see a chick flick! Such a great weekend! I also revisited my sewing past. I really…
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