From time to time, I get the opportunity to share product reviews with you, my lovely readers. Â Tom with Uncommon Goods contacted me recently with just such an offer. Â Having been a customer of Uncommon Goods in the past, I enthusiastically agreed. I was given free rein to select gifts for our family from their {…Continue Reading}
The stars aligned recently to fulfill  a dream to take Arden and Hadley to Disney World.  Arden has been asking to go for about a year after many of her friends returned from Spring Break trips and gushed about the magic of Disney.  It wasn’t really in the budget, and we wanted Hadley to be {…Continue Reading}
I made another leotard! Â But I never photographed and posted about the first two, so this is the first appearance here on A Jennuine Life. Â This is the Jalie #3464 Lillie Leotard. Last year Arden expressed an interest in switching from dance to gymnastics. Â At that time there wasn’t a gymnastics gym nearby, so we {…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}
When Victoria from As It Seams asked for participants for her From My Mother to Me series, I knew right away I wanted to take the opportunity to tell the story of how my mother shared sewing (and creativity in general)Â as a passion with me. I could tell you about the prairie style dress she {…Continue Reading}
It’s here! Â The much-anticipated FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Â We joined in with pretty much every family everywhere to make our attempt at Pinterest-worthy first day photos. Â And the result? Â Some close to that bar and others just a little silly: Hadley is always hamming it up, so I just told them to get their sillies {…Continue Reading}
The big day has come and I’ve proudly sent my oldest daughter Arden off into the wilds to become a “school-ager” as the kids at her Preschool refer to the honored pack of kids who make the trek out to ride the bus each morning. Â Today I get to share the outfit I made for {…Continue Reading}
Has anyone noticed I’ve been a bit MIA lately? I have a good reason for it, I promise! Yup, we’ve listed our house for sale so I’ve literally been spending every. spare. moment. (and some un-spare moments as well) organizing, decluttering, painting, touching up, staging, un-stinking etc. My wonderful cutting table? Â That’s stored up {…Continue Reading}
A little update on where you can find me. Â No, not on the sofa eating bon-bons! Â I’ve been a busy-busy girl, just not on the ol’ bloggity blog. Â I’ll let y’all in on what’s up soon, but things have to be announced in the right order and I’m not done telling my family just yet. {…Continue Reading}
This past weekend I was busy with dance recital for Arden and Hadley. This was Hadley’s first dance recital, and I am so proud of how she performed! She got right on stage and (mostly) did the routine, which really is saying a lot for a bunch of two and three year-olds. Â Hadley was {…Continue Reading}
