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birthday superhero cape

By On October 24, 2011 · 5 Comments

My daughter’s friend Mason loves Batman. We got him some superhero books for his birthday, but they didn’t seem fun enough. I thought maybe a special cape would make his gift more exciting.

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creative gift idea: make your own suncatcher

By On October 17, 2011 · 2 Comments

I can’t believe it’s the middle of October and I haven’t told you about all of the cool arts and crafts gifts my daughter received for her birthday. I haven’t even blogged about her art party. I’m a slacker.

First up is this awesome blast-from-the past suncatcher. Do you remember making these when you were [...]

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which came first: dumb t-shirts or dumb attitudes?

By On September 20, 2011 · 14 Comments

Every Fall for the past few years I have gone to Neat Repeatz, one of Lincoln’s largest consignment sales, looking for some cute and affordable clothes for my daughter. This is where I first learned that cute for toddler girls is anything pink or lavender covered in princess decals. I had to shop the boys [...]

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finished: wagon wheel baby blanket

By On September 16, 2011 · 9 Comments

I am so excited this is finished because I’m really ready for a new project. It turned out just as beautiful as I had imagined the day I found the sweater.

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easy kids bike shorts pattern

By On September 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The bike shorts pattern is finished and ready for download! It’s been over two years since my original Easy Kids Shorts pattern and I do a few things differently now.

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it’s u-pick your fruit season!

By On September 6, 2011 · 2 Comments

Over the weekend we went to a local orchard to pick raspberries and apples. It was a beautiful day: warm and sunny, but not hot — breezy, but not windy. Autumn is definitely in the air.

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our birthday cake tradition continues

By On August 31, 2011 · 5 Comments

When my daughter turned three, I started a little mother-daughter birthday cake tradition: she gets to choose the cake mix, icing and decorations, then we make the cake together. This year she wanted cupcakes and chose Trader Joe’s cake mix and frosting, along with rainbow sprinkles.

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after: hello kitty lunch bag + some helpful tips

By On August 26, 2011 · 6 Comments

So, I survived this crazy project. Actually, the only thing that was really difficult was the bias trim, especially around the corners. But I’m not very good at bias trim to begin with, so there’s that.

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wardrobe refashion: t-shirt to bike shorts

By On August 23, 2011 · 4 Comments

My daughter loves wearing dresses. She also loves to climb tall jungle gyms and roll around in the grass with her feet in the air. She understands the concept of modesty, but she’s too busy running, jumping and playing to be worried about such things right now. I get it. I want [...]

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my creative space

By On August 18, 2011 · 8 Comments

In my creative space today I’m working on the border for the wagon wheel baby blanket. It’s been almost a year since I started this project. Yikes! I really lost momentum when it came to seaming the squares.

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