If you missed the first post for the Every Occasion Dress and the Ruffled Apron – check it out here. This totorial is for the second of the two interchangeable aprons – the Banded Apron. This one is even easier than the Ruffled Apron since there is no gathering involved. Every Occasion Dress – Banded ApronSkill Level – {…Continue Reading}
This tutorial has been a long time in the making! This dress was from my final entry in Project Toddler Runway – The Personal Challenge. I was able to get a friend’s daughter to model the dress for me, but in order to use her, I had to rush the construction of the dress and {…Continue Reading}
image source As if having a cold isn’t bad enough, having a cold while pregnant really blows. I’ve got a real doozy going and since the remedies at my disposal are limited to Sudafed, Tylenol, and cough drops, I’m feeling pretty miserable with a deep cough, sinus pain, runny nose, and congestion. I had big {…Continue Reading}
Since I spend most of my spare time on the sofa anyways, I figured it was about time to start knitting for baby #2 due in October. (I’m not a very fast knitter!). Since we won’t know the gender for another couple of weeks, I thought this pretty teal would work either way. I had {…Continue Reading}
If you’ve seen the movie Up, then you know of what I speak. If you haven’t – what are you waiting for, it’s really funny for adults and kids alike! Anyways, many of the characters in the animated movie are dogs that can talk through translators on their collars, and one of the dogs has an {…Continue Reading}
In preparation for baby #2’s arrival, we ordered a toddler bed to free up the crib for the new nursery. It arrived a couple of days ago and I put it together in the evening while Dave was putting Arden to sleep. The plan was originally to wait a little bit, but we had shown {…Continue Reading}
I have the dress part of my giveway version of the Every Occasion Dress completed, so I thought I’d tease a bit with a couple of sneek peek photos… Jennifer asked if I could use a different fabric than the original birdcage print, so I prowled her blog My Mommy Can to try to get a {…Continue Reading}
I had planned to put together posts about my travels and other activities in my pre-blogging life, so when Brittany at Mommy Words began her What’s Your Word series with “Adventure”, I thought I’d jump on the chance to participate and share a little peek into my past with you! My husband and I love {…Continue Reading}
I feel like I had an unusually productive day considering my lack of motivation lately. Here’s how my day went: Woke up ~ 7:00 Got Arden up and dressed Made scones for breakfast with Arden “helping” Took a shower Intervened with a toddler meltdown – she wanted to color with marker pens and Daddy didn’t want {…Continue Reading}
Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and today is the final day of Spring Fling. But we’re going out on a high note with today’s giveways: A honeysuckle pettiskirt from Bree at Extra Ordinary Bree: And a $20 gift certificate to her Etsy shop from Rebecca from My Girlish Whims:  So {…Continue Reading}
