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Dresses· sewing

A white dress

I have been working on Hannie's white dress for this weekend....and having been tearing up thinking about how fast this little white dress is going to be a bridal dress.  And I really just want time to stop so I can hold my baby and kids for a little while longer.  They grow up so fast.  Sniff. Sniff. ... View the Post

The Art of Homemaking

Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan—An Experiment with Scheduling

I need help. I feel like I'm always working, always moving, and always behind. It's exhausting really.Ms. Hoole says that, "An ideal homemaker plans a program or a schedule for each day so that she is the master, rather than the victim, of her work."And since, as I stated earlier, I am increasingly falling victim to my work I have chosen scheduling to be my first topic to tackle in my revised experiment. In her book "Project Organization" Marie Ricks says that "A well-used calendar is an ... View the Post

$5 Friday· sewing

$5 Friday—A Valentine Skirt

I have been wanting to make a t-shirt ruffle skirt for awhile and decided today was the day.  I used an old white t-shirt of mine for the base (just cut it off under the arms--no making side seams and no hemming) and then cut strips of old t-shirts for the ruffles all different widths....and then went to town ruffling and sewing them on.  And here she is....a free valentine skirt. ... View the Post

Dresses· sewing

A New Spring Jumper…for the amost springtime.

Ok...So I'm wishful thinking. I wish it was springtime right now. Seriously. Right this second.I know I live in Utah and have been raised here and should know that it will snow and be drab until, oh, say about May...but a girl can dream can't she?And in my alternate dream reality that tells me that spring will be here soon I made Grace a little Springtime jumper. She even tried it out today during a brief few minutes of sunshine. Sure it will be cuter in a few months with sandals and flipflops ... View the Post

The Art of Homemaking

The Art of Homemaking Experiment—Revised Edition

I wasn't a cheerleader (thank goodness---no offense to any of you cheerleaders out there) or the valedictorian or the prom queen but I LOVED high school. I didn't think life could get better.Then I went to college....and I LOVED single girl, art major college life. I didn't think life could get any better.Then I got married and taught school while my husband attended a local university. I LOVED my life (it seemed so perfect). I didn't think life could get any better.Then suddenly I woke up one ... View the Post