Monday I stopped off at one of my favorite thrift stores. We'd had a long day and an even longer weekend. My kids and I were all tired and grumpy but it was on our way home and I was hoping some fun finds would cheer me up.Wrong.The store was super crowded which meant I had to drag my complaining family a million miles across a million degree parking lot. Once inside I loaded Gracie into the cart and Simon chose to ride hanging onto the front because he was "too tired' to walk.As we worked our ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursday– A Thrift Store Ruffle Skirt
{It must be the week of sewing skirts for ourselves...first Liz's....and today mine. And we never sew for ourselves! Liz's was darling, but mine....ummmm....I think I will stick to kiddie things.} I made this skirt out of a Pottery Barn Crib skirt that was NEW in its packaging at the thrift store for $4.....SCORE! You saw on Tuesday what I did with the inside white part (it was over a yard of fabric inside....) And then I decided to make a skirt for me out of the bottom ruffles. So ... View the Post
Boys Week + Thrifted Thursdays = Field Journals
Simon likes to collect and inspect weird things he finds outside like bugs, rocks, and these little beauties: (Anyone know what they are? Or will I have to just wait until they hatch inside the jar on my kitchen counter?) This summer I decided that when he makes his discoveries I will have him make a page about them at some point during that day. On the page I have him record things like what he found, where he found it, what he thinks things are or look like. Here he traced the ... View the Post
Thrifted Thursday: Gracie’s Summer Sun Suit
Hey! So, welcome to our second week of Thrifted Thursdays. Let's get started.Awhile back I bought a Strawberry Shortcake sewing pattern for a sun suit. (It cost $0.25 and came from the basement of someone selling off boxes her aunts old patterns. What a find!)Then a few weeks later I saw over on Kojo Designs a series on coloring your summer. For some reason that series got me to thinking about the summers of my childhood. All those memories were filled with warmth, and sunsets, and the smell of ... View the Post
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