So my daughter started first grade at the beginning of this month. She’s almost seven and she’s already got so much personality and many ideas of her own. This complicated school clothes shopping. I would point out shirts that I found modest, preppy, and pretty and she would cringe or curl her upper lip. Then…Continue reading Back To School Blues
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Fall in Our Family
The air is crisp but the sun is still shining, making the perfect sitting-outside-for-blog-brainstorming weather! Yes, Fall has arrived! People are putting up cinnamon-scented brooms, those cute orange and brown centerpieces on the table, and hanging wreaths of leaves on the door. Last year, I winged an idea for a DIY monogrammed wreath that came…Continue reading Fall in Our Family
Elfin’ Craftastic Tutorial
Here’s another old post of mine that a lot of people seemed to enjoy so I transferred it from my old personal blog to The Quirky Mom Next Door. It was before I really sewed much but I had a lot of fun making it and I thought it turned out pretty cute for a…Continue reading Elfin’ Craftastic Tutorial