Small Gifty

My friend Amy celebrated a birthday last week. Her two kiddos are about the same ages as mine, and we get together at least once a week to let the kids play together and have some time to talk....

Posted by jennifer at 13:31 on Monday January 26, 2009. | 0 Comments

Un-Hung

These stockings were decidedly not hung by the chimney with care this past Christmas. They laid on the back of the couch like they have every year since we moved into this house. We have a great fireplace here,...

Posted by jennifer at 19:42 on Saturday January 24, 2009. | 0 Comments

Finally...

Some things just take you a lot longer than you think they will. I started this quilt for the toddler when he was a baby. And I finished it about two years later, just before Christmas, just in time...

Posted by jennifer at 15:17 on Saturday January 17, 2009. | 2 Comments

Dressing up our couch - A free pillow sham pattern

We used to have a lovely, comfy, denim couch at our house. Now that we've had it for a while, moved it with us once, and introduced it to two little boys? We have a well worn and well...

Posted by jennifer at 7:10 on Tuesday January 13, 2009. | 0 Comments

Out of respect for the mud room

We moved into the house we live in now just over 2 and a half years ago when I was seven months pregnant with the toddler. We had to move fast, but had had a long time to look...

Posted by jennifer at 16:06 on Thursday January 8, 2009. | 0 Comments

Spare Change

Late this past fall I participated in a rather cool swap that was organized by Juliette of Chickpea Sewing Studio. Each participant was asked to send 24 five inch squares of quality fabric in along with a self addressed,...

Posted by jennifer at 13:53 on Tuesday January 6, 2009. | 0 Comments

Strengthening my resolve

That's two of my favorite people enjoying sledding together on a very cold day a while back. They had so much fun! And while I missed out on sledding in our front yard, I did get to take some...

Posted by jennifer at 14:56 on Monday January 5, 2009. | 2 Comments