Cucumbers, carrots, okra, and tomatoes!

My niece miss A turned two a few months ago and her mom asked if I could make her a cake for her Sesame Street birthday Since her favorite character is Ernie, I thought it only fitting to make an Ernie cake. I used colored fondant to make the face, and it turned out quite […]

So, about a year ago I made some awesome pizza pretzels, then I forgot to ever write a post about them. So here it is, finally. First off I have to say thank you to Yammie’s Noshery for the awesome post on Auntie Anne’s copycat pretzels. http://www.yammiesnoshery.com/2012/04/auntie-annes-pretzels-copycat-recipe.html?m=1 I used her recipe, but instead of just […]

Since having baby number two, I don’t have much time to do anything crafty aside from general business sewing but the other day I was able to make this quick piece of artwork. I used fabric covered piece of canvas that I have had up on the wall for a couple years just waiting to […]

This year I haven’t posted much about my garden. This is mainly because I had a baby right in the midst of prime planting time, but I was able to get some plants in the ground, install soaker hoses, and add pine mulch to the garden beds. Hopefully all this will cut down on bugs […]

Today for breakfast I made pancakes. While I love pancakes, I wanted to try to spruce up the basic pancake mix I used. I added half a cup of ground almond meal and half a cup of finely shredded dried coconut and a teaspoon of almond extract to the mix. This made for a much […]

Spring is in the air and I couldn’t help but purchase these lovely flowers at the grocery store today. I am not usually good at flower arrangements, but I saw a decomposed arrangement the other day and thought “hey! I can do that!”. So I arranged some stemless champaign flutes on a serving tray and […]

My baby boy, Parker Christian, was born on the 21st! I had a wonderful birth experience and only a 4.5 hour labor. Now I am taking a few weeks off from sewing to enjoy the little bundle of joy and my new family of four. Here is a picture of the little guy and his […]

I got the samples in using my new fabrics. Not all of these will be made for sale. What are your thoughts? Which one do you love?

I am so excited about the new fabrics for my laptop bags that I have in the works. I just got a small teaser from the fabric printer, but I like what I see! Thoughts?

Well, we have painted and installed the chair molding in the nursery. The colors are going to be seafoam, coral, orange, gray, and white. Now I just have to put together the dresser and changing table and finish all the little decorative accents like picture frames, art, etc….. What do you think?

No thanks to Pinterest and Target’s dollar area, I have started to decorate for more holidays then I should. What’s up on the walls and mantel right now? Why Valentine’s decor of course! Here is a lovely little photo dump of my decorations. XOXOXO banner – Target $3 Photo Frame Art – Created myself or […]