Since I had surgery on my foot on the Friday before Christmas, we pretty much stayed home for the holidays. Firstly, I wanted to share the faces I put on Clementine and Rose, the Black Apple dolls I made for the girls. I decided to go with embroidery and to have the eyes closed since Arden is {…Continue Reading}
This year for Father’s Day we celebrated Daddy for the whole day. I don’t remember where I saw the idea about a gift every hour, but that’s what I went with. Here was the schedule for today: 7:00 AM Starbuck’s in a customized mug8:00 AM A relaxing bath with Man Soap 9:00 AM Hand and footprint {…Continue Reading}
As proof that I stepped away from flag production to celebrate Easter with my family, here are a few from an egg hunt we took Arden and Hadley to at our local state park and then dying eggs at home later that day. I have more photos from Easter morning with baskets and another egg hunt {…Continue Reading}
I decided to make up a little gift for Arden to pass out at daycare. My Mom had introduced me to the concept of Snowman Soup a couple of years ago, and I thought it would be perfect for a bunch of two to four year-olds. The bags and labels were Avery printable bag toppers {…Continue Reading}
I made my first pair of shoes today! I used a pattern from Amy at Naptime Crafter’s Etsy store; Peekaboo Pattern Shop. I won a giveway on Fingerprints on the Fridge a while ago and I had chosen as one of my prizes the Pleated Mary Jane shoe pattern. Amy and I were both participants on Project {…Continue Reading}
Yesterday we had a pretty activity-filled day. In the morning, Arden and I went to Target to get all of our Easter supplies. Then after nap, we “Egged” two of our neighbors! This is a fun idea similar to Boo’ing where you hide treat-filled eggs around their yard and then leave an egg carton with {…Continue Reading}
Here’s a quickie table runner quilt I made for my Mom from the remnants of my 12 Days of Christmas tree skirt, plus a few more strips from the Moda jelly roll: Remember the tree skirt? After cutting my triangles, I was left with some pretty good-sized strips that I thought would be just right {…Continue Reading}
My husband is not one of those men who pays close attention to determines the exact right gift to surprise his lovely wife with for birthdays and Christmases. So he asks what I want, I tell him and he usually gets it and acts like it’s a big surprise. Not so bad when you ask {…Continue Reading}
I had grand intentions of getting a nice new artificial tree this year, but I didn’t get myself into gear in time. So, I brought up the little pre-lit one my Mom had given us years ago, and set it on a little table that she had used as a little girl to keep it {…Continue Reading}
Super simple – only three ingredients, but they combine into pure bliss! It’s hard to get a clear picture of the image, but above are santa and bells and holly stamped shortbread cookies. These are made with Ryecraft cookie stamps, but you could make them using anything that would leave a nice impression on the {…Continue Reading}
