Oh my sweet Bennet. I’m going to take a brief break from sewing like a mad woman for the Christmas Bazaar and update everyone on you at FOUR MONTHS. Look how big you’re getting! I just took you to the doctor today and you were 24.25 inches tall and 11 pounds 12 ounces! You are …
Yearly Archives: 2012
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
Mary M you are our lucky winner! mary m – Love them! And you look great mama! I think I love all the rickrack that ribbon jar carriesNovember 7, 2012 – 1:36 pm Yes, I love all the ric-rac too. And I promise random.org picked this comment, but I still appreciate the compliment!
Ribbon Jar Blog Hop! (and a giveaway, yay!)
Hello wonderful people. I’ve been thinking about getting back into the swing of things in this space, starting with a blog hop! My first! Ok so I coordinated the blog hop, but still I’m excited 🙂 You may remember that I sold the Ribbon Jar to my mom last year, well she’s done a ton …
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My Little Brown Hairstreak
Oh my silly Tuesday. She decided she wanted to be a brown hairstreak butterfly and went on and on about it’s beautiful tan color (the butterfly was pictured on this post). The tan body was no problem. I pulled out an old Stretch and Sew pattern for a simple raglan sweatshirt type top and traced …
Spider Web Skirt
Last year two of the Jo-Ann’s in town closed so they could make one mega Jo-Ann’s. For some reason when they open a new store they don’t use any inventory from old stores, so everything was on sale. It took me a while to realize this was happening and I didn’t get many awesome deals. …
Three Months
Oh I’m just a cute little baby… LA LA LA I like to talk! I’m such a happy girl. HI INTERNET!!! These are actually 3 months + 1 day, because 3 months ended like this: Beware the big sister monster! (side note: We are having issues with our heaters upstairs – thousands of ants invaded …
Other people sewing for my kids
It’s Kids Clothes Week Challenge this week and even though I have managed to sew for an hour every day I don’t have one finished thing to show for it! My mom however has been kicking butt. She made Bennet these upcycled pants from an old sweater. I lanolized them and am using them as …
Addicted to the Ombré
Oh man, I love making these simple quilts. This one was for my little friend Madeline on her first birthday. This was the first one I made, based off this one from a flickr user. I contacted her and told her I was making the quilts, and she was so sweet. I asked if she …
We’ve been…
Starting our SECOND year of dance. Second? Yes! In the “big girl” class (4-5 year olds) she loves it! Taking over Ribbon Jar for my mom while she was on vacation. Did you see the new look? Awesome! I’m so excited for my mom! I’m so glad it’s not me running it. Bennet HATED being …
Staycation
I meant to post this earlier, but Bj is off work this week for a staycation! See you next week. (Tuesday posing in her new vintage 60s jacket. Could not resist the $9.50 price tag.)