An Afternoon Embroidery
I poured a cup of tea and settled down to work on batch #3 of the babushka dolls with lupines, lavender, and periwinkles dancing in my imagination.
Crafting
Busy Hands
November 1st will be the launch for this year’s Miracle Of Adoption Christmas Campaign (Angel Tree with a new name). This is an annual event through Reece’s Rainbow to raise awareness for specific orphans while increasing their adoption grants. I participated last year advocating for Adelaide (who JUST had a family commit to her!!! SQUEEEEE). This […]Read Post ›
Everyone Needs A Hobby…
Everyone needs a hobby but things are getting a little outa hand here. I’ve started keeping projects in baskets to make them more portable as I live through the house with the littles all day. It started with one basket. Then another Then another And just this morning, yet another basket. Each basket holds anywhere […]Read Post ›
The Happy Home Ec Apron
The second apron I’m sharing for Adriane’s apronalong is this cheerful number. She is the last of her kind, a public school home ec sewing project, which I proudly presented to my mother as a gift sometime during my middle school years. I was in the last class to have home ec at my school. […]Read Post ›
The Girl in a Hat
I love hats, true proper outrageous hats. For the past two years I have made an Easter hat fascinator for Dellabug and both times wished I could justify making more. This year, with two little girls *squeal* in need of hats I doubled the fun. While at Hobby Lobby, engrossed in carefully collecting supplies […]Read Post ›
February Making and Mending
February is a fantastic month to spend on colorful warm projects. This month I took a deep breath and removed the 4 seasons afghan I made for my husband from its safe resting place on the back of the master bedroom chair so it can actually get some use, spent some time mending a […]Read Post ›
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