Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. – William Shakespeare It’s getting spooky around here… and the little witches love it. Even though she can hardly see above the rim of the cauldron. I always look forward…
Making a decorative dish towel is really easy and a great way to decorate your kitchen on a budget. A decorative dish towel makes a wonderful gift and is easy to customize. Try one with pom poms instead of rick…
I love making projects for my kitchen. It is the room of my house I spend the most time in. So when I saw a wonderful squirrel towel at Anthropologie I knew I needed to make something like it. The…
My kids started school last Thursday. I started sewing school bags for them on Wednesday and optimistically thought I might be able to finish their bags that day. But I didn’t. It took me until Sunday to get them finished. …
Yesterday was Ben’s 9th Birthday Party, a Percy Jackson and the Olympian’s Party. Unless you are currently in elementary or junior high school you may have never heard of Percy Jackson… it is a wonderful series of books about a…
I have so much lavender in my garden, and I love finding ways to use it. Making a lavender eye pillow is a perfect fast project… and they make a wonderful homemade gift for friends. You’ll also want one or…
My kitchen table is in need of some serious sprucing up for the 4th of July. I went looking for ideas and, as I often do, ended up at Martha Stewart’s website. I wanted a project that wouldn’t cost a…
Lavender is one of my favorite “Make it Do” flowers… as useful as it is pretty. This hardy, easy to grow herb that has been valued for centuries for it’s wonderful scent. I grow mostly Munstead and Hidcote varieties of…
I love gifts that are personal and homemade. But making a gift for my husband is always a challenge for me. Anything too cutsy is just not him. Every once in a while I hit it just right… like the…
I thought with pretty good certainty that the last corsage I would ever pin on was at Senior Prom in High School. But I was wrong. A few weeks ago I visited the Quilting Cottage in American Fork, Utah. I…
I love to throw birthday parties. I think my heart will break when my kids get too old for them. The best kind of party is a homemade party… which means making invitations, decorations and party favors. One of my…
Do you remember the skirts I made for Lily and Emma out of scraps? After they were done, I still had leftover fabric. I couldn’t just let it go to waste. I found the perfect way to use them when…