August 2010

morning squeeze: win $100 visa card

this week i talk about my morning squeeze, you know cause sometimes you don’t get to sit and eat a full breakfast…enter to win here also if you’d like a chance to win my patterns go here! winner of week three $100 visa card is: amy l

homemade play doh = coolest mom ever

last friday was a half day for the boys, so katie and i had to get some fast “creating” stuff done. no sewing projects were on the agenda (my sewing machine was at the doctors getting all nice and fixed after being abused everyday for like 2 years…so i was without her.) no, katie and […]

the most wonderful time of the year…

ah yes the most wonderful time of the year. or so you would think… yes, this week started out with being one of our last hurrah’s of going to the pool. as the children played and swam and jumped off the high dive, the mothers on the sidelines were a chatter of how we were […]

favorite cereal for breakfast: win $100 visa card

week three of kelloggs program where i share bits and pieces of our life and then you get a chance to win yet ANOTHER $100 visa card. this week i share about how someone who will remain un-named regressed from pooping on the potty to holding her poops yet again, and stressed out her mother […]

V and Co. just dandy baby quilt pattern now available

well happy monday to you all! thank you for all the pre orders and love of mynew pattern. if you’ve pre-ordered you should of already received your pattern via email. if you would like to order please go here. this last weekend was the finish of the county fair…phew! i entered my just dandy quilt […]

new quilt pattern pre-order sale

well here she is. that little quilt i’ve been working on a little bit here and a little bit there all summer long. i made the promise to myself that i would only work on it when we were at the pool or when i was sitting doing nothing after the kiddos went to bed. […]

winner of $100 visa card: week one

random # generator picked: #487 which just so happens to be simply EC thanks to all who entered. but still know that you can win week two’s: summer fun $100 visa card by entering here.

a little bit wiser: win a $100 visa card from juicy juice

okay i warned you you guys would have a lot of giveaways this month!!! here’s another chance to win $100 thanks to the great people at juicy juice. there’s nothing like a few years under your belt of being a mom (10+ years for me) to make you realize how much of an inflated head […]

summer fun: win a $100 visa card

round two of the twelve week program i’m participating in with kelloggs and blogher…oh yeah and another shot at a chance to win a $100 visa card. read about our summer fun for a shot to win. ps: totally unrelated…i finished that quilt i’ve been working on all summer. pattern will be made available later […]

coming together

i mentioned a while a go that i was re-decorating. trying to bring a more “fresh” look. a little more modern but still country loft. i don’t know if that’s what i’ve acomplished but whatever the case i like it more and more as i S-L-O-W-L-Y change things as i make them. this little pillow […]

morning routines: the follow up a FAQs

alright already! i get it i gave you the routine and now you are all “when did you start?” “does this work during the fall with school?” and “I NEED A FOLLOW UP!” well aren’t we all a little demanding! in case you haven’t seen it i posted my morning routine here. but i’ll post […]

morning routines: win a $100 visa card

now that we’ve tackled organizing (are you still doing it?) lets talk about daily routines. and all this bragging i do about having all of our chores done by 10 am during the summer… i’m sort of a scheduled kind of gal who likes routines. i’ve made it so my house runs that way as […]

adding color and dying men

hello! i can’t believe we’re rounding out summer. i’m so not ready to welcome fall. please don’t make me do it. sigh…fine…i’ll do it but not now. right now lets talk about our garden… our garden (despite my earlier attempt to kill it) has made a bit of a comeback. sooo happy because i don’t […]

winner of the silhouette giveaway

well one the MANY women AND MEN who entered is walking away a happy camper and is going to be able to make either this lovely custom art or one of the bazillion other things you can do with this silhouette machine. are you ready for the winner? random # generator picked #797 Melanie said… […]

enjoying…

all your funny lovely comments and the outside. also remember you have till midnight tomorrow (saturday) to enter…and then we’ll announce the winner on sunday. i’m in the middle of a few more projects…but for now we are enjoying the last hurrah of summer…i’m slowly moving back into “fall mode” one tutorial and project at […]

v and co tutorial: make your own custom art

so using your vinyl cutter (silhouette) you can make this lovely little custom canvas art. my house is in the middle of a decorating overhaul and i don’t have a buttload of money to just go out and buy pottery barn everything soooo. why not make some decor? once i got my design on my […]

huge giveaway at V and Co: Silhouette SD

well well well. are you ready for this? because i know so many of you are of the crafty type, when i was asked to review the SILHOUETTE SD to see how i liked it and to create something with it…AND oh yes… possibly GIVE ONE AWAY TO A LUCKY V and CO. reader. i […]