Today I'm taking part in the Studio Spotlight series at The Sewing Loft and Ellison Lane. All week they are spotlighting sewing spaces all over blog land. And today you get to see into my space. Not that it is anything exciting....it is probably the most boring sewing space in the bunch! But it's functional and I can leave my stuff out and it won't get snatched which is want I wanted needed with lots of small fingers around this place. Let me first say that I don't have a dedicated sewing ... View the Post
Girls Ruffled Apron Tutorial
Hey! Today I am knee deep (actually it's more like up to my eyeballs) in preparing for some upcoming events: sewing for the fashion show at Riley Blake's Fabric Fest, putting things together for our class at The Sewing Summit, and a top secret project that Elizabeth and I are CRAZY excited about. (Ok, it's not top secret...but we aren't ready to spill the beans just yet....) So, while I'm outside cutting and sewing on the patio (and letting the kids enjoy one of their last days of summer ... View the Post
Handmade Gifting
Hey! Today we are over at Bugaboo, Mini, Mr. & Mewhere cute Kimberly has her great series: Gift It Good going on. And we are over there sharing some of our favorite handmade gifts......like this bag...Rug Bag Tutorial(It's one of my favorites...both to make and to use.) So head on over THERE and see what other tutorials of our gifting past that we've rounded up for you!-liZ ... View the Post
THe Art of Homemaking: Digging for Gold or How to Live in Anticipation
I'm not very good with uncertainty.In fact, I hate it.To the point that I read the last page of every book first, before I even begin I see what happens at the end.(Yes. I really do this. With every single book I read. Always have. Always will.) I like to know the end from the beginning.I need to know that everything will be ok. That things will turn out as they should and that the good guys will win. This compulsive need sometimes makes raising my children hard...especially at this time of ... View the Post
A Baptism Dress.
My only little girlie was baptized a couple of weeks ago.....and it was such a good day. My neighbor and friend Alexia took these pictures of her a week or so before in her white dress. She thought the whole thing was very exciting because it meant she got to have her own photoshoot with someone other than her mom. We even put on a little bit of blush and mascara and hurried out one evening to catch the "golden hour" sun and the pictures turned out so beautifully. For the dress, I ... View the Post
$5 Friday—Simple Science Experiments
So for what seems like forever now Simon has been after me to let him start a club. A "Man Science Club". So this summer I finally let him do it. He and 5 buddies have been meeting every other week to conduct science experiments. Seeing how science isn't really my thing I wasn't sure how this was going to go.Fortunately it's been really, really fun. Here are a few of the things that we did our first week:We were talking about reactions...items that repel & items that attract... We started ... View the Post
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