What would Reindeer Week be without a gorgeous, hand felted sweater? I've been thinking about needle felting designs onto to sweaters ever since last year when I saw this fabulous elbow-patch tutorial. An animal like …
Just as I was getting geared up for the Holiday season a month or so ago, I was invited by sweet Kelli to participate in a handmade ornament exchange. The timing couldn't have been better. …
I'm thrilled to be a part of the awesome A Very Go To Christmas series hosted by cute Andrea from The Train to Crazy. (It was so fun to meet her at Sewing Summit this year!) Each day over the next week …
Advent begins tomorrow. Are you ready? If not, don't fret. I have the solution for you: a printable advent activity sheet and a 5 minute advent calendar idea. You in? Good. I love celebrating the season …
Want to make the easiest Holiday/Winter decoration ever? Enjoy some scrambled eggs for breakfast (we have them every day at Milo's request), then cut the carton into snowflakes! Done and done. I just happened …
Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend filled with delicious food and warm, cuddly family moments. Ours was really wonderful. We didn't travel this year and are far from family, so we decided …
Happy Halloween! It's felt a little like Halloween since June around here, since that's about when I started thinking about and taking orders for costumes. You would think I'd be totally sick of them by …
Hello there world! We survived the Frankenstorm. In fact, Hurricane Sandy offered our family one of the most cozy, wonderful days we've had all together in a long time! With Dave home from work unexpectedly, …
Halloween season is both insanely busy and incredibly exciting for me. I started making custom costumes on a whim a three years ago, and now I love seeing what cool ideas show up in my …
Sometime in our first year of marriage, Dave and I made some very clear decisions regarding anniversaries: we would follow the traditional anniversary gifts, and we would switch years planning the celebration. He plans one year (one …
Happy Independence Day! It's going to be a fun one here in the Nation's Capitol. Hundreds of thousands of people have been out of power for days due to a storm over the weekend, but …
Happy First Day of Summer!! Here in the DC area, the sun is flexing her muscles, and by the feel of things, it's going to be an intensely hot season. Good thing we have a …