Waste Free Lunch Bag revealed

My patterns are like pets- a couple of them behave OK but you know with a little extra time and effort, they could be really really good.  The waste free lunch bag is one of those pets.  It was fine, but I knew that I could do better.   I really like...

Small Town Holiday

Here in the States we had our Memorial Day over the weekend.  I love living in a small town on patriotic holidays.  Small towns really know how to celebrate memorial day and the fourth of July.  We had a tiny and cute parade in our town....

Seven from Heaven

My big girl is seven today.  Seven!   She is smart and determined.  She is kind and concerned.  She is a big sister and a best friend.  She loves art, soccer, riding her bike and reading. Your oldest child gets the best and worst of you....

Gift Giving Follow Through

My dear, dear friend Meghan is working hard to get her esthetician license back and has her test this coming weekend.  She, like many of us, choose to stay home with her kids while they were little and now that her youngest is on his way to Kindergarten in the...

Southern Preppy

My sister lives in Colombus, GA and asked me to make her some teacher gifts like the ones I made for the AnnKelle fabric.  When I asked what fabrics she wanted, she said "you know, preppy.  Everybody here is really preppy."  I wouldn't...

Teacher Gifts

Kelle Boyd of AnnKelle left a comment on my blog post about my elephants about a month ago.  I love her fabrics and stationery so I responded to tell her that I should make some elephants using her fabrics too.  Through some emailing and her generous gift...