When thinking about our feature for Black Friday, I thought immediately of two of my favorite Etsy sellers. Okay, I’ll admit, both are dear friends, and while they’re not paying me to feature them, if they want to send me a treat, I won’t try to stop them. Because I love what they do. Why…
Activity Advent Calendar: You-Print-It, Part 2
Here’s our version of the activity advent calendar: After printing the two calendar pages, fill in the activities. Perforate the “doors”. I used my sewing machine without thread, at a stitch length of 1.6. The back looks like a bunch of “I”s. Line up the two sheets, holding it up to light to match the…
Activity Advent Calendar: You-Print-It
I have a really adorable, fun, amazing, ridiculous, energetic, you-get-the-point 3-year-old, K. This is the first year she’s really able to get an idea of what the holidays are all about. And while I love the fun of candies and little gifts in advent calendars, I feel like she’s a little over-candied and -gifted already,…
Family Applique Shirts: A Tutorial
When a family you love expands by one, and the new family member is a baby girl preceded by two girls, it’s quite possible that said loved family doesn’t need a whole lot. I suggest laying the question before the Mama. What do you need? After discussion, we decided on some family matchy-matchy. Well, I…
A (Public) Letter to the Ws
Dear Mom, Dad, Big Sisters 1 & 2 and new Little Sister W: Since Little Sister was born in September, I wanted to send a congratulatory gift. But being that Little Sister is the third little girl in the family, Big Sisters have already provided much of what Little Sister needs. So in conversation with…