In the forth grade I tried making a costume out of two cardboard boxes to be a pair of fuzzy dice hanging from a rear view mirror with my friend Sarah. At the last minute we agreed the contraption would hinder our ability to run through her neighborhood gathering as much candy as we could […]
Sew a shower curtain into a window curtain
There is a prominent, low to the ground window in the girls’ bathroom and I wanted to have a curtain that was the same as the shower curtain. The bathroom is designed for 3,6 and 8 year-old girls. I wanted a fabric that was whimsical but not little girlish, and incorporated everyone’s favorite colors. For […]
Princess and the Pea Tooth Fairy Pillow
Sunday, on the same day as my oldest daughter turned 8 – my middle girl lost her first tooth – and then her second tooth! It all happened upstairs, in the girls’ bathroom. With a big sister and a friend helping to “loosen it up,” before my middle girl pulled out her own, very first […]
First Day of School Dresses
Today was the first day back to school for my girls. To welcome getting back into the school routine, I had some surprises laid out this morning. Including these new dresses, sewn by me. My goal was to sew one for each girl, using this 3 Tiered Peasant Twirl Dress pattern by Teeny Couture on Etsy. But […]
THAT was a lot of sewing!
I’m never one to say no. Especially to the sweet teacher who will spend a total of eight years teaching (like a mother) one of my girls in her 3-6 year old classroom. This year will be the fifth striaght year I’ll have a daughter in her class. And when she moves on to lower […]
Easy seed pack party gift using pots from home
At a birthday party on Saturday, instead of doing a traditional goodie bag, the mom was very creative and put together these pots last minute, the afternoon of the party, using items she had at home. The tags were cut from artwork done by her daughter and on the back she wrote, “Thanks for coming […]
On the go, busy box craft gift for a three-year-old
There are times when I do homemade birthday gifts and times when I have to get something on the go. Saturday was one of those days when I bought a gift on the way to the party. I had no idea what that gift would be until I began walking the isles at Target. Toys didn’t […]
Our favorite beach bags for collecting shells
My sister-in-law made these bags for the girls a couple years back, as gifts. They are featured in Amanda Soule’s book Handmade Home. This year was the first year my toddler girl was able to really use hers. And she was thrilled about doing so, while collecting shells on the beach. If you can sew, […]
Her first mama made beach skirt
During what always is a frenzy of packing before we go on a trip, it came into my head that my toddler girl needed a mama made beach skirt. She’s the perfect age for these simple Lazy Days skirts, because they are are easy for toddlers to manage at potty time. They are also perfect […]