photo source I am participating in a sponsored campaign hosted by Advil® as part of the Advil® Relief in Action campaign.  I received compensation for this post.  While all opinions stated are my own, I make no claims about Advil® as a product or its effectiveness. A little over a year ago my parents' neighborhood flooded.  A devastating summer wildfire on the mountains above their home left a huge burn scar and when the fall rains came, instead of soaking up the water, the ash and mud came ... View the Post

Today we are doing something we"ve never done before.We are having a Black Friday sale. Here"s how it works:Below are posted 3 tutorials from our blog.Under each tutorial are kits for sale. Each kit will contain the items needed to make the project from each tutorial.Listed under the photo for each kit are the contents of the kit, the price, and the number of kits still available. If you would like to purchase a kit please send us an email with the items you"d like to buy.  We will then send you ... View the Post

Today we are over at Whatever Dee-Dee Wants.....sharing in her "Give Thanks" series.  And our part is a kid-friendly craft that you can make Thanksgiving morning (or before) to keep little hands busy.  I cut out all the materials and let my crew go to town....and they loved it! See you there!!! And when you finish over there, we are also over at I Am Momma Hear Me Roar today participating in her 3rd annual Refashionista series.  Sooooo...head on over there to see what we made out of this:(I kind ... View the Post

 Ok...let me explain.... Yes I made this skirt. Yes Grace is going to wear it. But no...I didn't "design" it. Here's the story: Over at Project Run and Play it's "Mad for Plaid" week and I wanted to sew along. You see, the thing is when Elizabeth and I come up with the themes for Project Run and Play we choose themes that we would want to sew along with and I really wanted to sew along with every single week this time...but then I had so much going on that I just wasn't able. And (for ... View the Post

I actually made this dress at the beginning of the summer (and have worn it everywhere!) but am just now getting to blog about it.  A couple years ago I made the caftan dress, and this dress is just an updated version with a little more of a sleeve built into the pattern itself.....but just as easy! And when I say 90 minutes from start to finish.....I promise that it really will be around that amount of time (depending on how much the phone rings, or how many kid questions you have to ... View the Post

This was the one quilt that I completed this summer.  I even took it on vacation with me! (I think only a nutty sew-er thinks about the sewing projects she is going to take on vacation with her...seriously.)  But it was relaxing and a stress-free sewing project...so it was fun.It is a nine-patch quilt with the leftover fabric from The Princess and the Pea projects (which in cased you missed you will see again on Friday) and  boy was I glad that there was enough leftover to piece together the ... View the Post