April 2010

tutorial: ombre style onesie

got someone that’s going to be a mom for the first time? or maybe for the 2nd, 3rd, or 15th time? what better thing to make for her and her wee little bladder jumping, hemorrhoid maker, parasite in her belly baby, but a stylish hip ombre onesie. i don’t know about you but i’ve taken […]

guest blogger tutorial: tiffany of simply modern mom

tutorials

okay first off thanks so much for the lovely response on the fabric flower ring (and kits). those babies are flying out the door and into the mail later on today. keep em coming and i’ll keep up i promise. now…today’s guest blogger tutorial is from the lovely tiffany of simply modern mom. tiffany is […]

tutorial: fabric flower ring

here’s the post i was too sick to do last week. i’m feeling better. thank you for your kind words. and no i didn’t burn the toast on purpose, that actually happened (a few days earlier…i just thought it was funny and so i took a picture.) who knew that it was a perfect picture […]

burnt toast kind of day

we interrupt the regularly scheduled blog post due to technical difficulties (also known as a lamo sinus infection type thing and a cough that kept her up all freakin’ night long). please enjoy the elevator music till we can return health to the woman behind the blog. hopefully we’ll talk tomorrow. >:P

guest blogger tutorial: cheri of i am momma

first off i am so beyond amazed at your answers from yesterday’s post. thank you for your honesty and thank you for kind words on mine! second,i am beyond tickled to introduce my guest blogger of the day. ever heard of the blog i am momma hear me roar? cheri is cute, cheri is nice…but […]

what a mother wants…

being a mom takes a lot of time, energy, patience, sacrifice and prayer. bottom line, it’s the most taxing job i’ve ever had. but i would never exchange it for anything. recently i got an email from my awesome friend who i put up on a pedestal on being a funny, creative, and loving mom […]

tutorial: decorating a pot with jute

mother’s day is right around the corner. and shortly after that the end of school. wouldn’t a pot filled with flowers be the perfect (and easy!) gift to give to the mother’s and teachers in your life? a plain pot will do just fine…but one with a little more character would be better. ready? it’s […]

not so shining moment

so i mentioned yesterday that we were going to be at the derby races. we won. um, like the whole thing. our 8 year old placed 1st overall. the 10 year old took 2nd in his den. we did not handle it well. we meaning the mister and i. let me set up the story […]

that time of the year again

nope not tax time…well, yes it’s that too… did you get your’s done? phew, we did too. but that’s not what i’m talking about. i’m talking about DERBY RACING TIME. yes, that time of the year when the boys become men and the men become…boys. sanding, shaping, grinding. painting, drawing, hotglueing. WD-40-ing, graphite powedering, and […]

winner of what’s your virtue giveaway

thank you all who entered the what’s your virtue giveaway! the random # generator picked # 437 rebekah said… what a fun giveaway! i looove lipgloss 🙂 rebekah you are that # please contact me via email and give me your mailing address. quite a few of you would of been greedy just like me […]

sponsored giveaway

this month’s giveaway is sponsored by what’s your virtue lip glosses. i personally use and love these lip glosses so i was super excited when they said they would do a giveaway for my readers! want a chance to win? click here to keep reading and enter!

a few faves from the link up

well, well, well, for the first link me up party i think we did pretty well. almost 180 links. not bad. there were so many of you that entered that i wasn’t able to comment on each. oh but i did check out each and every one of you! fabulous things being created out there! […]

the starts of our garden

so i’ve mentioned before that we live at the altitude of 7000+ feet. gardening (and cooking) follow a whole different set of rules here from where the husband and i grew up… near ocean level. because our growing time is shorter than most other places (it’s been snowing the past few days..and we’ve been known […]

vinyl on canvas : mini tutorial

first off hello! and THANK YOU for linking up soo many wonderful things! wow! come later this week (as i finish making my rounds) i’ll showcase a few of your creations here on the blog. second, the jedi robes. so many of you asked where i got the pattern…they are modified versions of this pattern. […]

link me up, you will…

so my boys have been begging for jedi robes. for like ever. last week while i was tired and probably half asleep boy #1 had a conversation with me that i can’t remember for the life of me what was said in it, but at the end i did the “pinky promise” to seal the […]

babies a plenty

see growing up in the great city of los angeles and then moving to the “smaller” city of san diego…i didn’t have the opportunity to see many brand new baby farm animals while in my childhood years. that is so not the case for my children as we find ourselves here in the middle of […]