Hello everybody.I just wanted to put up a quick post to update you on Ruth.Thank you for all the comments and the emails.We had a rough night last night...and one of her ear is oozing blood so we are just sitting here trying to keep comfortable until she can see the doctor. (Right now she is working on unloading my thread jar.) Have any of you had little ones with tubes and bloody ears?(Please someone say yes, and that it was normal....)We get to go to the doctors soon and so that will make me ... View the Post
You Can’t Judge a Pattern by Its Cover–Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest
Today's "ugly duckling" pattern comes to us by way of Aesthetic Nest. I am sure you all know Anneliese and her impeccable sewing, her beautiful styling, and her gorgeous little girls but if you don't you really need to put her on your reading list! She is sharing how she modernized this vintage pattern..... into this beautiful swan.Go HERE to see her "swan" come to life......Thanks Anneliese!!!! ... View the Post
Ugly Pattern #1—A Tip Toe Through The Tulips
Ok, so when Elizabeth and I were planning out our ugly pattern party I scheduled myself to go first because I didn't think that I could wait any longer to share my very favorite "ugly" pattern.I bought it for a quarter (along with some other lovelies) in a strangers basement where Elizabeth and I ended up one evening. (Long story.) Anyways, when I saw this pattern I totally had to buy it. That was a few years ago and may have actually been what sparked the idea for this series because we've ... View the Post
“You Can’t Judge An Ugly Vintage Pattern By Its Cover” Party
Elizabeth and I both love vintage patterns. In fact, if we are using a pattern it is a rare occasion for us NOT to be using a vintage pattern. We just love them. Most of my early sewing was limited strictly to vintage patterns. I just think they are the best---the pieces, the instructions, the illustrations, the styles..... However, sometimes to see the potential waiting inside the envelope you have to look past the photo on the cover. Take this beauty for instance: That girl in the photo ... View the Post
The Art of Homemaking: Beautiful Things
"The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."-PlatoSometimes as a mother I beat myself up. (I'm sure none of you ever do that, right?)I think am I doing this right, am I doing enough of that, am I giving them enough of this, and I should have done that and that and that better.These questions and doubts float around in my brain more than I'd like. But the other day Grace and I were "working" on the floor in our jammies while Ruth napped. I was ... View the Post
Success Tips for My Younger Self: Kaplan University Post
So...Aside from sewing, crafting, and eating nachos I have another addiction---school. Not much time passes between my enrollment in school of one kind or another. After graduating from a local university I began using my degree teaching art and history. (A job that I LOVED.) During my second year of teaching I discovered a night class that another university offered that I could attend and earn a degree in special education...and before I knew it I had finished the course and was off to ... View the Post
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