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  • Bundle Up Girls!

    Bundle Up Girls!

    I can’t resist when my favorite designers all get together for some awesome new pattern releases! The latest Bundle Up for Girls is a winner for sure. I found awesome patterns for both my girls, despite their differences.

  • Huge DIY Resource – Ultimate Bundle!

    Huge DIY Resource – Ultimate Bundle!

    I’ll be back in a few days with some actual made things for the new year. But today I wanted to pass on info about this super huge DIY bundle that just started today! It’s the Ultimate DIY Bundle, and it’s only available for 6 days!

  • Time For More

    Time For More

    Finally closing the blogging books on 2014 and ready for 2015! Ready? Well, whatever. It’s time.

  • Orange Peppermint Sugar Scrub

    Orange Peppermint Sugar Scrub

    My go to emergency gift for teachers and aunts and neighbors is a sugar scrub. Who doesn’t love relaxing and feeling good? This winter, I went with orange and peppermint! These are an awesome and thoughtful gift, plus all the ingredients can be found at Whole Foods or other market, and you may have most […]

  • Capitol Hill Dress – Sew Fab Bundle

    Capitol Hill Dress – Sew Fab Bundle

    It’s Sew Fab Bundle time! An awesome time of year, right? This time it’s all about the Ladies! Ten all new women’s patterns! I got to test the Capitol Hill Dress by Straight Stitch Designs.

  • Betty Bowler – Pattern Parcel 7

    Betty Bowler – Pattern Parcel 7

    We’ve made it to Pattern Parcel #7! And it’s the last parcel of the year with one of my favorite things to sew- handbags. When I saw the list of patterns this time, I knew what I needed to make. And I already had the pattern. The Betty Bowler by Swoon Patterns.

  • One Thimble Issue 5

    One Thimble Issue 5

    I have a very strict “No Christmas Before Thanksgiving” rule. I just broke it. Have you heard of One Thimble e-mag before? Such a beautiful magazine style collaboration! This is their fifth edition AND one year anniversary. It’s based out of Australia, so this special holiday edition has a fantastic beach vibe that feels so […]

  • Around the World Blog Hop

    Around the World Blog Hop

    6:46 am my Sleep Cycle alarm app goes off. I’ve got about 20 minutes before I need to be out of bed, so I glance at the notifications on my home screen. And then it suddenly hits me. I was supposed to do a blog post on Monday. It’s Thursday. So here I am. I […]

  • Favorite Potato Soup

    Favorite Potato Soup

    Our family’s favorite potato soup. This gets made probably twice a month in the winter, and the girl with a late August birthday usually requests it for her birthday dinner. It’s that favoritest. However, it started out as a humble attempt to replace the Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana now that 1) we’re not living near […]

  • Mustache Cowl for Movember!

    Mustache Cowl for Movember!

    Last year right around this time, I felt like I really was lacking in mustaches. I mean, November is like the official mustache month, right? So I whipped up this fun mustache cowl for Movember, and I thought it would inspire you to some fleecy mustache fun!

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