Last month Elizabeth and I received an email from Jen at Kiwi Crate asking if we would review two of their "crates".  She said that they would send each of us a sample crate that would have some activities in it based around a certain theme like dinosaurs.  (It would be a crate like the ones that they send out to families who have signed up for their monthly service.)So we said, "sure".Why not?And then I kind of forgot all about it until my husband came home from our PO box with an ADORABLE ... View the Post

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.  THANKS FOR ENTERING!Lindsay from the Cottage Home was one of the first sewing/crafting blogs that I started reading and I have been totally enamored ever since I started reading that first post.  She has such an eye for detail--whether it be food, fabric, or parties---her details are amazing!  (Can I be her when I grow up?)  And her patterns, well, as you can expect, they are the same!  Super well written and the details are all there.  Right down to perfect button ... View the Post

Look at the gem from the thrift store that I scored a couple of weeks ago!  I seriously ran right to it and snatched it up before someone else did.  Although to tell you the truth, nobody else wanted it...no one else even looked at it.Ok.  Let me back up a minute.  I have to tell you all a story.  At the end of last summer I bought some Target-clearanced, turquoise, quatrefoil dishtowels for a buck.  I immediately saw them and thought, "those would make a darling skirt." So, I grabbed two packs ... View the Post