by Virginia | Nov 9, 2010 | Holiday, sewing, tutorial
We always did a pretty fancy Thanksgiving at our house growing up. One of my favorite parts was helping to set the table the day before before the main event. Mom would bring out her china, polish the silver, and iron the linens. She must have washed all the linens...
by Virginia | Nov 6, 2010 | give away, photo taking, sewing
Today I worked on new pictures for my duffle bag pattern. I made this duffle pattern back in the summer. I started working on it back in the spring but couldn't get it quite right so I kept delaying and waiting for a better design idea to come into my head....
by Virginia | Oct 29, 2010 | Holiday, sewing
I found myself dreading making costumes this year. I no longer get to choose (or at least strongly influence) like last year. Elsie wanted to be a big scary spider, Anne wanted to be a penguin, and Cal wanted to be a spiky caterpillar, a bunny, a...
by Virginia | Oct 24, 2010 | Holiday, sewing, thriting, tutorial
Does anyone else get a little giddy when the Magic Cabin catalog comes in the mail? All that natural cuteness makes me happy. I love you Kathe Kruse! Magic Cabin carries lots of her beautiful waldorf style dolls and toys. I am sure...
by Virginia | Oct 21, 2010 | sewing
Last night Travis taught me how to use photoshop elements. I am actually embarrassed about what a baby I was. You should have heard all the b~ing and moaning. The title up there should really be "All that Fuss and he patiently waited...
by Virginia | Oct 17, 2010 | Holiday, sewing
Travis and I celebrated our 10th anniversary last Thursday. 10 years! It seems like we just met. We went to the beautiful Gateway Lodge in Cooks Forest PA. The leaves were so pretty in spite of some dreary clouds. We climbed an old fire...
