It’s time for Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays at A Jennuine Life! Did you see?!!! I get to compete in Sew-vivor, a sewing competition over at Family Ever After. The other ladies are amazing, so we’ll see how long I “sew-vive”! What did you make this week? Are you taking thrift store finds or items you’ve {…Continue Reading}
Archive | March, 2013
Sew-vivor: I Made the Top 10!!
See the button on my sidebar? I put that there when I submitted a project for consideration as a contestant for Sew-vivor, hosted by Family Ever After. I used my Sparkle… Shine… Swirl… dress as my audition because I do love the way it turned out! Well, apparently the judges liked it as well because {…Continue Reading}
The Julia Jacket by Shwin Designs
Recently, I volunteered to pattern test for Shauna at Shwin&Shwin and Shwin Designs. I was delighted to receive a pre-release PDF pattern of The Julia Jacket. Isn’t it cute? It’s available for only $9 through Shwin Designs on Big Cartel or you can click over from Shwin&Shwin. The pattern is released now so I can {…Continue Reading}
Thrifty to Nifty Features #10
There were lots of new friends at the party this week in addition to those who come back each week – thanks so much for visiting and sharing your inspiration! Here are the links that I’m featuring this week – grab a button if you were featured: Mae at The Life of a Compulsive Crafter {…Continue Reading}
Rainbow Birthday Party
The big day came and went, and it was a huge success! Every time we host a birthday party I think I get a little better about expectations and time management… This time we were only doing last minute decorations after guests arrived, not still prepping and putting food out as we’ve been guilty of {…Continue Reading}
Rainbow Party: Favors
Getting ready for a kid’s birthday party adds the fun element of party favors. I love trying to come up with things which will be appreciated by guests and coordinate with the theme, if possible. Remember this great project by Amy at Serving Pink Lemonade? It was linked up at one of my Thrifty to {…Continue Reading}
Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays #10
Welcome to the tenth installment of Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays at A Jennuine Life! This week I shared this latitude/longitude wall art with special meaning as part of my regular contributor gig at Project Inspire. What did you make this week? Are you taking thrift store finds or items you’ve had laying about the house {…Continue Reading}
Arden’s Rainbow Birthday Dress
Planning for Arden’s Rainbow birthday party has been really fun. Â There’s no lack of inspiration out there, so when I was getting ready to make her rainbow birthday dress, I showed her my Pinterest board where I had been gathering ideas and she chose from this dress from among them. We went to Jo-Ann’s and {…Continue Reading}
Thrifty to Nifty Features #9
Sorry the features are a little late this week – we’ve been fighting an illness that’s making the rounds through our family. Thanks so much to everyone who linked up this week! It’s so exciting to see all the great projects linked up each time. Here are the links that I’m featuring this week – {…Continue Reading}
Four
Oh, Arden. Another year passed by in what seems a blink of an eye. I suppose having an infant in the house on the year you turn four can do that. You’ve grown and changed so much over this past year – just look at you and what you’ve done! You went on your first {…Continue Reading}
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