British Invasion

Check out this amazing Union Jack cake from the BBC food recipes. I’m planning a little birthday party for my girls with a British Tea theme.  I’ve spent a little time poking around Pinterest and the web looking for ideas…

Mother May I Make a Hexagon?

A few months back I went out to lunch with a friend and she brought a lovely pillow to share that she had just finished putting together. Sometime after the lunch I was talking on the phone with my mom…

Happy Orange Rolls

I love that citrus comes on in the middle of Winter here.   The day can be cold and grey… and all you need to do is peel a clementine and it’s like a little ray of sunshine. I love to…

Q-tip Tip: Furniture Touch-up

  Hi everyone,  today I’m sharing a video post.  It’s a tip for touching up those inevitable scratches or (ouch!) gouges in your wood furniture.  So even if it’s painful to see myself on video… at least you get to…

Wrapping up

I decided that before I was allowed to work on any new projects, I needed to wrap up a few old projects.  I just finished piecing my half squares on point quilt. Now for the big decision, do I want…

Weekend Projects

It was a lovely, good, long weekend with lots of time to relax and enjoy. While we watched Masterpiece Theater’s Sense and Sensibility and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, I helped my girls sew new dolls from Alicia Paulson’s wonderfully sweet book,…

Presidential Good Reads

It’s President’s Day here in the U.S. so in honor I am sharing some of my favorite books on U.S. Presidents. I love history and usually try to have a non-fiction to read, even if I’m reading a fiction as…

Sights and Smells

Thank you all for the support, love, and wisdom you’ve given to my family and me over the past few days.  It’s meant so much to us. We are all feeling much better around here.  Lily especially is doing incredibly…

Gratitude

This has been an emotional week for my family and me.  I’ve hesitated whether or not I wanted to write about it, but I feel deeply that what our family experienced was a miracle and by telling the story, I…

Puzzle Pieces

I’m sharing just a photo today.  It’s a photo of the sunrise above the mountain just east of my home that I took last Wednesday, February 1. When my girls woke to see the amazing red, pink, and purple sky…

Game Day Pinwheels

It’s been a wild week around our house so we’re all looking forward to a fun, relaxing weekend and can’t wait to watch the big game this Sunday.  I’m pretty sure I’ll  be watching with one eye on the game…