I started this blanket a few weeks before Desmond was born. I was completely over being pregnant and needed something to distract me. Mostly, I just needed something to keep my hands busy that didn’t require a whole lot of thinking. I took this blanket everywhere I went and would have taken it with me […]
Continue reading →On Sunday, our baby boy turned ONE! I can hardly believe it has been a whole year! It just does not seem like that long since we were checking ourselves into the hospital as oblivious as we could be about what was to come. We love you sweet baby boy! We celebrated on Saturday with […]
Continue reading →The crafty mom ritual of staying up late to finish putting together Halloween costumes has officially started… Baby’s first Halloween was so much fun! I figure, while Des is still a baby, I should dress him as cute and sweet as I want. Ever since I saw this post and this post by Dana, I […]
Continue reading →Desmond is turning ONE! We are having a little party this weekend to celebrate, and I needed some “Happy Birthday” garland. I looked around on etsy and found a lot of cute birthday banners, but then I realized: Wait. I can do this myself! I used Evy’s AlphaBlocks designs to stitch the outline of the […]
Continue reading →So, I’ve had this awesome floral print sitting in my sewing room for the last three or four years. I love it. It’s a vintage upholstery weight fabric that belonged to a sweet lady who was a fantastic seamstress. It was almost thrown out when we were cleaning, but I couldn’t let it go. I […]
Continue reading →Eeek! I made a lumberjack shirt for Des! I’ve been wanting to make some sort of button down shirt, but it always seemed too intimidating. Well… thanks to lots of help from my mother-in-law, it wasn’t so intimidating after all! It was so much fun, and I can’t wait to make another one. I see […]
Continue reading →