All natural cleaners

This has been a long time coming for me.  I’ve been wanting to try the all-natural cleaner route for a while but I’ve also had quite a stock from the generous pounding from our church of cleaners to use up.  Well, this week I ran out of laundry soap, all purpose cleaner, sanitizing spray, baby [...]

This place has been busy

Yes, this weekend was jam packed and emotional.  I sang, I played, I volunteered, I learned, I cleaned, I gardened, and I prayed and I mourned.  My aunt passed away on Friday night and my thoughts and prayers have been with my father’s family all week.  I will join them this weekend as the family [...]

a purse and beautiful flowers

Here are the photos of a purse I made a couple of weeks ago from a FREE pattern.   Switching out the winter purse for the fun spring one is always a delight.  This was my first bag that I made following a pattern.  Again, for someone who doesn’t know a ton about sewing, following [...]

not for sale

I found this oil painting at the Habitat ReStore Thrift shop this morning.  I thought it needed someone to love it as I believe it was once quite loved.

Check out the back of the painting.  

airplane appliques

Now that I realized how simple it is to take an ordinary shirt and make it adorable, I’m wanting to do this  all the time.  Remember the FIRST time I appliqued the boys shirts?  (Wow, they’ve grown up so much!)  Here is my second attempt.  Now that I’ve discovered fusible interfacing, I think I could [...]

boys being boys and a very large dog

I thought I would share these photos from the past week.  On Saturday, we went to a craft fair exhibit.  The vendors were actually spread out all over a baseball field.  I couldn’t resist these handmade wooden cars for the boys.  Deacon and Owen immediately placed them on the ground to roll them around.  They’ve [...]

For a new bride

I made this apron for a bridal shower gift this weekend.  I thought it turned out great, I was so happy to give it away but part of me really wanted to keep it for myself!  It was my first time really following a real pattern.  I thought it turned out pretty nice.  

I like [...]

So, I’m really getting into sewing these days

I’m realizing that downtime is more fun if you have a needle and thread nearby.  Right now I have a little purse that I just made that needs a couple little stitches sitting right next to me.  I’m so thankful for websites like PurlBee, MadeByRae, and Threadbanger that offer fool proof tutorials and patterns (mostly for free) [...]

A Flower Pin

I made this little flower pin using Heather Bailey’s yo-yo instructions.  There are so many things you can make with yo-yo’s.  My original intention was to make yo-yo’s to sew onto some accent pillows that I have that are rather plain.  This fabric was a bit too thick for that though so I just sewed [...]

Handmade Church Clothes

This was so exciting for me.  Matching but not overly matchy-matchy clothes to wear on Easter Sunday for the boys.  

 
Of Course there’s no pictures of them both looking at the camera and smiling, but that’s life.  This photo-shoot was actually the pre-easter trial run anyway.  I wanted to make sure they fit right.  Owen’s is [...]