My dearest Honey is beginning to dread the words “so I saw this cool thing on Pinterest,” likely because he’s come to expect me to completely obsess be inspired to do yet another project. Miss L’s birthday party may have been one such project. And Christmas just may be another.
Before Thanksgiving, I was talking to [...]

Growing up, we always had these cool German advent calendars to help us mark off the days until Christmas. My mom was German and it was such a key part of my childhood memories that I continued the tradition with my own kids.
The boys are all grown up now (and might be known for plowing [...]

Early in 2009, I made a Sleep-Over Quilt for Miss L using some of Patty’s first line for Michael Miller, Andalucia. I realized right away what a great gift it would make and planned to whip up some for Christmas. Little did I know that I’d be swamped with a major deadline around the holidays [...]

Christmas is almost here and I’m nearly done with holiday sewing. I haven’t made it through everything on my list but I’ve accomplished the big things, and I can be happy with that.
One of the gifts I was most looking forward to making is this polka dot dog carrier. My parents adopted a little Yorkie [...]

Probably the biggest challenge of my crafty Christmas has been coming up with gifts appropriate for the guys in my life. And of that category, the next challenge was coming up with something for little boys — specifically, my almost-7-year-old nephew. Last year, I made him a cool knight’s cape and shield, so I really [...]