A few weeks ago, Dave and I took the kids on a family date night downtown. The final destination was a favorite donut shop. It has a cool Austin vibe, and a great outdoor patio with picnic tables, a fire pit, and […]
It's Halloween day and the only thing I have on my schedule this afternoon is doing laundry and preparing donut dough to fry for our first ever trick-or-treaters tonight!! The boys are at school and …
DOWNLOAD THE ROCKFORD PEACH COSTUME PATTERN HERE Yipee! Gosh golly gee this has been a long time coming! Three years ago I received a custom order for a Rockford Peach Costume and created a darling version with …
I know what you're thinking. I'm crazy, right? "Love the Laundry?" That never-ending, unrelenting chore that hangs out in the background of our heads day in and day out? I confess, I've been among those …
Ever since Jordan Ferney started posting about her outdoor dinners, I've dreamed of hosting a dinner party in the wild. Not the wild of my yard (although after six months of neglect it is pretty …
There is something positively magical about a full, drapey maxi skirt that calls for grabbing by the handful and tiptoeing through the garden. I made this fun polka dot maxi skirt out of the softest …
Ah, summer. It's arriving in slow, subtle awakenings here in the beautiful Texas hill country. First were the brilliant blossoms along every roadside, wildflowers as far as the eyes could see. Next came the buds …
There are two kinds of women in the world of Birth Experiences: those who want to know the baby arrive healthy, happy, and what you named him/her, and those who want to know every adventurous …
Although it's only March, it's felt like summer in Texas on and off for months. We moved into our new house just before Christmas (which also was just days after Plum was born), and a week …
It's the most wonderful time of the year... Truly! When Kelli emailed me a month ago about participating again in her Handmade Ornament Exchange, I was thrilled! I remember the fun I had last year thinking …
Once upon a time, a baby girl was to be born. Her name would be Plum. Just one month before her expected arrival, Plum's excited mother thought long and hard about the first friend her new …
Hello there! After a three-month whirlwind hiatus from my blog (in which we have moved twice, begun building a house, and discovered our newest addition is a girl!!) I'm excited to share something fun, new, ruffly, …
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