For Christmas I made Eliana and her Godmother (Aunt Lauren) matching aprons. Lauren loves to bake so she will hopefully use hers even without Eliana, but I thought it would be fun for the Godmother/Goddaughter to have matching items for when they play together. Little girls love to help in the kitchen so perhaps Aunt… Continue reading Matching Aprons – Homemade Christmas Gifts
The very best way to freeze cookie dough! Have you ever wanted just one or two (or maybe JUST three or four) cookies? And if you are going to have a cookie (or multiple) then you really want a warm gooey just out of the oven cookie, right?! So…I have found ( well really my… Continue reading Freezing Cookie Dough
Transitioning from Bottle to Cup and Formula to Milk Boy that is a lot of change that happens at the magical one year mark! Something that is soothing and comforting and done multiple times a day is suddenly supposed to change. Poor Babies! This post comes from the occupational therapist in me: knowing that switching… Continue reading The 12 Month Transition
Matching Bibs, Burb Cloths, Diaper Pouch and Tie Onesie This gift set was so much fun to make because I knew it would be used and loved by my soon to be cousins’ son. Eliana and I unfortunately missed the baby shower because we already had our Florida vacation booked, but we attended in spirit… Continue reading Baby Gift Set – Sewing diy
This was the final dress that I sewed for Eliana prior to our trip to Disney and it is my favorite! I have been saving this post because I have been so excited with how the dress turned out and wanted to find the perfect photos to capture it. I am not sure I could… Continue reading Sewing A Princess Anna {From Frozen} Summer Dress
I struggle with decorating my front entryway. I move furniture and wall decor into and out of it on a seasonal basis and am never entirely happy with the end result. After the most recent move of furniture I decided that I wanted lanterns or sconces to flank a painting that was hung above our… Continue reading Wall Lantern Hooks For My Entryway – DIY
Eliana was a flower girl in my sister’s wedding a couple weeks ago. She did a fabulous job and made it down the aisle! That in itself is an accomplishment for a 2 year old! In anticipation of the long day (potentially with no nap) I put together a flower girl activity bag. It was… Continue reading Flower Girl Activity Bag – “Flower Girl Princess All Dressed In White For Most of Today and Even Tonight”…
For those of you that follow the blog and don’t sew, you are probably getting bored with my most recent posts. So here is a down and dirty DIY project for those who like to get their hands dirty. It required stripping off layers and layers of paint, a little woodworking to add a bottom… Continue reading Refinishing A Buffet – Rescuing A Piece of Furniture
I was super excited when I was given two tufted ottomans by a family member. They were in her Goodwill pile and when I spotted them I knew that I had to at least try to bring them back to life. So without knowing at all what I was doing, I set my mind to… Continue reading Re-Upholstering A Tufted Ottoman
Making Queen Elsa tank tops was very simple. Most of the project was completed by Mindi, my 9 year old cousin. It was her first sewing project – I think she did an awesome job! We planned to make two – one for Eliana and one for Mindi so that they could have matching Elsa… Continue reading Princess Play Clothes – Elsa – Super Simple Queen Elsa Tank Tops
