Move over permanent marker, I now have a new, legit fabric doodle buddy. In the past I’ve been know to draw on sheets with permanent marker (for little A’s first birthday I drew characters on sheets for the children to color in with chalk. It worked really well. When I washed the sheets the chalk …
[sew your own vintage swim suit]
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I’m not sure my sewing skills are up for the challenge of this Burda Style vintage swim pattern but I might give it a go anyhow. Is this not the cutest suit ever?
Vintage Americana part II
My talented little sister managed to squeeze in some digital processing between morning sickness, birthdays and the usual busy mom schedule so that I could show you all the rest of these photos she took of our little family. Thanks LJ! ***for those of you who asked-I used the Project Runway Simplicity pattern 2725 for …
[blueberry muffins and…]
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On Monday we celebrated Jon’s birthday. We started the day off with blueberry spice muffins, bacon and eggs and then proceeded on to gifts. Little A was very excited about this. I asked him what he wanted to give daddy and he said, “A big box! and then we can say Happy Birthday!”So a big …
[What my hair is supposed to look like…]
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Isn’t the hair on this Keller NY model just heavenly? But believe you me…to get that messy, soft and tousled look, with a good bang sweep, is a whole lot harder than just waking up. After having the two littles my hair has become much more curly…or I should say “wavy” (used to be pretty …
[school portraits and…]
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Things are slowing down a bit over here as we enjoy our lazy days of summer.Just the other day little A and I had fun making and eating homemade Cookies ‘n’ Cream in an effort to cool off a bit.As you can see everything melted all over the upper lip…right where it belongs. We have …
[sharing with you a little slice of our…]
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I thought I’d better share with you a few snapshots of our splendid Fourth of July celebration before the month was actually over. I’m still waiting on a few photos that my little sis took of us that I will of course post later.I was so happy with how all the boys ensembles turned out. …
[home again, home again]
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Hello friends. I’m finally back from my lovely trip. Finally back in my own glorious bed and slowly getting back into my dependable routine. When I get my act completely together and my head on straight I’ll have pictures to share of the festivities, so stay tuned. In the mean time I wanted to share …
[party prep and a…]
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Sorry the posting has been so infrequent as of late. I’ve been traveling and in the middle of Fourth of July party prep…And if I take one thing away from all of this it will be to never buy in bulk from M&M World in Vegas. Yes you may be assigned to bring red, white …
[summer magic…]
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Things are coming along with my Summer Magic party sewing. I still have some finishing touches to do on this little overall number for baby O but I’m happy with it so far. I tried it on him and it’s to die for. Truly.And here are little A’s knickers that I mentioned earlier. They are …