for christmas, i decided to make my mom a quilt. first, i thought about making a patchwork quilt from a massive pile of retro/vintage fabrics i picked up at a yard sale years ago. when i couldn’t really determine the quality of the fabrics, i changed my mind. then, one day, while perusing fabrics at […]
crafty
chairs
a few weeks ago, i scored these two chairs for $5 each at a childrens consignment sale. i took isaac to lowes to pick out paint colors. he decided on lime green for his and blue for anna. (with a bit of guidance from me). then, i got to work. between coats. in their final […]
linus 2.0 and making my kids like the things i like.
first, some background info: isaac had a favorite blanket. we never left home without it. he couldn’t sleep without it. we worried about what would ever happen if it were misplaced. we scoured the internet for backup blankets. we asked my gramma, who bought it for him in the first place, if she could rustle […]
soul blossom quilt
Awhile back, I bought a ginormous (read: expensive) fat quarter pack of Amy butler’s soul blossom fabrics, with the hopes of making a king quilt for our bed. I unpacked them and began to have a bit of buyer’s remorse as there was a bit more brown than I accounted for. I hopped online for […]
m.i.a.
wow. it’s been awhile since my last entry. sorry. i have no great excuse. after our trip to ny, jake returned with us. he was here for two weeks. we had a lot of fun. he and isaac played hours upon hours of video games. during gaming breaks, they wrestled. or played transformers. jake is […]
july 4th garb
since we live fairly close to the coolest fireworks show in town, we have had a party with a few of our closest friends each of the last few years. this year was no exception. well, it was an exception, because “a few” turned into “50” and the outdoor cookout was rained out and we […]
pay it forward
at the beginning of this year, i participated in a facebook “pay-it-forward” challenge. someone had posted that they would send a handmade gift to the first five people to comment on their status, and in return, each of those five people was to post a similar status, stating they would made a handmade gift for […]
gingham quilt
got the bright idea from crazy mom quilts blog to make a gingham quilt. i had it done from start to finish in like 12 days. and that includes some down time when i moved my craft room from a cramps corner of the bedroom to the basement (dungeon). and some down time while i […]
indoor tree house.
we have been trying to settle on what to do with the dormer window in isaac’s room ever since we knew we were having him. for the first year or so, it was home to his glider rocker. it’s had a tent squeezed in occasionally. but, we were looking for something with more “wow”. well, […]
romper room
after reading a blog post about how easy it is to do shirring and make a romper, i decided i needed to make anna a sweet summer outfit… so, bridgette and i hit up karen gray’s, a local fabric store and i picked out a pretty little fabric (to match anna’s pink sneakers, of course). […]