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travel day. two capitals, fabric, and an old friend.

Posted on June 12, 2024January 5, 2025by sarah

after the rock house hike and otherworld, we made many more stops en route to our next accomodations, making this one day (june 12 to be exact) quite long. while still in columbus, we checked another state capitol building off our list. the kids are still such troopers about this. then we made the first […]

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eighth grade grad.

Posted on June 5, 2024January 3, 2025by sarah

school ended in early june and for ike and hazel, there was little fanfare. but. anna was graduating from 8th grade, middle school, and apparently we make a big deal about these sorts of things. the ceremony was held at wait chapel on wake forest’s campus, if that tells you anything. it was an ordeal. […]

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miscellany of may.

Posted on May 31, 2024January 3, 2025by sarah

as it turns out. may was pretty busy with things that deserved their very own blog posts. so this one will be short and sweet. to kick things off, anna and i did a bit of strawberry picking. we lovelovelove local nc strawberries. i ate healthy. walked and lifted. 🙂 ok. so this part is […]

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end of fourth grade things.

Posted on May 24, 2024January 2, 2025by sarah

as we rolled into may, the end of year school activities began to fill the calendar. it’s mayhem. especially for the crazelnut. firstly, her class had a field trip to hanging rock. obviously i went too. 🙂 the kids went to three different stations, where rangers talked to them about the rock cycle, water cycle, […]

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fpp coneflower obsession begins.

Posted on May 15, 2024January 3, 2025by sarah

one day, i was just scrolling through instagram, when a post about a paper pieced coneflower caught my attention. it would change my life. i scoured the internet for this pattern, finally procured it, via an online version of a magazine, and in very short order, had stitched up my first block. i knew these […]

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bits and pieces of april.

Posted on April 30, 2024January 1, 2025by sarah

first of all. let me tell you a tale of how, when jenn and brandy were visiting, we may or may not have gotten caught up with the idea of getting baby chicks and stopped in at tractor supply and made a complete and total impulse purchase of four baby chicks to add to our […]

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  • cakery and confections

fifty years of ron + cynthia.

Posted on April 28, 2024January 1, 2025by sarah

one of my favorite co-workers at the quilt shop is cynthia. she’s a former school teacher and like a grandma to everyone she meets. when her daughter catherine reached out to ask if i would make a cake for cynthia and her husbands surprise fiftieth anniversary party, of course i said yes. catherine gave me […]

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carebears cake for my friend amanda.

Posted on April 24, 2024January 2, 2025by sarah

my boss and the owner of sewingly yours has a daughter, amanda, who has special needs. amanda’s grandma used to make all of the family birthday cakes, but had some recent health issues and wasn’t able to make amanda’s cake this year. so, amanda recruited me, started about three months before her birthday. 🙂 she […]

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adventure by day. crafts by night.

Posted on April 23, 2024January 1, 2025by sarah

during their stay in winston-salem, jenn and brandy came over several nights, and we participated in all manner of crafting, a favorite activity of the jackson and lidbom girls. more than once, we busted out the paints and glitter and stickers to make cool boxes and treasure chests and other random wooden things procured from […]

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hanging rock with jenn and brandy.

Posted on April 19, 2024January 1, 2025by sarah

really the only thing left on the “cool things to do in winston-salem” checklist when brandy had a day off was hanging rock state park. so. that’s what we did.we decided on the namesake hanging rock trail, which had changed routes since our last visit, adding about a mile round trip. the day was 100% […]

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