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Friends, I’ve been dying to share this gem of a book with all of you! Hand in Hand: Crafting with Kids, by Jenny Doh, hit the shelves on April 3rd and I’ve been waiting until after all the Easter holiday fun was over to introduce this book you. If you are not already familiar with …
Hello friends! Sorry I have been so MIA lately. We have been sick, sick, sick. Basically every virus going around, we caught it…and one right after the other. But I’m happy to say, that we are seeming to be more or less in the clear and feeling much much better. Which is great, because I’m …
I’ve been having a lot of fun adapting my work to fabric and wanted to share a few items with you. Now in my shop I’m offering some of your most beloved prints in pillow form!Shop Love is Spoken Here and I Lovely Love My Family pillows here! Order before Dec. 15 for Christmas delivery. …
OK, so I officially have the quilt bug. I get it. While my quilts up to this point have been very simple, I understand why spending long hours, working on intricate patterns and tiny stitches is completely worth it…and…slightly addicting. I’ve had in my mind a simple modern black cat quilt idea for a year …
Hope you all had a most wonderful Halloween full of spooks, spirits and seriously good loot. We certainly did and let me tell you, we are plum tuckered out. The boys had very specific ideas for what they wanted to be this year and to my initial chagrin, they did not go together. I wasn’t …
Remember these Easy Breezy End-of-Summer scarves? Well, as temperatures are dropping and fall is at our door step, I’ve been itching to make a few more of them, but this time for the Littles.And if you think the first version was easy breezy, you’ll be more than happy with how quickly you can whip these …
Hi Friends! If you are like me, you are anxious to get your kids costumes in the works in order to leave time for lots of Spooky fun during the month of October. And if you want some great, yet simple, costume ideas, Look no further than CountryLiving.com. Our knight costumes from last year were …
These past few weeks have been a crazy whirlwind of moving, getting Little A ready to start Kindergarten (sigh..) and working on a number of illustration jobs. To keep me up at night and plowing forward, I consumed a marathon’s worth of HGTV Design Star, Dear Genevieve and finally managed to get caught up with …
So I’ve been a busy, busy bee this past month. In between a number of illustration projects, preparing for a move and trying to keep my littles entertained in the California heat, I’ve managed to squeeze in a 2-day, day camp that I just happened to be in charge of planning and carrying out. The …
While on our recent travels to see family and friends I couldn’t help but be inspired by my lovely nieces. After spending a couple of days with them I knew right away that I wanted to do a simple sewing/dress up craft with them. Lucky for me, they were willing to indulge their silly I-must-create-while-even-on-vacation …