This Christmas, despite my great intentions, I only made one homemade gift: a flag bunting for my sister in law,  Liz . It is meant to be b...

om bré  |ˈämˌbrā| adjective; having a dyed, printed or woven design in which the color is  graduated   from  light to dark. I made thi...

birthday wrap-up: Grace got a new bike for her birthday.  She's had a cute beach cruiser since she was 4 1/2. We kept raising the seat a...

We put together some last minute thank you gifts for the kids' teachers. Kisses and Andes mints and swedish fish, oh my.  Small jars in...

Last night I did not sleep soundly. I kept waking up because of the undone things on my to-do list. #47 was "Buy gift for birthday part...

Your birthday takes forever to get here, when you're almost 5.   Months before, you make a list of what you want. You give instructions...

Jonah is 9 and I can hardly believe it.  Jonah's birthday dinner included all his requested favorites: homemade breadsticks and marinara...

Today I sent the kids off to school with these for teacher appreciation week: popcorn, soda and an alka-seltzer - inspired rhyme.  We do thi...

My mom taught me to sew.  Starting around 25 years ago. My Grandma taught my mom to sew. My friend's { Amy's } mom {Nevada} taught...

I think my favorite gift this Christmas is this beautiful necklace. Mark thought of it on his own, with no prompting from me whatsoever. Tha...

my nephew, cute baby beck , is 6 months old. we met him for the first time today and finally gave him this quilt. in fact, we met 3 new...

i am finally getting around to posting a few things that have been done for awhile. this quilt was something new for me. i like how it ...

My friend, and dedicated primary secretary, Heidi , is about to have her first baby. I'm so excited for her! Today I delivered this quil...