This has been a fantastic week for me sewing-wise. My husband had his first full week back at teaching security so I had extra time which was a good thing. Our church is putting together a box to send to a young pastor family in the Philippines. I jumped at the chance to have an …
A couple of months ago I told you about a girly baby shower we had at our church for the sixth baby/first girl of a family in our church. I knew I wanted to make a special gift for this very special baby girl. I happened upon this idea on Pinterest for a fusion quilt. …
It's been a long time since I posted on a Friday. The last month in particular has been a long one as we all did our part to help Daddy fight his cancer. Last week my husband had his right kidney removed. The days leading up to the surgery were difficult due to pain, nausea …
When I decided I needed to get this update done so I could get on with planning my winter sewing I was pleasantly surprised at how much I accomplished over the summer. So here's the rundown: ~My three girls all need a new church dress. It’s a little harder with all of them getting older …
Summer is fun with no school, day trips and vacations, sleeping in, playing outside, lazy days, BUT I am looking forward to cooler weather, school routines, walks in the crisp fall air, cuddling (something no one wants in the heat) and a fire in the woodstove. I recently made another clutch. It's the same pattern …
I've found a way to do a little - very little - bit of gardening this year. I'm not complaining though because last year's gardening time amounted to zero. I'm not much good at it, but I do love to garden. This year I treated myself to three hanging flower baskets to hang outside the …
This has been a busy week. I started the week with not being able to access my website and spent more time than I care to admit talking to a technician and waiting for emails from technicians and trying to figure out what those emails said. Finally though my blog is back up although I …
Disclosure: Affiliate Link Today I want to talk about the things I love about my digital scrapbooking software. I'm hoping to convince you that this can be a fun and easy way to get your pictures off of your camera and social media and into books for your family to enjoy. I have tried several …
This is not a very big giveaway, but I didn't want to overwhelm anyone who has never scrapbooked before. I just wanted this to be able to show someone that scrapbooking can be fun. First, I picked a small album. It holds 24 4" x 6" photos. There is one per page. Easy-peasy. Then I …
This week I'm doing a series of posts on scrapbooking. If you missed the first post, you can read it here. May is National Scrapbooking Month, and I want to celebrate it. Ten years ago I would have never guessed that I would LOVE to scrapbook, but thanks to Creative Memories' pocket albums I love …
Intentional Simplicity 