It’s another birthday week here. My baby girl turns 6. And every birthday needs a cake. Or 12. Along the lines of the puppy faces we made for Sweet J’s birthday, we used chipboard to make some very sweet and absolutely darling cakes (she said shamelessly). This project started out very differently. First, it was… Read More
Our Sweet J is officially three. His birthday day did not go as we thought it would. The Tuesday before Sweet J’s birthday, MJ came home with some sort of illness. (At the end, the takeaway is -> MJ is a germ-sharer.) A few days later, I wasn’t feeling too good either. At 4:30am on… Read More
Before I even begin a project, I can visualize the end product, almost to a T. Colors or patterns might be revised but I have a good understanding of what the end result will be. I am rarely surprised at the outcome because, you know, I saw it my mind. These painted boxes are no… Read More
We’ve know each other for long enough now that you understand my love for sewn paper garlands. I already have a large collection of all the versions I’ve done in the past and I still want to make more. Most of the time I use shapes readily available, whether it’s through my paper cutting machine… Read More
The school year is winding down. Hip hip hooray!! This is our first ‘official’ year with Love Bug in kindergarten and I’m interested to see how we will feel in May and through to the last day, sometime in the first week in June. I think we both are looking forward to a break from… Read More