The Handmade Dress

Don't ya just hate that word? It almost always means something bad! That's why I never came back after the Homeschool Planner post, my computer crashed. Today I will have to try and pull as much stuff off of it as possible so that Ben can get it up and running again. ugh. Thank you all so much for the great response to my Homeschool Planner! I was so nervous about it that I had that post written for over a week before I finally just let it out. I don't really know what I was so worried about now. I guess it was mostly that this was such a different type of project I didn't know how well it would be received. But you are all so sweet, I had so many good comments and emails! I really hope this will help other mamas with their homeschool adventures. It has really made my life so much easier to be organised AND made me feel like I am doing a better job of educating our children at home. When you can look back over the week all written down (in cute colors!) there is su...

Well this is a whole new game for me! I need testers of a different sort this time. I have been working on a Homeschool Planner. Surprised? Me too. It started out as an idea to get all of the forms I needed for recording our school work onto the computer to use with my Tablet PC, but it quickly grew so big that I decided to share it. This has been a crazy fun project to work on, and a good contrast to the usual writing and drafting projects that I am accustomed to. I wanted this planner to be user friendly for families of all ages and sizes, but not too fussy, AND fun and colorful. My weakness, of course, is that I have only younger children so there may be things missing that would be useful for older homeschooling families. So who's game? I need at least 10-15 families of all sizes, ages, and curriculum's. The following is the little introduction and index: Homeschool Planner Introduction As home teachers there are a lot of things that we need to kee...

Tricia : Winning the Miss Madeline- Big Girl Vanessa: Winning the Miss Madeline- Big Girl Jelaan: Winning Miss Madeline- Little Girl Linda B: Winning Miss Molly – I need your email address ;) Jjren: Winning Miss Madeline- Little Girl Congratulations Weekend Giveaway Winners! I had such a good time reading all of your funny jokes and stories! Now about that pitiful note I left yesterday: The second night we were there, Saturday night, I got food poisoning and was sick sick sick! I mean sick! So I spent a lot of time in the hotel bathroom. Yuck. Luckily we did get to visit Biltmore on Sunday and it was beautiful! I didn't feel all that well but I still had fun. I always have a hard time getting back to normal after that kind of sickness, it takes me a few days to eat and get my strength back, but now I am fine and ready for work! I will be back soon with pictures of my bag (no sunshine today), and something else that I'm a little nervous about, so stay tuned!

The Winners have been announced HERE ! Tuesday Night - Edited to add: I have been sick.....Yeah, we will talk about that later. Comments are still open. I will announce the winners on Wednesday. If you are reading this I am in the Great Smoky Mountains with my wonderful husband having the time of my life! I didn't want to leave you all behind with nothing fun to do around here, so I decided on a fun little giveaway. For every 10 comments I will give away 1 pattern from my shop . So if there are 50 comments I will giveaway 5 patterns, this way everyone has a good chance of winning if they enter. The more comments the more fun we will have! To enter all you have to do is make me smile or laugh. Yes! That's all! I had this idea of going on my trip and getting all of these funny happy emails from all of my favorite people when I check my iPhone. Then all of you could get a good laugh reading through the comments! It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a funny little someth...

La la la .....So maybe it's not a jet plane, maybe it's a Toyota Tacoma. But Mama is leaving with Daddy and I won't be back for a few days. Whoo hoo! So I should be packing but instead I'm working on this little quilted bag that will be just big enough to hold my phone and camera. I have been saving this thrifted pillowcase for about five years trying to find the perfect project, and today I cut it. It has the best colors and design! kind-of reminds me of some of the new Japanese fabrics. This bag will be made almost completely from recycled materials, the lining was thrifted, and the zipper was cut from an old worn out pair of jeans. I still have some quilting left to do and then I will add some small credit card sized slots to the lining. The strap is going to be extra long so that I can wear it across my chest- there is nothing worse than trying to keep a bag on your shoulders when you are bundled up walking outside! This bag will be perfect for all of those long w...

{Last night} Maddie: "Mama! I'm not scared to go in the washroom! God is in there! Did you know that God is in the dark Mama?" Mama: "Yes baby, I know." But sometimes we forget don't we.....

17 degrees outside :: Nice warm wood burning stove inside. A big feather bed where the coffee table usually sits :: An entire season of Little House 14 of my favorite children :: 4 of my favorite ladies Hot chocolate :: Coffee Popcorn :: Pizza :: Cupcakes Everybody in their PJ's :: Slippers too Old quilts :: Plenty of wood inside to last the day Now we are just waiting on everyone to show up. Wish you were all here! Have a cozy day!