Today I have a sneak peek for you. I was trying to get the tutorial done for today, but well, life happened. And the dress is done. But the tutorial is not. But you will see it Friday....I can promise that.We have received quite a few emails as of late about styles for older girls and tweens....and how hard it is to find cute and appropriate clothing. And well, I am starting to feel your pain. I only have a 6 1/2 year old, but some days I feel like she is going on 13. Yes, she will still ... View the Post
Organizing My Thoughts
This is a pile of all my journals...and yes, I use all of them.I don't use all of them everyday but I use at least one of them everyday.(I know it's weird...but I like journaling ok.)Here's what some of them are:*A journal for recording the books I've read along with the author and the date I finished reading them.*A journal for each of my children where I record thoughts and feelings and experiences with them.*A journal for writing down/sketching sewing or crafting ideas.*A journal for ... View the Post
Valentine Envelope Tutorial
I have had that song in my head the last week or so while embroidering this at night. The first Valentine's Day that Stephen and I were married, I had just graduated from college in December and had just started my first teaching job while Stephen was still in school. And like many other young couples, we were poor. So poor that we decided that we weren't doing Valentine gifts. But on Valentine's Day, he handed me a CD that he had burned with "Mail Myself to You" on it (the version he got ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking Experiment—Week 1: Attitude
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."---Winston ChurchillMonday I restarted my "Art of Homemaking Experiment". So this week I worked on chapter 1 which is in entitled "Facet No.1 The Two A's".However, since I'm making a real go at this I decided to be realistic and tackled only the first of the "A's" which is attitude. (The other "A" is appearance...and since I'm sitting here writing in the mismatched pajamas that I've worn all day it was probably a safe decision.)The book ... View the Post
From Claus to Cupid—A $5 Friday Red Velvet Re-do
Sometime last summer my mom found this little red Christmas dress for Grace. I brought it home, hung it in her closet and then forgot about it until about a week ago when I was going through her clothes. (Nice.)Now Christmas is over and there's no way the dress will still fit her next December but I still want her to get some wear out of it before she grows out of it. So I came up with a plan. Here's what it looked like yesterday morning:And here's what it looks like now:It was the easiest ... View the Post
Guest Post: Nesting with Delia
Hey! Today we are over at Delia Creates participating in her Nesting series. Have you been following along? If not, you're missing out. It's a baby fest over there! Go and check it out. And today you'll see why my baby Ruth.... ...is wearing this guys name on her bum of her baby onesie... ...although if you know who Xavier Roberts is you can probably figure it out. And if you don't you probably aren't old enough to have kids. (I'm kidding, I'm kidding...seriously...don't send me ... View the Post
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