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100 Days

100 Days

Yesterday was supposed to be the 100th day of school here. However, the Polar Vortex of 2019 has hit southern Kentucky and the temperature with wind chill is in the negative teens. School systems all…
WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

I've made only a little bit of progress on my Barley Light hat . I try to do a few rows a day. I did manage to pull out my totes of yarn and try to do some type of organizing. I'm already tryi…
100 Days of School | FREE Download

100 Days of School | FREE Download

Today is the 100th day of school here. When my older kids were in elementary school, they celebrated the 100th day, but they never wanted shirts. I think we did a few cereal necklaces with Fruit Loo…
Hello April!

Hello April!

New month, new season, new beginnings. I've been thinking of taking the kids on a day trip sometime this week since it is their Spring Break week. On Easter, me and the girls made tie dye shirts…
Pinwheel Pillow

Pinwheel Pillow

Curses! I can’t crochet! *sends link to my mom* This crochet pattern is available for free - Pinwheel Pillow
Twinsies

Twinsies

I didn't exactly plan to be all matchy with my 3.5 year old, but it turned out that we do kind of match. My dress is made with one of my grandmother's vintage sheets!  It's super soft and …
WIP Wednesday {May 6th}

WIP Wednesday {May 6th}

I finished up a third dress for Ro this morning.  I haven't taken any photos of it yet though.  Today I started on something new.  A dress for myself.  The pattern is called the Angie Dress and y…
Spring Fling

Spring Fling

My Mom recently gave me some vintage sheets and pillowcases.  Ok, so maybe I asked her if she had any hiding in a box in the closet.  She had these pretty flower pillowcases that I thought would make…
WIP Wednesday {April 29th}

WIP Wednesday {April 29th}

I'm still knitting along on this Oriental Lily dress .  I didn't work on it at all over the weekend so progress is a little slower than I would like.  Oh and I did the first round of increases…
WIP Wednesday

WIP Wednesday

Today I started the Oriental Lily dress pattern by Georgie Hallam.  I'm making the 3T size based on my daughter's chest measurements.  Using Knit Picks CotLin DK weight yarn in Harbor and Sag…
Blue Bow Tie Baby

Blue Bow Tie Baby

Saturday evening Neil comes in the living room. Neil:  "Mom, I need black dress pants, a white button up shirt, and a tie." Me:  "Err, ok.  When do you need these by?" Neil:  "T…
Do-Dads and Cars and Crayons! Oh my!

Do-Dads and Cars and Crayons! Oh my!

That's right y'all!  The Etsy shop is now open! After I made Rowan her cute little purse so she could carry all her little do-dads, I knew I had to make more and share the love. They are the p…
Halfway There

Halfway There

Today is June 30th.  The last day of June.  This is RIDONKULOUS.  How are we already halfway through the year?!  This is simply not possible.  I clearly must have dozed off from February through May.…
Bubble Butt

Bubble Butt

I haven't done much sewing since last year.  I didn't realize just how much the youngest has grown in that year until she tried to wear a little dress I'd made that was no longer a dress,…
First Things First

First Things First

Way back in January, I made a list of 30 goals for the year.  I had to shorten the list of goals from previous years .  In 2012, it had been 52 and I didn't come anywhere close.  This year is goi…
Turning Scraps into Something Useful

Turning Scraps into Something Useful

I bought a huge pack of Sharpies to use with my huge stack of postcards that I bought to use with my new Post Crossing membership.  If you haven't heard of Post Crossing, it's a postcard exch…
Izzy Ruffle, It's Like the Icky Shuffle, but Cuter

Izzy Ruffle, It's Like the Icky Shuffle, but Cuter

Excuse the fact that my daughter is standing on a table. Oh and also all the clutter.  Ahem... moving on.  I love those cute little ruffle pants you see everywhere, but who the heck wants to pay $40+…
It's Not Sew Hard

It's Not Sew Hard

Over the weekend,  I decided to start working on a couple of patterns that I recently purchased from Blank Slate Patterns . If you follow me through Instagram  then you already know that I had a few is…