Last week, I shared pictures from our Baby Dedication Backyard Party and promised a tutorial for how
Our computer crashed yesterday. SO FRUSTRATING!!! Really makes me wish I had stood in line for one o
There are several places in my home that are in need of an accent pillow or two. Some of those pillo
January 26, 2012 in Made by Mom
Last week, I shared pictures from our Baby Dedication Backyard Party and promised a tutorial for how to make these rosebud topiaries.Here it is! What you’ll need: -Several rolls of crepe paper for the roses (I used pink…but I think white, red, or yellow rosebuds would be pretty, too). I [...]
January 25, 2012 in Making our House a Home
Our computer crashed yesterday. SO FRUSTRATING!!! Really makes me wish I had stood in line for one of those $200 laptops on Black Friday. But I didn’t. So here I am, at the public library with a wiggling baby on my lap trying to stay on track with my posts [...]
January 21, 2012 in Other People's Stuff I Like
There are several places in my home that are in need of an accent pillow or two. Some of those pillows will likely be made from this round-up of great pillow tutorials I’ve been swooning over. I love these pintuck pillows from Ashley, of Cherished Bliss. They won one of [...]
January 19, 2012 in Mommy Musings
On September 29th, 2011 our Selah Mae was dedicated to Christ. Because we have been involved with a church plant (The Embassy, Denver) that was not yet hosting regular worship services and did not have a permanent meeting location, we hosted a Baby Dedication Backyard Party. We invited family, friends, [...]
January 18, 2012 in Making our House a Home
I have been using this bulletin board and random assortment of push pins for my necklaces for years now…but I decided it could use a bit of a makeover.So I stripped her down and took her outside.I primed and painted both the frame and the pins…the frame in white, and [...]
January 17, 2012 in Making our House a Home
Last week, I shared before and after pictures of what is now our kids room slash guestroom. However, I didn’t share what was under the beds or behind those closet doors.The practical “usability” of the bedrooms in our home was what initiated our big bedroom swap around in the [...]
January 16, 2012 in Made by Mom
These are the dresses I made for Selah and her cousins for Christmas:Though not made from pillowcases, they are fashioned after simple pillowcase dresses.I got four coordinating fabrics and made each of the four dresses with a different combination of three of them: one fabric for the main bodice, one [...]
January 15, 2012 in SnugasaBugBaby Products
My Diaper Bag was featured today in this fun treasury! Please click anywhere on the image above to go check out the live treasury and some of these other great products! Thanks, Joanna Spalding, of EverImprovingMe, for the feature…I pray your adoption fundraising efforts are blessed immeasurably!
January 14, 2012 in SnugasaBugBaby Products
Whoever said baby blankets had to be square? It wasn’t me! A few months ago, I shared my elephant-shaped baby blanket with you. Today, I am excited to share my butterfly-shaped baby blanket(the fact that my butterfly baby was four months old in these pictures, and is now EIGHT months [...]
January 13, 2012 in Other People's Stuff I Like
Look at the great things people are doing with buttons! I love the combination of ruffles and button details on this t-shirt refashion, from Mommy by Day, Crafter by Night. She followed this great tutorial from Busily Spinning Momma…. I also love the simplicity of this button ring. Though she [...]
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