My boys and I have an ongoing conversation about things that I like (cute or beautiful) vs things that they like (ugly or scary). The conversation is especially reserved for the fabric store, and they have pointed out many times camouflage fabric, something with skulls and almost always Star Wars or cartoonish looking stuff. They […]
When I bought the roman blinds in Sprout’s room I had to shorten them to make them fit the size of our windows so I had a bunch of these pieces left. I decided to turn them into a set of placemats for us. Here’s what I did: I found this vintage bike image I […]
Remember this post about chevron? I found some more chevron inspiration over the web…even chevron painted walls. Ohdeedoh called it the “skinny jeans of the design world”. Now that’s a bold statement. However if you know me well you know that I don’t do skinny jeans. Whaaaa??!?? So, what does that say about me then? […]
Lately I’ve been on an apron binge. I’ve been making them for sweet little girls, especially for birthday party presents. I know I’m competing with Cinderella castles and other fascinating characters but hey, that’s life. My hope however is that these girlies get to make a mess in the kitchen preparing cakes and cupcakes, pancakes […]
This past week Sprout went for a sleepover at my sister’s house (she’s an angel of a woman that one) and I got to sleep. SLEEP, people! Almost all night. Mancub had some nonsense of a bad dream but that was a quick pat on the back and he fell asleep again. I felt alive […]
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