by Virginia | Feb 21, 2014 | activities with kids, kids craftings, school, tutorial
I made these Valentine’s day monster crafts for my daughter’s Valentine’s Day party at school. Every time I go in for a class party, I am so grateful and amazed at the job that elementary school teachers accomplish everyday. When you do the craft...
by Virginia | Nov 29, 2013 | activities with kids, gift, give away, patterns
I am so please about my guest sewer today! Jenny from the Southern Institute is one inspirational lady. She is a go getter with a big heart and her creativity is limitless. Today on her blog she shows off her daughter's version of Annie's...
by Virginia | Sep 2, 2013 | activities with kids, photo taking, Travel
Boy oh Boy. I can't remember the last time I went a whole month without blogging. It's true that regular blogging brings on more blogging but now I feel like I have to make a huge long post to catch up. But a small blog post is a start to...
by Virginia | May 31, 2013 | activities with kids, baby, gardening, Sports
Last night I realized today would be the last day of my favorite month of the year. May is fantastic in Western Pennsylvania. Just beautiful! I am feeling a little let down since I haven't been able to sew much lately but May is a hard month...
by Virginia | Apr 12, 2013 | activities with kids, baby, quilt, quilts, sewing
I bought a stack of solids and finally starting cutting into them using this method. It’s really cool to try if half square triangles interest you! I love fun sewing tricks, don’t you? I enlarged the fabric pieces to 18″ x 18″...
by Virginia | Apr 9, 2013 | activities with kids, Travel, vacation
Last year we went down to the Smokey Mountains but this year we stayed a little closer to home and took the educational route. Washington DC is only about 5 hours away from us and we have friends that live close to the city. We had a great time! I...