Estate Sale Love

  Every Thursday I look at the paper and search the estate sale section.  My kids get grumpy when I pull up to some random house.  "OH NO!  Another sale!"  I have to promise to give them each a dollar and then they grumpily walk...

Leaf Pile

We Raked out first leaf pile yesterday.  The sun is finally out in Western PA!!  I love it when all the leaves change and the countryside looks like heaven on earth.  I HATE WINTER.  Unfortunately I am not developed enough of a human being to...

Shelly’s Place Mats

Here is a set of place mats I have been working on for way too long.   How could these simple mats have taken so long??  But they did and I do like the finished product.  The picture could be a little better but the other's were fuzzy with the...

Lovely Little Violet

 I have a handful of blogs that I like to check every few days.  My favorite and longest lasting is WeeWonderfuls by the talented Hillary Lang.  Her dolls are "wonderful"  and I have made most of them.  I wanted to make my own...

First Day of School a Month Late!

Here is my girl on her first day of school.  Six weeks later!  You may ask "who cares 6 weeks later??" BUT she has got some cute sewing items that she is modeling for me and that she actually was totally psyched to wear to school on day...