a friend recently gave me some blue bandanas after she saw the pants i made for the boys last summer. i used two of them to make adam a pair, since he was the only boy to outgrow his from last year, and used the remaining ones, along with some red bandana fabric to make
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we are keeping very busy being outside. depsite the recent raindrops, we’ve had some great weather days and have been enjoying some play and outside yardwork. we’re FINALLY getting to the front door area that i can’t stand. i hope to have before and after pictures eventually, but the work we’re doing is minimal since
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here’s a fun little project that rowan, sawyer, and i did over the past week. homemade (washable!) placemats! i found this project idea in amanda soule’s the creative family and it turned out to be ideal for rainy summer days (of which we’ve had plenty over the past few weeks, along with those few days
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kenny and i are hosting thanksgiving this year. i am very excited about this as i’ve only hosted the big turkey meal a few times in my short life, so i’m not jaded about how much work it involves. yet. the majority of my remaining november daily blogs will be about preparations for the big
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on one of my first visits to kenny’s parents’ home (when we were dating or engaged…i can’t remember which), i remember spotting something hanging on their basement wall that caught my eye. when i asked kenny about it, he told me it was an embroidered version of a painting he did when he was about
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tonight, i got to spend time alone pouring over patterns and materials, floss and frames…all by myself! sadly, we only have joann’s and michael’s, but i am determined to find onlines sources for cheap but lovely materials. i am starting small, but planning BIG. when i returned from my shopping, kenny and i were chatting
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i just can’t get enough of the sewing machine! rowan’s $.25 pants: sawyer’s pants are already cut out…i’ll sew them up tonight!