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Signing Off

April 15, 2012 in Announcements, Made by Mom

Two weeks ago today, my husband came home from working his last day as a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy in order to follow a new calling as the Operational Manager of Brush Creek Ranch. We are excited about this new adventure we are able to embark upon and this new [...]

A Custom Tagalong Blanket for Elijah

April 1, 2012 in Made by Mom, SnugasaBugBaby Products

I think it was almost a year ago that I created my portfolio page and determined to write a post for each of the handmade creations I have photographic proof of. Here I am, still slowly plugging away at it. Today, I thought I’d share this Tagalong Blanket I made [...]

Adult T-Shirt to Little Boy’s T-Shirt: A Photo Tutorial

March 5, 2012 in Made by Mom

A couple of weeks ago, I showed you this picture of our family proudly sporting our church’s “e” logo. I told you that it was the night before we were to bring our plain T-shirts to our church gathering to have them screen-printed that I remembered it was the night [...]

Custom Playmat Purse: Blue Dots

February 25, 2012 in SnugasaBugBaby Products

This post has been featured on Creative Itch.  Last week, I shared a custom playmat purse that I made for a friend of mine in a bold pink whimsical fabric. Here is another custom playmat purse that I made for her:I love how the colorful polka dot pattern contrasts with [...]

Monogrammed Peek-A-Boo Blankies

February 7, 2012 in SnugasaBugBaby Products

My sweet sister has given several of my Peek-a-Boo Blankies as “Welcome Baby” gifts to her friends and co-workers. When she comes with special requests (like this sports themed peek-a-boo blankie) I am always happy to oblige. In the past, I have embroidered the baby’s name on the blankie like [...]

A Dorm Room Dresser: Before and After

January 30, 2012 in Made by Mom

I painted this dresser the summer before I started college to use in my dorm room, and used it through my senior year. It started out all dark brown…with a layer of wall paper stuff that pretends to look like wood. I am not sure where it came from. Here [...]

Kids’ Bedroom Reveal – Lots of Before and After Pictures!

January 10, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This Post Has Been Featured! -:- The Kids’ Room was the first bedroom we finished up as a part of our “Big Bedroom Swap Around” …kind of ironic since it was the one I was having the hardest time making decisions about. We actually finished and photographed it last September, [...]

How to Throw A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party

November 28, 2011 in Mom 2 Mom

Yesterday, I shared some photos from Josiah’s Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party. Today, I thought I’d share a few tips and tricks for how we pulled it off. It was important to me that the time I spent preparing for Josiah’s birthday party be quality time with him. Otherwise it [...]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party

November 26, 2011 in Announcements

This post has been featured ! We like this book. In case you don’t have it memorized like I do, let me summarize: There is an egg on a leaf…*pop* now it is a very hungry caterpillar…he eats 1 apple, 2 pears, 3 plums, 4 strawberries, and 5 oranges on [...]

Elephant-Shaped Baby Blanket

October 13, 2011 in SnugasaBugBaby Products

Whoever said baby blankets had to be square? It sure wasn’t me! When Josiah was a wee one I made elephant shaped burp clothes. The other day I decided to enlarge that idea…an elephant-shaped blanket. One side is an amazingly soft pale blue fabric with a subtle diamond pattern: the [...]