My parents were visiting several months ago and my dad had a book with him that had a wide elastic band around the outside cover. I asked him what it was and he showed me that it was this great little bookmark that held its pages closed and secure…..no matter what. So no more throwing […]
Did you visit my blog yesterday and think I was crazy?!?! Yes, the Embellished Diapers from yesterday was an April Fool’s Joke!!!!! I don’t really decorate my garbage. Ha! If you scroll all the way down to yesterday’s post, I explain how my daughter Elli saw me making those and was so traumatized […]
I was cleaning up a few things in my craft/sewing room over the weekend and realized just how full my box of fabric scraps had become. I decided I needed to come up with some sort of project to use up some of those fabric pieces…….pronto. And I know not all of you have […]
Last year for Easter, we adopted a new silly tradition that I saw online. (It was everywhere…….you’ve probably seen it too??) It involves planting jelly beans…….and having Lollipops sprout up the next day. My kiddos looooooved it. And talked about it A L L. Y E A R. L O N G. […]
Even though time hasn’t been on my team lately, I decided to hurry and make a little something for the kiddos for Easter Sunday. One of my most favorite memories as a child is going to the fabric store with my mom every spring, picking out a pattern, deciding on fabric and notions, and […]
First of all, thanks so much for all the tips, advice and emails regarding my Blog Issues that I shared yesterday. I will look into all those feed suggestions you mentioned. And I have a long list of names who I’m looking through to help me with tech issues and let me tell you…….I’m so […]
I extended the Six Sisters’ Stuff Cookbook giveaway and the Children’s Book giveaway for one more day. Closes tonight (Mar. 25th, 11:59pm MST) Hurry on over! :) . . . . . Okay, today is blog maintenance day. I have a few things that I need a little advice/help with……and I’m just feeling a […]
A friend asked me a few weeks ago how to add side pockets into a skirt that she had. I tried explaining in words…..but I could tell the verbal explanation just wasn’t making sense. It was sounding way more complicated than it needed to be. I could see that if I had fabric in […]