Thanksgiving has past and the girl’s school break is over. We had a wonderful week full of family, food and love. The big Holiday Handmade Craft Fair is less than a week away and I have become a tea towel factory. My fair booth preparations are underway and with the help of my husband my [...]

My two sweet girls on Halloween 2011.

This year the whole family is dressing up for Halloween. It has been years since I have dressed up. I had to be Frida; beautiful, talented, and tortured Frida. More photos coming of the handmade costumes I made the girls and the devilish man I love.

Willow turned four this past August. I find birthdays bitter sweet. I am thrilled that they are growing strong and learning new things everyday. At the same time I mourn the loss of little sweet babies. Having kids gives a whole new meaning to “time flies when you are having fun”! I made this sweet [...]

I finally did it. After two (or more) years of dreaming about designing and printing my own fabric on Spoonflower I did it! The fabric is a collaboration with my husband the graphic designer. He did my blog design as well. I can’t wait to print some more!

I whipped up this picnic blanket for our end of summer outings. The bottom is made from laminated Loulouthi fabric by Anna Maria Horner. The top is made from a patchwork cotton that I found at Denver Fabrics. The size was determined by the width of the cotton and I added bias tape straps for [...]

My two little girls are getting so big. On Wednesday’s, they each attend school for a full day. They both love it and have so much fun, but when they get home they are really tired and hungry. I want to make them each a snack mat. Something cute and comforting that can help them [...]

I am still going strong with the I Heart New Year’s Challenge hosted by kojodesigns! Yesterday, I went shopping for more tools to help me get organized. I absolutely LOVE The Container Store! I will recycle my old desktop organizers and use them in another room. Maybe even my craft room! I bought some yummy [...]

Day 1- Organize A Spot. Choose one area that is crying out for your organizational skill and go to town. Do you want to join in on the fun? Check out the all the details at kojodesigns. This is now an area that I can store my Vegetarian Times magazines and a spot to throw [...]

I absolutely love Living Crafts Magazine! I look forward to receiving my copy each quarter. They even have a new BLOG! This year my husband and I decided to join forces and make a story book toy from the Winter 2011 issue. It is “The Mitten”. I can’t wait for little Willow to open this [...]