It’s been a while since I last sewed for a kindergartener! Â I participated with Arden in 2014, right before we moved from Michigan to New Jersey. Â Arden is 2.5 years older than Hadley, but Hadley missed the cutoff here in New Jersey by three days and will turn six at the beginning of the school {…Continue Reading}
School is (finally) back in session!! Â While I love summer and we had lots of fun swimming at our community pool, going to movies under the stars, museums, visits into the city and more I’m ready to be back to a weekday routine around here. First I feel like I should share the quick snap {…Continue Reading}
*This post contains affiliate links to Mouse House Creations. My busy friend Hayley of Mouse House Creations* just published her latest sewing pattern, the Sydney Romper and Pinafore*. It’s for sizes 3m through 12 years, and even works for boys in the sunsuit version that goes up to a 2T. Â There are three options: a {…Continue Reading}
I took a super quick break in the midst of pattern preparation to make this adorable Hoppe Jumpsuit for Hadley.  It’s newly released by An of Straight Grain in collaboration with Fabienne from 128. When I say quick, I really do mean quick.  I cut the pieces one day and when I sat down to sew {…Continue Reading}
Greetings!  I’m over the moon that Jessica from Craftiness Is Not Optional (CINO) and Kristin from Skirt As Top invited me to participate in Vintage May this season!  The precept for Vintage May is pretty open: sew something vintage inspired.  I’ve always been really drawn to 1940’s style, so I went with that! Specifically, I wanted to {…Continue Reading}
Recently Hadley had a day with a couple of big firsts – her first trip to the dentist, and her first haircut: Choosing some goodies from the treasure box. She was cooperative enough to get some x-rays taken. Check out the cool shades! The happy patient! Both Arden and Hadley have a labial frenulum, a {…Continue Reading}
First off, I want to say a quick “Thank You!” to everyone who voted in last week’s round. The votes were impossibly close, which means that we gave all of the voters a very tough choice – way to go Season 8! As I said in my description of my Pretty in Pink, I was {…Continue Reading}
We celebrated Hadley’s 2nd birthday with a fairly loose interpretation of a cheese mouse theme. She loves the mouse from the Tinkerbell movies named Cheese, so it seemed like a good theme to follow. I created the invitations on PicMonkey using a photo from our summer vacation. Since Hadley’s birthday falls during 3rd quarter closing {…Continue Reading}
My funny, quirky, opinionated, pony skipping Hadley. You do nothing halfway. From the moment you wake until the time you drift off to sleep, you are either the picture of happiness with your double dimples and contagious giggle or shrieking “notankyuu” as fast as you can while waving your little hand frantically! We went berry {…Continue Reading}
My baby girl Hadley is turning two this week! I took the opportunity to “dual program” as we used to say in my sorority days and graded a 2T version of my Matinée Dress which will be my entry for the signature style challenge for the Project Run & Play sewalong, and of course it’s Hadley’s {…Continue Reading}
