Simple Gifts

It's a hot, lazy Sunday afternoon and Brandie wants to "make something". I know that creative itch. A coloring book and c...

I've been spending quality time with my sewing machine these past few weeks. This picture is just a little taste of that's been hap...

My wonderfully creative daughter, Brandie, took some toilet paper rolls, scissors, scraps of fabric, some masking tape and made napkin rings...

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My friend, Deb, got married a few weeks ago. I wanted to make a gift for her and Josh that was personal and classy--something they could use...

This is right after we planted the flowers. They've filled out now! I saw a cute planter at a house in a nearby town and thought it was ...

Hopefully, my hiatus is over! What a wild ride this last year has been. My blog is going to have a little re-vamp. More crafts, sewing, proj...

From the Internet: If A Child Learns... If a child lives with critism he learns to condemn. If a child lives with hostility he learns to fig...

We finally harvested some lettuce and had BLTs! The girls thought it was the coolest to eat something we'd grown ourselves!

Our "garden" is coming along nicely! Two of the ten tomatoes have flowers. We're harvesting lettuce tonight for BLTs! Too bad ...

Our pumpkins have sprouted! Tomatoes are lined up in kitty litter buckets. This is only part of them. We have nine or ten total. The lettu...

My aunt, who is 55, graduated from college this weekend! We went to her openhouse yesterday. Her gifts were a monogrammed market tote and m...

I don't have a picture of it, but I do have a good recipe for fabric softener. I found it at www.recipezaar.com . A lot of people use st...

The girls love "playing in the dirt" and think it's all in fun. Hopefully they'll think it's fun when it's harvest...

I've been working on several things these past few weeks. The girls' Easter dresses are cut out and ready to be sewn. I've made...

More video from our mini vacation last weekend. The girls love to sing these Sunday School Songs!

I'll admit it: I have this strange fascination with camouflage. I love it all...greens, browns, even pinks! I'm drawn to it like a m...