For years (literally) Elizabeth and I have talked about putting out our own line of patterns. And I have no idea how many hundreds of hours we have spent drafting the patterns for this dream line. Countless dresses, skirts. sleeves, and collars have been drafted....and are lined up ready to go so it's kind of funny that our first ever pattern to be released is a teepee pattern!!!! Although...if I think about it....a playhouse teepee made for adventures with children only seems fitting to be ... View the Post

Just over 5 years ago Elizabeth and I were individually running around doing every local boutique, craft fair, and bazaar we could find. We both had recently become stay at home moms and were love, love, LOVING all things sewing, crafting, and quilting. Looking back on those years I can't even begin to count the number of skirts, quilts, bows, dresses, bags, and pegs dolls that we each made. Seriously...I can't image how many different handmade items that we cranked out...it was fun, and ... View the Post

Today we are over at The Crafting Chicks making some fun summer cloud paintings during their super fun weather science series for kids. Head on over THERE to join in all the fun! And in the meantime.... The kids talked me into making a "science" video with one of their favorite experiments.  Grace set the stage on the table in our entry way and Simon walked me through the steps like 3 times. The video isn't great, it's totally homemade but the kids love it....and it really is a ... View the Post

Last week when Elizabeth and I were in Sioux City making skirts for Skirting the Issue we met a remarkable women who had fostered more children than she could count.  (Her first foster child just turned 44.) She told us a lot of stories about her children and how fostering changed her life...in small ways...and in large ways...(she adopted 4 of her foster children).  And we drank in her goodness. But then she told us something that changed my life.  She told us "the secret" to foster ... View the Post