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Handmade Holiday 2011
This is my first Christmas with a sewing machine! I have really enjoyed learning on my little machine this year and I wanted to bring a little handmade to the holidays this year. Here's what is under...
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Magic of December
We've been busy, but in a good way. We've taken our time getting our house and our hearts ready for Christmas. It's hard to believe it's already Christmas Eve. We're spending the day cozied up inside...
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A boy and his quilt
I couldn't have picked a better day to finish Charles' quilt. After playing outside in the first real snow of the season, and after hot chocolate, of course, the boy who turned six (6!) this week, has...
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January 2012
The end of December and pretty much all of January has flown by and was packed full of fabulous family time. I never did get too many pictures of Christmas, mostly because I waited to get great...
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Something new!
Well, I have been busy. Between the holidays, Charlie's birthday, and potty training the girl, I haven't been able to blog much. But, I have had time to squeeze in some crafty goodness! A friend of...
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Pinned it, Did it!
Last month I finally gave into the time-sucking wonderful world of Pinterest. A friend of mine sent me an invite and I joined while imposing a rule that I could only pin things that I could...
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February 2012
What a month in our house! We successfully potty trained Abigail. I am actually quite surprised that I do not yet have a picture of her running around the house in just her undies. It has become her...
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Hugs and Kisses
Today is Jen's 40th birthday and I finished her quilt a day early. Actually, I finished it four days early because we are taking it to her on Saturday. Three cheers for me!!!I *love* the Heirloom...
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March 2012
March gave us our first real snow storm of 2012. I am not sure the kids have ever had to wait until March to build a snowman! Ben ended up taking the day off of work since most of the snow was slated...
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A Quilt for Sassypants
With Melissa's baby girl coming in May, I knew a girly quilt was in my future! I had been pinning away quilts that I liked on Pinterest, but I kept coming back to this one by Holly of Bijou Lovely. I...
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Pixie's Revisited
Our dear friends Jesse and Liz are bringing their baby girl Sophie home from Washington D.C. to be baptized this weekend. I am so excited to meet their sweet little one! Back in September I made...
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Mail Time!
This week has been a good week for mail! Today the mailman delivered this lovely goodness. I participated in the Over the Rainbow Charm swap over at sweet diesel designs. A few weeks back I sent in my...
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Now we wait!
I finished up the last of my sewing for my niece. I've decided that with her arrival coming in about two weeks time, I should stop calling her Sassypants! She did earn the name however - four...
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April 2012
April? Where did you go? I sit here on May 2 looking at pictures of my babies from the past month. It is Mom's birthday, the eighth we have spent without her. Although I miss her dearly, looking at...
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Small Projects Sew Along
I've decided to participate in Amanda Jean's small projects sew along. I feel very overwhelmed right now with house projects, Charlie's school year winding up, PTO responsibilities....I thrive on...
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Small Projects and WIPs
I have finished a few of the projects on my small projects sew along list. The sew along is being hosted by Amanda over at crazy mom quilts. I'm also going to be participating in the Let's Get...
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Slowly but surely
A little girl in this house turned three on Tuesday! We celebrated at home with presents and cake, but we will have a birthday party with some other family members on Saturday. With Ben being gone for...
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May 2012
May was filled with many celebrations. We celebrated Abigail's third birthday, Mother's Day (Yes, the girl is crying in a Mother's Day picture up there. Just keeping things real!), and Memorial Day....
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Hello?
Do you hear those crickets, too? It's been awful quiet here on the blogfront and if I'm being honest, my sewing machine has been quite quiet, too. It's almost like it's summer vacation or something;)...
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Dogwood Medallion
I should have been cleaning last night. Really, I should have. Ben's been out of town all week, and even though we spend most of our time outside, the play area and laundry room in the basement are a...
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Blog Hopping and Hopping Kids
It's my turn in the Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop! I think we all agree that Beth over at Plum and June has been doing a fabulous job organizing this blog hop, from the guest posts to weekly...
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Bean Bags
When I graduated college, a few months away from setting up my very own Kindergarten classroom, I had never used a sewing machine. Nope. Not once. There were many things on my wishlist, but being a...
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Catch the Moment 365
A new year, a new start. It's been a while since I've posted on the little blog. Ahem, a bit of an understatement, no?. Lately I have missed documenting life's beautiful happenings in our little world...
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Week 2 (and 3)
7/365 Second day off of school due to the freezing weather calls for a dance party. And a pouting sister, apparently. 8/365 Last day as a seven year old 9/365 Happy 8th Birthday, Charles Josef!...
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