Simple Simon and Company

Thrifted Thursdays

Thrifted Thursday—My Favorite Shirt

This is my favorite shirt.No, I am not an 85 year old woman...at least not for like 50 more years...but even then I will probably still be wearing this wicked awesome old lady shirt because yes, I really wear it.A lot.Although, I should admit that I don't look quite like the mannequin wearing it.I'm um...not so..aaaaa...busty.Not even after having a baby.Apparently I'm just built to look like a 14 year old boy.Anyways....I love this shirt...the style, the color, and the fabric and I bought it ... View the Post

Giveaway

A few things….and a giveaway.

*This giveaway is now closed*While I am working hard on my "finish what you started pile," I have a couple of things to share with you.(And double thanks for the people that made me feel much more sane, by telling me that I am not the only one with such a pile ;)First, this video from the Fish family....the family which I first shared about HERE.  (Get your tissues ready....it will make you so grateful for family and for healthy children.  My heart goes out to this family.)Also, a group of ... View the Post

Boys· Girls· Projects

It’s Time to Add One More Chair…

 I like to dabble in a lot of different things---and painting has always been one of them. Before Simon was born I bought a little raw wood chair which sat in my basement until he was about 3 when I decided to paint it up for him.   This is how it turned out: The quote along the top comes from the book "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery which I was rereading at the time.  It is from one of my favorite sections of the book where the Little Prince is having a conversation with a fox ... View the Post

Projects· sewing

Challenge for the week:

I have given myself a challenge for this week....to finish what I have started.  Because you see, I have a bin sitting on my sewing table of projects that are incomplete.  And.  IT.  IS.  DRIVING.  ME. CRAZY.So, I need to do something about it.  And this is the week to do it.First up on the list was finishing this little romper or jon-jon (what do you can these?).  It was almost done.  It seriously just need buttonholes, buttons and hemming.  And it has been sitting in the bin for months. So, ... View the Post

The Art of Homemaking

The Art of Homemaking: A Report and Facet No.3

Happy Easter Weekend!***THE REPORTLast week was week 3 of working on "Facet No. 2 Another "A":  Ambition".As I said last week I made for myself a ginormous list of tasks to accomplish.But again I didn't complete everything on the list.However, this time I didn't beat myself up about it...everything that was most important got completed---including those things that just come up---stories that need to be told, toenails that need to be painted (mine are currently neon yellow as are most of my ... View the Post