We could not have asked for a more perfect day to host Hadley’s 1st birthday party in our backyard. 70 degrees and sunny at the tail end of September is a rare treat in Michigan! In keeping with the bird/tree/nature theme I was going for, I decorated with burlap as the table coverings and also {…Continue Reading}
Can I just tell you how pleased I am that I got this dress finished in time for Hadley’s first birthday party? Normally, the fabrics would have just sat in the bag until it was too late to possibly finish, or I would try to sew late into the night with a resulting hopeless mess. {…Continue Reading}
Since we’re having a birdie themed party for Hadley’s first birthday, I thought a favor for the birds would be appropriate. I had pinned a couple of versions of these, but the recipe I went with came from The Mother Huddle. Supplies:4 C bird seed feed3/4 C all purpose flour1/2 C water3 T corn syrup1 package of plain {…Continue Reading}
A while back, I had picked up a wooden letter “A” and an “H” in the clearance bin at Michaels. I didn’t have a specific project in mind, but figured I could make something cool for the girls. When I started planning the decor for Hadley’s first birthday party, I remembered them and decided to {…Continue Reading}
I’m ba-ack! Sorry, I’ve just been busy with the usual: banner orders and taking care of two cuties, plus it’s been super busy at work (I do have a day job – at least part of the time!) with reporting/forecasting, I had to do an inventory count near Chicago, and then we just wrapped up quarterly product cost {…Continue Reading}
Arden has gained full proficiency on lacing cards, so I thought it was time to introduce her to a new challenge: potholders! I posted a little glimpse in my OMG Skillet Apple Pie post, saying: “We have a family tradition of making potholders – I used to make them and my Mom made them and {…Continue Reading}
Since Arden met the earliest age requirement for preschool offered through her daycare last year, she is now beginning her second year of preschool, and will have one more year before beginning Kindergarten in 2014 (eek!). Last year I didn’t change my work schedule, so she only had one day of school each week. This {…Continue Reading}
We’re on vacation staying in a rental cottage with a nice kitchen. So before we left, I went through my pinned recipes and pulled out a few that I wanted to try. One of them was for individual apple pies made in the apple with a lattice crust. Just one problem – tiny apples. So I {…Continue Reading}
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of NECTRESSEâ„¢Sweetener for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.One of the things we’ve begun doing each summer as a family is rent a vacation cottage for a week at the end of the season. This year, Dave has also begun a major health overhaul so {…Continue Reading}
Well, Hadley is ten months old (or… nearly 11 months – at least I’m consistently late!). Capturing her picture on the quilt was literally an aerobic activity this month – every time I got her on it and picked up the camera, she’d roll over and crawl off. Then I’d have to put the camera down so I {…Continue Reading}
