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I love color, don’t you? Maybe my love for it came from growing up in a house with walls painted entirely in one color…”Navajo White”.  Maybe it’s just because color brings joy and peace to an otherwise loud and crazy household, which includes a fighter pilot, Peter Pan, and Fancy Nancy running around fighting pirates.  Whatever ...

Make a dress for a night out?  Yes!  I finally did! I love to make little girl’s dresses.  It’s very satisfying work.  It helps that my sweet girl seems to appreciate it immensely, but I would still do it anyway.  I have cut out soooo many patterns for dresses for myself, but I have a hard ...

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” Dr. Seuss Linking with: Project Alicia and The Paper Mama

A few things I love, to enjoy with your afternoon tea and maybe even your sweetie on Valentine’s Day: 1. Every cup o’ tea is better with a little of nature’s best sweetener.  I get this every time I’m in Napa…so good.  Branches range wildflower honey $11, Katzandco.com 2. We love this full leaf tea press from ...

(chevron heart garland printable below) I probably shouldn’t start of this post by saying, I don’t really like Valentine’s Day.  But, it’s true.  I don’t like the commercials advertising the most ginormous teddy bear you will ever see that comes with enough red roses to fill your living room.  I don’t like the boxes and boxes ...

Back in November, some friends and I got to participate in Project 15 of Craft Hope.  I totally forgot to post the finished pictures until someone asked about them the other day.  I have to give my friends great credit for joining in one of my crazy projects.  Whether they had sewn before or not, ...

  Craziness!  It’s already been a year!  The official time I started my blog was actually back in August of 2010, but I wanted to get things just right on the design end before posting.  It’s kind-of a joke when I think of it now because it was FAR from nice and my posts were pretty sad-looking.  ...

We have finally come to day 12.  It’s sad, true, but that means it’s Christmas, right?  I almost had to end on day 11 because a nasty cold came over our household.  I even laid down for a bit during daylight hours yesterday which is kind-of a big deal for me.  I’m thankful to just ...

Whew!  It’s Christmastime!  It’s been pretty busy around here with Christmas prep and activities.  I took a little online break because I think it’s nice to unplug often.   Anytime is a good time for unplugging really, but especially during the holidays.  Everywhere I look people are on their phones and then the kid’s are ...

I saw this idea and immediately pinned it.  I thought it was crazy awesome and that’s all there is to it.  I added my own twist by printing the pictures onto sticker paper (found here) and just sticking them right on the gifts.  I really like the way they turned out once I convinced my ...