I don't have much to show for myself this Halloween because the "rainbow-cloud" costume that Clementine demanded this year (and that I worked for hours on one night, you can...
Read MoreThe other day on Instagram, Kristin posted a picture of her stacks of fabric and asked for help. She had a ton of ideas for Kid's Clothes Week Challenge but...
Read MoreKindergarten. Waaaaaaaaaaah! *weeps into coffee cup*(Notably absent: a handmade backpack, which his mother did not make for him, having been distracted this weekend by her Heather Ross stash instead. I'd...
Read MoreWe had a party yesterday for our sweet little stinker Clementine, who turns 3 today!!! She requested a Lowly Worm cake, and I was more than happy to take on...
Read MoreThese two stayed busy for hours yesterday in the tent we set up in the backyard. Our tent stands on its own without stakes, so we moved it around as...
Read MoreI hope you all had a lovely weekend! For those of you who celebrated Mother's Day yesterday, I hope it was lovely. I received this adorable little hand-painted birdhouse from...
Read MoreI cut Elliot's hair about 50% of the time...I feel l can manage cutting the layers every few months, but then it really needs a professional's guidance to give it...
Read More{fleece hat \ polka-dot top \ green pants \ yellow jacket \ backpack }Wearing handmade isn't always fashionable. Especially when your mother never bothered to "Gymboree-it-all-up" so everything matches.And this...
Read MoreElliot seems incapable of throwing his clothes down the laundry chute without sticking his ENTIRE HEAD into the chute to watch it slide down. One of these days he is...
Read MoreI managed to get the buttons and button loops sewn onto the holiday dress I made for Clementine, just in time for Christmas. You may remember that this one was...
Read MoreI'm a procrastinator. It's part laziness, part space-cadet-ness. I wish I could get extra points for an Energetic Response when I realize something should have been done 15 minutes ago,...
Read MoreWhen we were out in Seattle a couple weeks ago it dawned on me that my dad is a crafter too...just a different kind. I really wanted do a blog...
Read MoreAround here I am always looking for fun things to do with Elliot while Clementine naps. Once in a blue moon he'll fall asleep during his "quiet time" but usually...
Read MoreThis is what she wore to Trader Joe's the other day. You know, for our less-than-36-hours-at-home-before-we-get-on-a-plane-again shopping trip. Hey, we had to eat. And what do you say when your...
Read MoreI am like a proud mother hen. Do you know what this is?It's the first bit of sewing Elliot's ever done completely on his own. He doesn't nap anymore in...
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