burgundy buttons is hosting our giveaway this month. ready for some free fabric? not only has leah graciously offered an amazing giveaway she’s also offering a discount till this friday to my readers! read more here about her amazing store and to enter this giveaway!
you know i wasn’t the hardest kid to raise. but i wasn’t peaches either. it’s amazing how the cycle of life happens in relationships doesn’t it? let me try to explain. when i was little i wanted to emulate my mom. be just like her. she loved to exercise, she loved healthy food. she loved […]
today i’m blog swapping with steph from somewhat simple. check out her tutorial here and then come check out mine on hers! Happy Friday Everyone!!! I am super excited to be guest posting on Vanessa’s darling site. I love it here, so please excuse me while I make myself comfy… My name is Stephanie and […]
yup me, can you believe it? i got asked to do a blog post at the ever wonderful site created by Nancy Soriano, former editor in chief of Country Living and Jo Packham,the founder and editor in chief of WHERE WOMEN CREATE. i am humbled (and was a nervous wreck writing the post) that they […]
Being a mom sometimes isn’t the most glamorous job one can have. Being a mom sometimes means walking around with food or boogers on your shirt, and sometimes not getting into the shower till afternoon . we’re busy driving kids to school and activities, busy folding laundry, busy wiping away tears, busy reading bed time […]
so you need to check out my friend’s blog well if you want a chance to win 3 of my patterns for free go you’ll want to go and check it. larissa and i have been friends for a while. our husbands were in grad school together. she’s one gal i completely miss having right […]
can you tell i have babies on the brain. no not me. my friends. mom, you can let go of the panic and start breathing again. that was not some sort of hint. trust me. one goal i had this year was to learn more about silk screening. well i did just that. and i […]
this week has been cold. but the water was turned on so we decided to make sure our pipes wouldn’t freeze by leaving the sprinklers on in the back. it created quite a few cool ice encircled buds and ton of icicles off out fences. and i know i haven’t been talking about how funny […]
got someone that’s going to be a mom for the first time? or maybe for the 2nd, 3rd, or 15th time? what better thing to make for her and her wee little bladder jumping, hemorrhoid maker, parasite in her belly baby, but a stylish hip ombre onesie. i don’t know about you but i’ve taken […]
okay first off thanks so much for the lovely response on the fabric flower ring (and kits). those babies are flying out the door and into the mail later on today. keep em coming and i’ll keep up i promise. now…today’s guest blogger tutorial is from the lovely tiffany of simply modern mom. tiffany is […]
here’s the post i was too sick to do last week. i’m feeling better. thank you for your kind words. and no i didn’t burn the toast on purpose, that actually happened (a few days earlier…i just thought it was funny and so i took a picture.) who knew that it was a perfect picture […]
we interrupt the regularly scheduled blog post due to technical difficulties (also known as a lamo sinus infection type thing and a cough that kept her up all freakin’ night long). please enjoy the elevator music till we can return health to the woman behind the blog. hopefully we’ll talk tomorrow. >:P
first off i am so beyond amazed at your answers from yesterday’s post. thank you for your honesty and thank you for kind words on mine! second,i am beyond tickled to introduce my guest blogger of the day. ever heard of the blog i am momma hear me roar? cheri is cute, cheri is nice…but […]
being a mom takes a lot of time, energy, patience, sacrifice and prayer. bottom line, it’s the most taxing job i’ve ever had. but i would never exchange it for anything. recently i got an email from my awesome friend who i put up on a pedestal on being a funny, creative, and loving mom […]
mother’s day is right around the corner. and shortly after that the end of school. wouldn’t a pot filled with flowers be the perfect (and easy!) gift to give to the mother’s and teachers in your life? a plain pot will do just fine…but one with a little more character would be better. ready? it’s […]
so i mentioned yesterday that we were going to be at the derby races. we won. um, like the whole thing. our 8 year old placed 1st overall. the 10 year old took 2nd in his den. we did not handle it well. we meaning the mister and i. let me set up the story […]
nope not tax time…well, yes it’s that too… did you get your’s done? phew, we did too. but that’s not what i’m talking about. i’m talking about DERBY RACING TIME. yes, that time of the year when the boys become men and the men become…boys. sanding, shaping, grinding. painting, drawing, hotglueing. WD-40-ing, graphite powedering, and […]
thank you all who entered the what’s your virtue giveaway! the random # generator picked # 437 rebekah said… what a fun giveaway! i looove lipgloss 🙂 rebekah you are that # please contact me via email and give me your mailing address. quite a few of you would of been greedy just like me […]
this month’s giveaway is sponsored by what’s your virtue lip glosses. i personally use and love these lip glosses so i was super excited when they said they would do a giveaway for my readers! want a chance to win? click here to keep reading and enter!
well, well, well, for the first link me up party i think we did pretty well. almost 180 links. not bad. there were so many of you that entered that i wasn’t able to comment on each. oh but i did check out each and every one of you! fabulous things being created out there! […]
so i’ve mentioned before that we live at the altitude of 7000+ feet. gardening (and cooking) follow a whole different set of rules here from where the husband and i grew up… near ocean level. because our growing time is shorter than most other places (it’s been snowing the past few days..and we’ve been known […]
first off hello! and THANK YOU for linking up soo many wonderful things! wow! come later this week (as i finish making my rounds) i’ll showcase a few of your creations here on the blog. second, the jedi robes. so many of you asked where i got the pattern…they are modified versions of this pattern. […]
so my boys have been begging for jedi robes. for like ever. last week while i was tired and probably half asleep boy #1 had a conversation with me that i can’t remember for the life of me what was said in it, but at the end i did the “pinky promise” to seal the […]
see growing up in the great city of los angeles and then moving to the “smaller” city of san diego…i didn’t have the opportunity to see many brand new baby farm animals while in my childhood years. that is so not the case for my children as we find ourselves here in the middle of […]
amy of the blog: diary of a quilter is my next guest blogger. she and i go way back. back to the days when i lived in provo had 2 kids and was making a living off of stitchery patterns. (well okay, it was more like it helped with our grocery bills while we were […]
i love getting emails with pictures and links of things you’ve made with my tutorials. kayleen made these balls using my fabric balls pattern. i think they turned out gorgeous. and her photography. lovely. and i love getting emails with links of things you have been working NOT using my tutorials. like these lovely free […]
so on top of sewing new curtains for my home… the community council and i have been sewing this quilt. all the fabric was donated and we made it in like two nights. then we had a fabulous friend (hi f!) quilt it for us and then another wonderful friend (hi lori!) and i sat […]
so simply utah is spotlighting me. they are super sweet and the spotlight some pretty amazing shops. i’m honored and humbled to be numbered as one of them. and well because they were so nice…i’m offering for the rest of this week only, 25% off your order. just mention “simply utah” on your notes of […]
so a couple weeks ago things got a little ugly. let me explain: it was 2:45 pm on a thursday afternoon and for some reason i passed my living room and thought. “UGH! i love my new to me couch…but it’s not meshing in like it should.” so i thought “maybe if i move a […]
well this gal doesn’t really need an introduction. but i’ll do one anyways. it was last “end of summer” i think, when i contacted dana because i became obsessed with her shirt dress refashion. she inspired me to make katie’s skirt dress refashion. and well, since then, we’ve had countless of emails back and forth […]
so, my kid played basketball this year. he didn’t do too bad. at the end of the “season” we got their team and individual pictures back. when i first saw the picture i exploded in a “HAHA!…ahem. that’s a good picture bud. why did you uh…hmmm.” second noise maker answers:“they told me not to blink.” […]
so i don’t get out much. no, not like as in out of my home, it feels like i’m always running full speed somewhere or need to be doing something. no, i mean as in i don’t get out much of my little corner of the blogworld. see, i know there’s like a lot of […]
i’m not a big time holiday or season decorator. what i have up is what i have up all year round, usually. except for a little something here and there. well here’s a tutorial to add a little something springish to your home. oh and i’m going to show you how you can use old […]
dear husband, as you already know we are fast approaching our 12 year anniversary. and as you already know because you have been married to me for so said years…you know that i’m kind of hard to shop for on these occasions. so here’s my list of things you could get me and i would […]
i’m excited to introduce this weeks guest blogger Disney of the ever popular blog Ruffles and Stuff. it all started when she left me a comment a couple of months ago and i instantly thought “wait either this person really likes disneyland stuff or could she really be named disney?” so then i clicked over […]
well, it’s a good thing i have mad counting skills and can count up into the thousands, because apparently you guys like fabric. and if it’s free and cute even the better. either that or you guys are a bunch of cheapskates who will jump at anything free. either case thanks for making that the […]
GIVEAWAY now CLOSED the quilt shoppe has the sponsor giveaway slot this month. lani is the woman behind the quilt shoppe name. and she’s been my longest sponsor. thank you lani for your sponsorship and not only that but the friendship that has evolved because of it. 😉 she’s good people and i’m super lucky […]
created just like my other pillows here and here, this is my way of designing exactly what i want for the look i’m going for. oh but why am i making new slip covers do you ask? this slip covered pillow was created … *drum roll please* for my new to me… leather couch. yes, […]
i’d like to introduce mique of thirty handmade days. we met while being on sytyc together and as we emailed back and forth we found out we have a LOT in common… we both grew up in the southern california (S.D.) area, and we both graduated around the same time from each others rivaling high […]
so last week at aprox 8:22 pm the night before the 2nd grade play (which my son was to be honey bee #2) i’m not kidding the kid comes up to me and says second noise maker: “uh mom, i need a honey bee costume…for tomorrow’s play.” okay keep in mind we live in a […]
MARCH. really? already? okay fine then. march is a good month for me. it’s my anniversary of marriage month. it’s my spring cleaning month. it’s my lets bring in color to my house month. itching for change in the weather month. i want to move furniture around, i want to change my walls. i want […]
that’s how old my third noisemaker is today. here’s a few fun facts about you right now: you are STILL always happy. (we don’t get, it but we love it). you may be small for your age but you are the loudest kid we own. every night at 11:07 (give or take a few minutes) […]
later today and tomorrow you will be able to see my tutorials over at sew mama sew. when i was asked if i could come up with something for weddings i said “SURE!” and then i wanted to throw up because…um helloooo it’s SEW MAMA SEW. all breathing exercises, and hot glue gun blisters aside, […]
it’s my turn to be a part of celebrate the boy month! i’m excited to show a little of what i’ve been working on for that. this year i decided to finally start tackling my boys’ room. i knew i didn’t want too much in their room for decoration, i believe a boy’s room should […]
okay so the other day i made these quilts. and i had a lot of scraps left over. i came up with this scrap buster banner. and if you end up making this quilt, using my tutorial you will have enough to make this banner as well. i think that would make such a great […]
i go to thrift stores. nothing new there. it’s not because of the economy or because i’m trying to stick it to the man. and most definitely not because i’m trying to find some antique to sell on ebay. i don’t like ebay it stresses me out. not saying that anyone out there who shops […]
you know, i kind of like the fact that i’m kind of thrifty. or that i don’t necessarily go out and drop money on something just because i like it or because it’s in style. heck i’ve been “buying” in my head leather couches for like years, have placed them in my living room with […]
first off, glad to see so many people out there confessing to stinky bathrooms. thanks for the advise, the laughs, and the support. i’ll be sure to keep writing more personal, sometimes not so shining moments, as they continue to happen. one thing is for sure, if you can’t laugh about things…then life really does […]
this cute cake stand is on my table. (thanks to this gal) i’m so delighted to have this around my neck. and i’m wishing i could have this for my bedroom. but most importantly: so happy to have my family around me. happy love day. we’ll talk tomorrow.v and co loves her sponsors check out […]
or ferocious farts, or odoriFerous poop(f)s….okay maybe not that one. but you get what i’m putting down. no? well let me explain in a story. it goes a little like this: so katie had been holding her poops. yes, you read it right. holding.her.poops. as in she wouldn’t have a bowel movement for days. and […]
it’s been wicked cold some mornings here. add some fog and we get some pretty amazing looking frost cover here’s your winner for the $40 gift certificate to the sew cute shop! Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 98 Timestamp: 2010-02-11 17:08:48 UTC kristi said… I found out about your blog from Monica […]
GIVEAWAY CLOSED well hello friends! first off thank you to the ladies that were able to help out with the blankets. (give me an email to let me know that you got the address to where to send them to and what pattern you would like for your generosity, thank you to all of you […]
kelly and i have been friends for a while. since college actually. two smart mouthed college girls. we hit it off and stayed friends. since then we’ve both moved away from our beloved california, have married equally if not more than ourselves smart mouthed men, and created little spawns that we love and adore to […]
a flirty skirt. just like mine. thanks for letting me know they sold out. they have been re-stocked! in order to get katie to smile and play along to take a photo, the boys tried to help with the photo shoot. sometimes not so successfully. but in the end we got a few good shots […]
first off, thanks for a wonderful shop update success! wow. really thank you. you guys are awesome, and you make my creative juices run on high speed. i’ve already come up with a ton of more ideas for this blog, other blogs, and my etsy site. now to try to figure out WHERE i can […]
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today that’s how old my oldest noisemaker is. a few fun things about you right now: *your passion is history…more precisely world war I and world war II *you have so much in common with your dad and grandfather it’s not even funny. (no really it’s not) case in point: there are many times when […]
to make this cover you will need: *strips of varying widths with at least 16 inches in length. *2 rectangles of muslin cut out to 5 1/4 by 11inches *one long rectangle with the measurement of 25 by 11 inches *one button *one elastic hair band. first get you a boring looking composition bookmeasure your […]
we’ve had a bit of snow come our way. i’ve had to wear my closed toe shoes and mr v and co has been trying to make sure our house stays nice and warm. but while the boys are at school and work…the girls jump on beds, play with fabric, and play dress up with […]
i’ve been busy with the hand sewing. keep a look out for new patterns and kits and ready made things coming soon to my etsy shop! i’ll let you know when ooooh but people! PE.O.PLE!!!! you have been busy yourself with the v and co tutorials!!!! you make me proud. and a little teary eye […]
nothing like taking a picture and posting it and then thinking…”i don’t like it.” so i did a little moving around and this is what i ended up with. granted i simplified and used what i had so when i get a chance i will get a slightly bigger frame and with a picture of […]
my shelf in my front hallway has been sitting with that little splotch of blue for like months. i had really good intentions last fall to get this project done…and well, octnovdecember happened just like that, and now january is the month to take one project at a time. this was at the top of […]
one of most reoccurring questions i get through email and comments (besides, where’d you get those red shoes in your header (seriously, i’ve tried to find where they sell them with still no luck!), and where’d you get those jeans (shopko… they are actually petal pushers and were bought on the whim from the clearance […]
of the rusted chain giveaway is: random.org # 117 Tracey said… I have now told all my FB friends about this lovely giveaway. Thank you for showing me her work! I ♥ it congrats tracey! if you’d please send me your contact info through email so i can forward it to beki! thank you all […]
it’s that time of the month again where we have one of my lovely sponsors do a giveaway. the rusted chain is our first sponsored giveaway-er for the year. which coincidentally, beki was my first ever sponsored giveaway-er, so i find it fitting that she’s this years first as well. welcome back! see full details […]
with the sickies of the flu still prevalent in our home…we’ve had a pretty low key weekend. but so far we’ve had 12 hours of no one up chucking. i actually slept good last night. i’m crossing my fingers, knocking on wood, and holding my breath that we’re done. here’s to being optimistic. well, this […]
here are the basic instructions to make this baby doll quilt what you will need: 18 squares of white fabric cut to 2 1/2 inches by 2 1/2 inches 18 squares (two of each fabric to be used in each pinwheel block) of patterned fabric 2 strips of white cut to 3 by 10 inches […]
while in my cleaning organizing fit, i’ve been able to move things around and re-create with some second hand stuff that wouldn’t normally go together. i took my thrift store find silver basket, and my thrift store find glass candle stick holder (total cost $1.00) and created my new center piece for my dining room […]
well with christmas being over, and with my new year word of “consistency” in place, i feel like i can finally start breathing again. anyone else? no, just me? okay. i LOVE this time of year. it’s this time of year that i re-find my love of schedules and lists. i feel more focused and […]
last week on sytyc you voted and i made it yet one more week! thanks. this next theme is new years. go check it out now. the other two girls that are left are two girls that i can call friends, and they are so talented! i’m so LUCKY to of made it this far! […]
these are a few of my favorite things i’ve made this year here’s to the next one. see you soon
hi there! first things first: go here to check out the projects for the new theme “gifts” for this week at sytyc. we’re down to the wire. only 4 of us left, competition is fierce, (not really we all really like eachother and hope the other one wins and we’ve all become closer friends through […]
and this is what you get. tell your children “i’m going to take AWAY one stinkin’ present if you don’t give me a “oh swear word” smile”… and this is what you get. finally just give up and let them get in the clothes they want to be in and beg them to just sit […]
or maybe it will make you unsubscribe to my blog. i don’t know. either way i HAD to write this down and document it. (if you are one of those very impressionable young girls from my church that i teach on sunday’s, please back away from the computer turn off your screen, ask your parents […]
so last week the challenge was mittens. i kind of went out on a limb and made “the perfect accessory for your mittens scarf” you guys didn’t care and voted for it anyways! thanks! i asked my good friend to see if i could use her adorable daughter. i think she did a fantastic listening […]
because my holiday season has gone by in a FLASH. i’ve had to try to incorporate some last minute holiday decor around the house…with things i have. case and point this center piece was made of all thrift-ed finds of the past. i’ve used this glass candle holder cupcake stands before. so i thought why […]
this wreath, is inexpensive, and pretty fast to make. first you will need a grape vine wreath (walmart around $2) and then you will need some pine tree limbs (when we went to get our tree i cut some limbs off of surrounding trees) then you will need some crafting wire, and some pruning shears. […]
nothing like skidding in at the last minute with hair singed and smoke billowing up off of it…. phew! anyone else feel like they’ve been running a marathon? i promised today…and well today it is: okay so i got to meet and learn a little about 156ish (plus emails) of you. yes, i read each […]
hello! no, i haven’t forgotten what i said the other day about giving something away for your time. i’ve decided to give a few things away, and i’ll be picking later today i promise! but for now check this out: a lot of you knew my project the minute it showed up. i guess many […]
i can’t believe it, but yeah, you are turning 8 today! right now: *you have this wonderful gift of paying attention to detail, and with that, the gift of knowing when someone needs a hug or a compliment. you’ve done this for me many many times. 😉 *you are super smart and LOVE to read […]
well, first off hello! so nice to meet so many of you! i got to chat with a few of you (um, those of you that have your email attached to your comments sure make it easier to correspond with! hint hint to the rest of you.) 😉 yes, yes…i’ll pick someone (rather random generator […]
with like a bazillion projects and everything else it seems. so for now i’d like to leave you with this picture, imaginary elevator music and well, lets make this fun…for me. if you want to play… tell me a little about yourself. but only if you want to. cause you know a lot about me. […]
i keep getting comments and emails over this necklace and weather or not i was going to show you how i did it. okay well it’s not that complicated i think you can figure out that i strung wooden beads. so this tutorial will be for how i got an even coat over my beads […]
image this weeks new theme snow. check it and vote! ‘ll be back a little later today with a tutorial for that lime green necklace! 😉
image most of you know that i have kids in elementary school. three to be exact. my kindergartner made a ginger bread man the other day at school, and well the gingerbread man ran away. so here’s the thing: if you happen to see the ginger bread man in your area (in the u.s. or […]
simply modern mom is having a giveaway of my stuff. go check it out to win four of my patterns for free!
first off, i just have to say you have entertained me for the past few days with your comments! everything from laughing and agreeing with my sentiments about the tree, to stories about how much more crazy you are than me, to touching stories of memories of when your mother finally gave in to the […]
so this is a story, about mr v and co the christenson’s deciding that this year they were going to go and cut down their own christmas tree. mr v and co says ” hey wife of mine, i think this year we should cut down our own tree.” “yay.” i say enthusiastically. not. i […]
did you have a good thanksgiving weekend? ours was nice. really nice. we had good friends come over, and my turkey turned out ahem… awesome good and juicy. brining the turkey is the way to go! so thanks amy for showing me the ropes and telling me where to find recipes and instructions. we will […]
just so you can make room for pie. from our home to yours, happy thanksgiving, we’re so thankful for all of you. we’ll talk soon 😉 i bought this here the whole calendar is hilarious and i can’t wait to use it next year
yesterday. that’s what i had. i can’t remember the last time during the week that i didn’t “work” on something. i spent all day in my sweats and flip flops. i kept my blinds down. had the fire going. i folded laundry. i watched a little max & ruby with katie. talked to a friend […]
hello! new moon: it.was.great. i don’t know if it was the whole being with a couple of friends i haven’t really been able to hang out with in a while, or weather it was the big city lights and excitement, but the whole day was GREAT. we laughed a lot. the company was nice, the […]
to say that i’ve been busy these past two weeks would be an understatement. i’ve been multi-crafting for different places, people, and things (on top of sytyc) (you’ll hear more about that in the future for sure). i’ve also been multi-volunteering at the kids’ school. being on the community council takes a lot of hours, […]
random.org number generator picked #157 #157 is lindsay of: just me and z congrats to you! email me your info so i can get you in touch with shey! thanks to the rest of you for playing, and for making me laugh! stay tuned later today (or tomorrow?) for a “look at you guys go!” […]
this months sponsored giveaway is by the ever talented*Shey* [B] . i asked shey to tell me why she got started in making these lovely camera straps, her response was: full details here
well some of you guessed right on my craft last week! but did you see how many amazing ones there were? wow. i definitely want to make some of those! even bigger wow. i won that round even with all the other amazing crafts! (thank you!) like i said this craft was a last minute […]
as seen last week on sytyc…here are my wheat pillows and the easy steps on how to make them! you will need: spray paint ( i had ivy leaf, and brown) freezer paper. muslin scissors pencil first cut some muslin. next trace your own drawn pattern (or you can download my pdf here) make as […]
thank you for the lovely well wishes on my birthday! yes, the husband got the necklace. i don’t know how he knew exactly what i wanted. but he did so good! 😉 okay so…this last summer we did a little remodeling in our kitchen/dining area. here are the before and during and well, i can’t […]
