Crafting Time – Part 2

More of the craftiness we had going on here when the girls were a bit younger (pre-teen to early teens). They still craft now, at 14 + 17, but their crafts have definately become more elaborate (read “EXPENSIVE”). One day we had walked all the way down to the beach, and had decided to collect [...]

Vintage Aprons

OHMYGOSH! I stumbled on these and they are fantastic – Vintage Aprons! (sold, sadly! oh, and check out the cig) UNIQUE 50s CORSET WAIST, HARLEQUIN STYLE . (again, sold out, but cute no?) 1940s FULL BIB APRONS PATTERB 2 STYLES MARIAN MARTIN . (seriously – was everyone’s waist really that skinny in the 50′s??) 50s [...]

Blogging… and what I SHOULD be doing.

This blogging is so totally addictive! For someone like me with no focus and a zillion interests, there is no better place to ramble on and on… and on… Who’s listening? I have no idea, but I do know for certain no one at home listens to me talk, so what’s to lose?! (this is [...]

Crafting Time – Part 1

The most “random hits” I get here are people looking for either things to do with teenagers (see post) or homemade craft ideas, so I thought I’d post some of our oldie but goodies. When the girls were young, we used to do 1 or 2 crafts a week together. They thought I was sooooo [...]

The Aunt/Uncle Gift 2008

I was mentioning all the time and energy that went into our homemade gifts for the aunts and uncles (see blog), but OF COURSE I couldn’t say what exactly it was just in case one of them ever reads all this blabbering! So, here it is for all those that search and google “homemade gifts” [...]

Homemade Christmas Ornaments

While decorating our tree this weekend, the girls and I were happy to see many ornaments we’ve made together over the years! We make some together just about every year, plus I still buy each of the Kids a new ornament every Christmas and put their name on it for one day when they have [...]