Connecting

This week I was fortunate enough to attend a free, brief lecture by Pam Leo, local parenting guru. I’d heard of her book before, but honestly hesitated to read it because I didn’t need yet another ideal in my head I couldn’t live up to (fear of failure much?). So when I got [...]

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on a walk

The wee ones and I went on a walk last weekend around town (or the city next door if you will). There was a stop for some tea and one child requesting to go home, while the other insisted we keep walking. She discovered the art of walking on curbs, which is a [...]

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Quick and easy skirt

For the record, the ‘dess’ was actually a skirt, which satisfied her anyway. So much so that she wore it for days and snuck into my fabric stash and pulled out another piece of fabric she wanted transformed. Since I was making another, I figured I’d make a tutorial out of it.
Here’s the [...]

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Received

Since I finally got around to finishing my bag, I feel okay about using the bag I got. Of course it’s gorgeous and I was chomping at the bit to use it, but you know, I just felt guilty using it while the bag I made was ripped apart in pieces waiting to be [...]

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Jump

Ms. Baby spotted some fabric in my pile the other day and said “dess?” (“dress” for those of you that don’t speak Ms. Baby). I said sure, you like that fabric, I’ll make you a dress, just not right now (we were getting ready for bed). She was satisfied that her request had [...]

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still here?

This week has been overflowing with the unbloggable, hence the silence. Lots of considerations happening around here… looking at making some changes in work, geography, etc. Big stuff.
But today, I went to my first rummage sale in a looooooooooong time. I left with two bags of stuff, but not too many gems. [...]

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Buried

out of state with family… some thoughts on that later… here’s a picture from a recent visit my mom and aunt made up to my neck of the woods during that small stint of spring we had a few weeks back…

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