Making Mater for Chair-ity
This kit from Kristin Cronin-Barrow was practically made for scrapping these photos - I mean, Santa's Workshop?!?
This kit from Kristin Cronin-Barrow was practically made for scrapping these photos - I mean, Santa's Workshop?!?
planned to use this pattern to make my dress for Michael & Micaela's wedding, but wasn't willing to cut into that expensive organza until I knew I had the fitting right. So this was the project where I learned what a muslin is.
Nothing I’ve ever bought in a store gave me the sense of satisfaction and the feeling of joy I get when I pull on something I sewed for myself – something I created with my own two hands, that I designed to fit my curves properly.
I had no idea my husband, Jim, was photographing my niece and me in this moment. I'm so grateful he did.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Internet, meet Lani – one of the cutest, sweetest, and most lovingly anticipated puppies of 2019!
There’s something about cancer that makes you drop the word "someday" from your vocabulary. Cancer reminds you there’s no guarantee you’ll get "someday". So screw someday. Let’s make it today.
It takes an investment of time and effort to set up an organization system but once it's done, if you do the work to maintain it, it pays off in huge dividends by the time you save (and the frustration you avoid!) Here's how I find what I need and use what I have.
I'll go into step-by-step detail of how I take a ZIP file of new supplies and bring them into my Digital Element Library.
Within the past several months, I’ve hit a total state of Creative Nirvana where I can see what I have, find what I need, and use it all when and how I want.
I recognize there are many things I do with and for my dogs that are patently ridiculous. But some of what seems ridiculous at first glance is driven by necessity; if nothing else, a necessity for my own mental health.
I think this is pretty much every scrapbooker’s nightmare. And I did it to myself.
In late June, we traveled to the Big Island of Hawaii to celebrate the wedding of two of our dearest friends. As I worked my way through the photographs I shot of their wedding, an image of their flower girl jumped out at me. I thought, “You know, this looks like one of those vintage …