Post to come soon about Mr. V’s birthday playdate, but first he needed a new birthday outfit right! I found a fun checkered flag material and decided to use a pants pattern that I bought at the beginning of summer and still hadn’t done anything with yet. I used Peekaboo Patterns – Pier 49 convertible…

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Last week we threw a joint birthday party for both kiddos at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. They have awesome party packages with fun themes – I knew that the kids would love the bug theme and I found the cutest bug clip art from The Digital Bake shop on Etsy to make up some party…

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It was a fun birthday week last week! Miss O turned 4 on Thursday and we invited a few of her girlfriends over for a pony playdate!! Miss O loves the ponies right now, and even though we were having a bigger joint party on the weekend, I just couldn’t miss the chance to do…

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We are 90% finished with a new play area for our kids in our own backyard! After removing trees and building a retaining wall, my husband spent nights and weekends for about 2 weeks building this amazing play set for the kids! Since it has a clubhouse, I thought it needed a little décor! So…

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I am in full birthday mode now – with both kids’ birthdays in the next 2 months AND a joint birthday party to finish prepping for AND lots of friends and family with birthdays in August and September – there is a lot of sewing, crafting and planning to do! It just so happens that MY birthday…

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I have always loved making stuffed animals and toys and I have been admiring the work of Abby Glassenberg for a while now. Abby is an amazing softie designer and blogs over at While She Naps. When her new book, Stuffed Animals, came out I didn’t hesitate to pre-order it from Amazon. Here is the book with…

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I am currently starting to help a friends’ sister on her nursery and I wanted to post the details of my very first design – My daughter’s baby room! As I started this journey into crafty mommyhood – I discovered that I absolutely LOVE designing and putting together baby and kids rooms. I love that…

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The blog has been on the quiet side because I have been busy with wedding stuff! But YAY! my baby sister got married last weekend – it was a beautiful wedding! More details will come soon, but today I wanted to share the wedding gift I made her. I had purchased a fat quarter of…

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My husband took the kiddos away on a camping trip this weekend, so I had the whole house to myself! Cute kiddos off on their weekend with Daddy! After a fun girl’s night on Friday night, my plan was to work, work, work! Saturday morning, I made this cute little sundress requested by a friend. …

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We had so much fun planning my baby sister’s bridal shower! My middle sister and I (who are also the bridesmaids) planned the baby sister’s shower for early May and really only had about a month to put it together. The same weekend we worked on the wedding invites (early April), I made and sent…

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