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  This weekend in the midst of the Easter hullabaloo I decided to commit to 30 Days of Spring Cleaning WITH My Toddler by participating in a Spring Cleaning challenge at Mommysavers. I may not post every single day but today is Day 1 so let’s go! The first task on the list is mirrors. This…
  A few days ago I saw the image above posted on facebook by Mommysavers and thought…I wonder if I could do that challenge and teach my toddler about cleaning at the same time? I know your first thought may be, “wow slave labor, how classy!” But hear me out! My idea was more about doing something together every…
We are following along with Jessie over at Play Create Explore for her weekly color explorations. This week is Black. Jessie really found some awesome activities, oodles of them actually! I have to say this was pretty challenging for me. We don’t have a ton of black toys or food and Ladybug was sick so we didn’t…
We have been following along with Play Create Explore and their weekly exploration of color. Last week was green. This week is red. One thing that I have learned so far from these themes is to think of new ways to use what we have around the house…things I’ve overlooked before! Here are some activities that…
I have a baby shower coming up for a lovely cousin and it made me think of what gifts, gadgets and gear were my favorites over the past couple years. This is highly personal and everyone will have different favorites but here are some of mine:Books & Videos:The Happiest Baby on the Block DVDÂ I…
We have been following along with Play Create Explore and their weekly exploration of color. Last week was yellow. This week is green. Here are some activities that we did at our house: White Rice Sensory Tub on Green Light Box Using our multi-colored light box we turned the green lights on and placed 2 large food storage…
Yes, I DID say Pimp Your Light Box….because this post is all about making your very own, DIY Light Box that is both remote controlled AND multi-colored! Okay now 90% of people who read this will think, wow, what a major dork! But I know some of you out there are thinking, Aww yeah, I…
It sure has been a while since I’ve blogged! Strangely, I haven’t had as much passion for sewing since I’ve had kids but I realized that my creativity has been coming out more in other ways…namely finding and creating activities for my kids and finding deals online. There is a lot of online inspiration in these areas and…
My husband surprised me with a serger as a gift for our first anniversary (what a GUY!)! I know what you may be thinking, the first anniversary is supposed to be paper but believe me I’ll take this any day! My serger is a Brother 1034D Overlock and had been sitting in my amazon wishlist…
I am really loving this new Oliver + S Tea Party Sundress Pattern! I do have to admit, I’ve made 3 in total and I started out with the real pattern and then slowly made each subsequent dress less and less complex, but still, it’s so fun! The colors don’t show very well in the…
I have been desparately wanting to sew something- ANYTHING- successfully with a knit fabric. I have tried and given up on 3 prior attempts. I feel like I just won an oscar though because I need to thank the academy of amazing and helpful sewers who by way of blogs and other online postings helped…
MLK Day found me off work and at home, crafting. I thought I’d make my co-workers cup cozies since we all drink coffee and tea in the office. We have paper cups but we don’t have the cardboard holders so I thought these would come in handy. They’re reversible and washable. And I got 17…
So I have been thinking of trying couching a ribbon onto some fabric for use in my coasters. I tried it tonight to decent, if mixed results. In general these did not come out perfect. I also used a fleece liner inside so the part I left open to turn it inside out sticks out…
This project is from a book called Bend the Rules Sewing. They add a ribbon in theirs but I just wanted to try my hand at some of these so I went without. I am hoping to have some friends over for a sewing day to make holiday gifts and other fun things so I…
In a stubborn yet heartfelt move I decided to sew bolero jackets for my bridesmaids to match their dresses. Having never set a sleeve before, it was an adventure but with a great pattern from Fitz Patterns and some advice from my Mother-in-Law-to-be, they turned out better than expected. I say better than expected because…
Well it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything because I’ve been busy wedding planning but here it is finally- my first skirt! I was waiting for a nice day to wear it and the beautiful weather finally showed up. It’s a wrap skirt and I used the method in “Sew What! Skirts” to make…
I’m told that Kayla, my fiance’s niece also received a kitchen set for Christmas and uses her Apron a lot! Hmmm….maybe I’ll have to make her some more! :oD
Well I am super proud of completing every one of the aprons I wanted to give as Christmas gifts! The day before one x-mas get together I actually completed 7 aprons in less than 7 hours! Of course I had cut and pressed all my fabric the night before, but still. Yay for aprons! (You…
Well this time the new thing I tried was the v-neck style that looks a little like a wrap dress. Again, no pattern, just blind cutting and sewing. One of these days I’ll learn to do things “the right way” but for now I like trying to figure it out myself. The design is not…
Impact-Site-Verification: -1627368102 I gave my first apron as a gift! My friend Vanessa invited us to their annual holiday dinner party so I brought her one as a hostess gift. It looked exactly like this one execpt it had a pink trim. This is the pear fabric that I have in three different colors and…
