Washed and dried, the fabric is laid out and pinned so that it is completely straight and even. Cutting it is the most anxious part of it. This is why it is a good thing that I practiced and practiced on the designs that didn’t work out. Practicing a thing helps but it’s still an …
Making progress. Spotted Ladybugs Napkins. Continue Reading »
We are home now. It’s great to be home where all my things are even though I took a much needed peaceful, ‘time out’. Chloe enjoyed Church camp but stayed with us in the camper at night. Mark went to work because we were only half an hour from home, so I had a few …
Chloes first summer camp. We had a difficult time making this decision together, but we all decided to be brave and leave her at the camp for 5 days. I took this picture as we were driving away, down the hill. This is the cabin that she would call home for the week. Then we …
I’m happy to tell you that this gorgeous organic cotton sateen fabric from www.spoonflower.com is sporting my latest ladybug design. This means that my ladybug fabric will be available to purchase by going to Spoonflower here. I can’t tell you how happy I am to get these samples. Sample after sample and yards upon yards …
Camping words. Campfire, wood, smoke, folding chairs. Picnic table, hotdogs, buns, ketchup, chips. Marshmallows, chocolate, graham crackers. Pancakes, bacon, griddle, maple syrup. Camper. Flies, dragonflies, spiders. Woods, rocks, river. Fish, mosquitoes, flowering weeds. Deer, squirrels, noisy racoons fighting, birds singing. Trailer hitch and big mirrors. Setting up camp and breaking it down. Eager to get …
It was difficult coming up with a post last week. It shouldn’t be so hard to write an amazing Mother’s Day post, like the ones I read from others. Beautiful, nostalgic posts letting you know how great it is to be a mother, have a mother, know a mother. I have every reason to write …
God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them … He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. Acts 14:15-17 I just love these verses from the Bible. It shows me more about who God is. He made the world …
Going from one year to another is the most difficult thing for me. Each year is just as painful as the last. As a mother I never wanted to go into a new year without my children and to have one child gone now makes it painful. Almost as though I don’t have a right …
These are the carnations I got at Church on Mother’s Day. I brought them home and placed them in a bottle. The next day I drew this little doodle of them.
