This is what the big pond looks like right now. Not to worry…the spring rains and the sump pump will fill it up to full by the time we put the fish in it again. Brian did the hard work […]
Last month I received a very sad postcard in the mail. My local fabric store is closing, liquidating…going out of business. *SOB* The reason I make so much of Anya’s wardrobe is because their fabric is so much cheaper than […]
Kai decided to try football this year, and we were game to get him into a new sport. We explained the whole, “You will very likely get hurt at some point”, for our pain-averse child. He has gotten some hard […]
I decided I needed another purse. “Need” being completely subjective, of course! 😉 I didn’t have a nice-sized “nice” black purse, so I had to make one. Of course. I bought this pleather fabric through fabric.com. It is a black crocodile […]
As per the usual for the last few years, the kids did not want me to make their Halloween costumes. Kai wanted to go as a Transformer. He really wanted a “bad guy” Transformer, but I couldn’t find any in […]
I had been hoping to get our family pictures done earlier this year, but we had a pretty busy Summer and Fall. The end result is that we took these pictures in between the rain clouds on a pretty chilly […]
The other night my girlfriends and I had our sorta monthly dinner club. We bring a dish that is partially made or not made yet and we cook dinner together. It was at a smaller house with a smallish kitchen, […]
Time for gymnastics to start up again, and so due to that continuing growing thing…the girl needed new leos. I prefer to make them for a few reasons. #1. I can make three for the price of one #2. It […]
I saw this tutorial online and though it is nice enough I wanted the cardigan to have a neckline. After looking at some line drawings, I figured out how to make this happen. Here are the pattern pieces: I took […]
When I asked her what she wanted me to make her for Fall/Winter, she said, “I don’t care.” Huh. “What color?” “I don’t care.” Rigggghhhhtttt. She doesn’t care until presented with what I made, and then I get the look. […]
So…you know how you have clothes that have mysterious shrunk in the washer? Oh, just me? Well, you could give them to charity (always a good idea) or save money on buying clothes for your youngster and change them up […]
We always seem to have a good time at the Renaissance Festival. I know I am probably biased, but I think our local one is pretty dang cool. It has a fantastic location where the vendors build their own shops […]
