*Giveaway Closed (I’ll announce the winner on Tuesday)* I’m not sure about you, but I’ve been in the Christmas gift planning mode for … a while now (okay, yes, I’ve been planning since Sept.). I’ve been running ideas through my head with different gift options for our loved ones, trying to figure out the best gift for each person and how to give the most love for the least amount of money. Should I make them something? Shop sales? Hmmm. …
The shop has been doing well the past few weeks and the little bit of added income has been really nice, especially with Christmas coming up.Today I’m branching out just a little though, testing and putting my virtual toe into the water.Today I’m trying out something new, something fun, something that I hope does very, very well. Today some of the things from my shop are in the Etsy Weddings Showcase. Etsy showcases are always fun to browse through –…
Did you know that Blogger has a statistics feature that allows you to, well, see your blogs statistics? It’s pretty cool. There are some days where there have been a few hundred people stopping by. Pretty cool. And, did you know that when I don’t post anything here for a few days, I get a lot less people stopping by? Who’d have thought. I mean really, who wouldn’t want to read the same posts over and over? ;) So, for…
I know Twitter has been around for a while now, but I haven’t been that sure that I wanted to be a “tweeter”.Until yesterday morning, that is. It’s actually kind of fun!
Why yes I do (now!), thank you. Yeah, it’s taken me a while to get on the Twitter bandwagon, but now that I’m here, I’m loving it! Want to follow along?
“Beauty out of dust, beauty out of us” amen
At the end of our family vacation a few weeks ago, I went to a yardsale with my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.It was the first one I’d been to a very long time (kind of sad that the first one this year was in October – the year is almost over!). There have been a few nice looking ones in our neighborhood over the spring and summer, but I almost never have cash on me and so haven’t stopped to shop.I…
Remember the garland tutorial that I mentioned a few days ago? Well, it’s about to start – 3, 2, 1 …….0. The first garlands that I made were white, but I used a really pretty orange for this tutorial because, well, it’s pretty. And it shows up better in indoor pics than the white did. First, cut (or tear) a few 1″ strips of fabric.Fold each strip in half, in half again and again and so forth, until there…
John had to work on Sunday, so it was just me and the little ones going to church. We dropped him off (kisses all around – Emma loves giving kisses right now) and then Emma asked me to turn on the music (she also loves to sing and “dance” in her carseat as we’re driving). After a few minutes “No Matter What” by Kerrie Roberts came on: I’m running back to Your promises one more timeLord that’s all I can…
You know the “Ideas” page on the blog? And how it’s getting rather, well, long? Well, I finally made something from it!I found the Heirloom Cut Chenille Baby Blanket on Aesthetic Nest a while ago and immediately knew that I needed to make one – or maybe more? – for my little ones. It took me what seemed like forever (Ian has learned to sense when I’m sitting down at the machine and then decides that he needs to eat…