today in the shop: patterns
the pincushion pattern and patterns for these cute ruffle pillows pictured above (no you don’t need a ruffle foot for this pattern!) now here’s some important info: if you leave this blog (wow,thanks jodi!) a comment about what i’m up to (oh and i think you are suppose to leve me a comment too! that […]
shop stocked with “things”
pictured is my aqua pillows for sale. go to my etsy store to find this one and more. okay so now go on over to the blog and get a chance to win a honey bun (you know the one i made my baby girl quilt out of) yeah that one. go on go tell […]
just kidding shop update today and tomorrow!
okay so i totally goofed and well the giveaway will be today at 9 pacific time @ little birdie secrets so i’m updating the shop today at 9:55 my time (mountain standard time) and what ever i don’t get in today i’ll finish tomorrow morning (like the patterns) sorry for the confusion! obviously i’ve been […]
shop update
image includes the ruffle pillow. pattern and pillow will be available to buy. yeah i know it’s early. but i don’t know when the other blog is going to do their spotlight so i have to make sure i get everything in there before hand. and well, if i don’t get spotlighted till like 10 […]
oh peonies
my peonies are coming out and smelling so sweet! hope you have a fantabulous (that’s fantastic and fabulous mushed together) memorial day! see you tomorrow.
i’ve been sewing…
my rear off. it should be indenting inward here sometime soon. next week on wednesday this blog will be spotlighting me and doing a giveaway (of my choice…oh you know it’ll be moda). so i’ve been working on some more patterns to put in my etsy shop. just so all those people who don’t really […]
famous gentlemen callers line on up
so i had to drag in the husband to show him my face associated with MODA. i turned to him and told him he better watch out cause some famous gentlemen callers would surely be coming my way soon. he rolled his eyes, walked away, and has been on his best behavior ever since. mwaaaahhhaaaaahaaaa […]
how i tried to make it better
yesterday was…how should i put it?…less than desirable. it’s like i’ve been having a good streak and yesterday the universe decided that it needed to uh how do i put it? hand me my rear end on a silver platter. with the morning off to a super rough start, i ended up needing to go […]
that’s what i get
by claiming today as my “super productive day in sewing.” and by not making the bed. i have a philosophy: if my bed is not made. i have a bad day. the longer it stays unmade the longer my bad luck and mood continues. so far my 2 kids left at home have spilled two […]
a before and after (?)
this piece of furniture was given to me by my sis-in-law. she didn’t have room for it and as you can see she started to strip it but didn’t finish it. it has great lines and works great in my living room. this last weekend (before we went up north to the big city for […]
organizing 101: getting your kids to help
i did an organizing 101 of “where do i begin” read it here. this time i want to talk about how to get the kids to help. to help with the whole process of chores we use the token system in our house. granted we’ve modified it as the year has progressed. certain things are […]
new skirt for me
thank you for the vote of confidence and patience on yesterday’s post about my garden. yeah i’ll work on the patience thing 😉i made this skirt out of a table cloth that was on clearance. did you read that amy? no posiblities of sweaty hairy men on this skirt! i think it was the martha […]
on the third day
you are suppose to see sprouts. guess what i saw… yup. nothing. okay well i did see some weeds. the husband is a researcher at heart. it’s rather annoying. i can never claim “i had no idea.” because the man doesn’t let me. as each day passes, he comes home with more and more info […]
a couple of small before and afters
my latest little finds at the second hand store:this was on sale from i think $1 down to .25 cents. a wire wreath thingy that i think is used for christmas cards. now that would be fine if it were close to christmas, but it’s not so…. add some spray paint and some brainstorming and […]
a conversation if you will…
so i read to the boys every night. (well most nights) and we’ve covered a wide range of books from star wars to classics. we just finished not too long ago “how to eat fried worms.” we were working outside fixing a busted pipe in the sprinkler system, when i spotted a big worm…and well […]
to the women in my life
picture taken at my bridal shower in 1998 from left to right: cousin alba luz, aunt bertha, cousin pam, my mom, cousin tania, me, aunt elba, and my grandma. i just want to give a shout out to the women in my family who basically raised me as one of their own. either as a […]
now to tackle this
well! all i have to say is wow, and thank you. thank you for making yesterday a wonderful etsy success. as you can see i have an aftermath to deal with. it ain’t pretty. and if i want a little bit of sewing for me time…i better get crack-a-lacking! edited: okay more fabric bracelet tuts […]
please go do some damage
image includes “the fabric bracelet” and you can buy the instructions here in my shop sold out i will keep them stocked up as they run out follow this link my shop has some new things in it okay so some of you expressed wanting the stitchery in Katie’s room: find it here i also […]
you are invited
to my shopupdate. i’ve made things that you would find in my home. i didn’t get to make EVERYTHING i wanted to… so this will be the first of two updates. so please come and support your love of handmade things by your crazy little blogger friend in the middle of nowhere. hope to see […]
gardening above 7000 ft
as much as the rain tried to derail our best efforts to start preparing for our garden this year, “we” (meaning my husband while i stood on the sideline and acted as cheerleader and took this picture) used the rototiller and started to prepare the ground. we live above 7000 ft area and so all […]
Q and A with “makebabystuff.com”
go see my little interview with makebabystuff.com here. thanks amber love your site and thanks for asking me some great questions! oh, and some other great news, you can see some of my ideas being used in the minneapolis examiner here and here . thank you renee from cottage lifestyle for asking me to be […]
shooting for wednesday
i decided to take a few days off of the blogging world. as in i tried not to check other’s people’s blogs and tried to live as if blogging weren’t a part of life. it was a nice little break. i think i need those every so often. in that time i made katie a […]