Celebrating crafts, kids and the everyday through photographs.
Author: Amber
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A perennial favorite (Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival). First way back in 2006 (by the way I totally thought he was going to propose that day. And also, whoa, I’ve been blogging for 8 years?!?!). The day I took the positive pregnancy test (that turned out to be Tuesday) in 2008 (also that closet is now stairs to our second floor). The first time I took Tuesday in 2010, and the last time I went in 2011. Oh time you crazy thing. Two girls. It was super sunny today and we loved it. This is pre fall…
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The I can’t help myself, this is too cute suit! Um, ya. I just want to eat her up! I started with this vintage pattern: Simplicity 9738 from 1980 (the year I was born!) I’ve been sewing with knits… a lot! This is a micro fleece from Jo-Ann’s (I could make a couple dozen of these, I went a wee bit crazy on Black Friday). Yes, fleece is a knit material (choose your needles accordingly!). The only place I varied from the pattern was with the hood. When I was putting it on I realized that…
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Tuesday has been into hair dressing lately. The librarians remembered her because her request for a “book about how they really do things at the hair dressers” is a bit of a unique request. She had to make it a few times because the first book we took home was, “not real enough”. We brought home three good books this time. A silly one: Does a Yak Get a Haircut, a historical one: Big Wig (this has terrible reviews, mostly because it is NOT ACCURATE. My four year old sure thought it was funny though), and…
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