(You don't mind a picture of kid-decorated cookies do you? Although I think they did a better job that I can...) My art of homemaking this last month has been the search for the ultimate sugar cookie. It all started when I made a batch of sugar cookies before Christmas and they just weren't very good. They were so dry and just tasteless. From there I decided that I wanted to find a great (not just good) sugar cookie recipe in time for Valentine's Day. It took three tries (and a lot of ... View the Post
The Sweetheart Dress Pattern Giveaway
Recently this dress has been popping up all over the blogsphere. And it is all thanks to our friend Shannon (from luvinthemommyhood) and her darling Sweetheart Dress Pattern with it's signature heart cut out. It's such a fun little number especially for Valentine's Day and I was so excited when Shannon asked us about giving it a whirl. The pattern is downloadable, easy to read, comes in many different sizes (You can get all the details HERE.) and I printed them out the same day I got her ... View the Post
A Blessing Dress.
My niece was blessed this last weekend, and unfortunately I couldn't be there. We had two other trips planned for February and we just couldn't swing another one in there, so I called my sister (my twin) and asked if I could make baby Sarah Jane's blessing dress. I was hoping it will help me feel like I was there in spirit.... So, at the beginning of last week I set out the make the dress. I was actually afraid to start the dress too early because I was worried it would be too small by the ... View the Post
Facebook: Strange Things Are Afoot….
Very strange things.... I suppose they have been going on for a little while now...and we knew about it...Elizabeth is the one that actually started it. But we haven't done anything about it. Not really anyways...until today. You see, Elizabeth and I are far from being multi-media, techno-promotion girls. We like to sew and maybe craft and then sew some more. And I feel pretty good about figuring out the blog thing so that I can talk about sewing and crafting and sewing some more. But our ... View the Post
A Valentine Skirt.
Last week I made Hannie a skirt for Valentine's Day. I should have been working on a costume for a 5th grade wax museum project, but I just wanted to sew something fun. I started with The Vintagely Modern Skirt as the base. The only alteration I made to the original skirt was to make the waistband larger and added extra-heavy fusible interfacing to make it stand up well. (I cut the waistband piece 6.5 inches so the finished waistband is 3 inches tall.) I then added the heart pocket. I ... View the Post
Valentine’s Day Quiver with Arrows to Deliver Tutorial
Right now Grace is obsessed with the movie BRAVE. And she is dying for her own bow and arrow set. So the other day while Ruth napped and we had the house to ourselves we made up some super easy arrows for her to give out on Valentine's Day and a quiver for her to carry them in. Sure, it's not an official BRAVE set but for now she's pretty excited and I think they will be fun for her to hand out on Valentine's Day. So I thought I'd share with you how we made them in case your little girl ... View the Post
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