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Family, fun, and frivolous fall!

September 18, 2012

Fall is the season where I finally begin to venture out again. The heat is beginning to dissipate, the days are cloudy just enough to break up the monotony of the sun, the longer sleeves and cardigans get moved up to the front of the closet. Here is what I’ve been up to lately. When [...]

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Tutorial Tuesday (on Wednesday): Simple rag wreath.

October 12, 2011

I made this yesterday and I couldn’t WAIT to share it with you! I didn’t take pictures of it step by step like I would a “real” tutorial, but I’ll tell you how I made it so that you can easily make your own! Here was my old fall wreath: Pretty good for my first [...]

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Tutorial Tuesday: Homemade Laundry Detergent

October 4, 2011

My soul sister Heather over at Another Ten Miles recently shared her adventures making laundry soap and dishwashing detergent. It’s been a wee-bit of a money stretching week and I am ALWAYS looking to save a dollar here or there! I’ve heard about homemade laundry detergent before, but I have to share with you [...]

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Recipe Thursday: Chicken and Rice

September 29, 2011

In the summer of 2004, I stayed with my aunt Alma. She’s actually my great aunt, because she is my grandfather’s sister, but she is more like a mom to me. (Confusing enough?) I also look a lot like her and I don’t look at all like my mom and dad. (This picture is several [...]

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Tutorial Tuesday: Mesh Bath Toy Bag

September 6, 2011

Tired of having bath toys EVERYWHERE? That’s me. Too cheap to go buy a fancy bath toy holder? That’s me too. So, I made one! I’ve been looking at making one of these for a while, and I just haven’t gotten around to it. I also haven’t stumbled upon the mesh fabric that Ashley from [...]

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Recipe Thursday: Telephone Meatloaf

September 1, 2011

Telephone Meatloaf. Weird name, huh? Does anyone eat meatloaf anymore? I wasn’t sure. We do, but we’re a little retro around here. This recipe was given to me by my aunt Alma, and her mother (my great-grandmother) Rose Marie taught it to her. Aunt Alma told me that she called it “telephone meatloaf,” because it [...]

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Tutorial Tuesday: How to make an Osnaburg Wrap

August 16, 2011

Woohoo! A Tutorial Tuesday! I was laying here in bed, thinking about all I need to do this week, and I thought “I need to post about the wrap.” So, here I am! Here is a “tutorial” for making an Osnaburg wrap. It’s totally not hard. At all. However, when I was looking online to [...]

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Tutorial Tuesday – Wipes Case Tutorial

May 31, 2011

Finally, a Tutorial Tuesday! Actually, this one was kind of an accident. I’ve been making these for almost 2 years now, and I don’t necessarily consider them part of my “tutorial” qualifications, because my Tutorial Tuesdays are designed to force me to learn something new and then share it with you. However, I am so [...]

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Tutorial Tuesday (on Wednesday) – Lined Pillowcase Dress

May 4, 2011

Yeah… I couldn’t get to posting this yesterday. That’s what I get for not making myself write this last week. I spent a long amount of time online last week looking at pillowcase dresses. I knew the basic concept: square of fabric, cut arm holes, make casing for elastic/ribbon, finish. I made one when munchkin [...]

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Tutorial Tuesday – Hooded Towel

April 26, 2011

So, I have this friend. Her name is Cheryl. She is AWESOME. She is an attorney, she has 2 brilliant and well-behaved kids, and she is always on the go. What does she do for her downtime? Sew. At my baby shower she gave me a slew of handmade bibs, burp cloths, a baby blanket [...]