I love love love short little dresses on girls. I mean super short – Shirley Temple style (I need to get some of those movies on DVD, I don’t think you can have a bad day if you watch a Shirley Temple movie. Also I my wonderful mother curled my stick straight hair like this …
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Exploring
Tuesday didn’t want to go to sleep early today, she didn’t want to go to sleep late either… she wanted to go to sleep much, MUCH later. So I cranked up the ISO and snapped a few pictures of my little explorer. Love those very slight curls in the back. Oh I didn’t know that …
Elf in Training
That was what was written on Tuesday's shirt today. I feel like an elf in training too, trying to get all the little things done. This really is my favorite part though. I'm so glad we are all feeling better (and are staple free 🙂 so that we can spend these last few moments before …
I call it optimism
So things are a little crazy around here. Husband with staples in head, daughter with the croup (it's getting better thanks for the well wishes), and now me with a sore throat, stuffy nose, cough… dare I say it? A cold! All this has not stopped me from working on ordering supplies for lots of …
The Details
Thanks for the love on Tuesday's costume. I had a whole other thing planned, and had already figured out part of that costume, but it involved Bj and I, and since we had to skip out on the party we were going to thanks to some sleepless nights I decided to scrap it. Then I …
Yoga Pants
I finally made a pair of pants from Amanda's wonderful book. This project was so dead easy I wish I would have tried it before. What finally spurred me on was a new pile of clothes headed to the Goodwill. I promised myself I wouldn't take anything out of there to repurpose until I …
Simple Patchwork
I finished the simple patchwork quilt I started at the end of September. It's a testament to how quickly time passes that I thought I had just started this a few weeks ago, imagine my surprise when I went to look up the link! I am so happy with it! It worked out to …
A little project… and more stash of course
I didn't have time to share a quick little project I whipped up before Tuesday and I left on our trip, so I will now. These little clean up rags were inspired by Amanda's. I bought two microfiber kitchen towels and cut them up into fours, then using Sciarrino's serger I went around the …
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