A very dear friend from high school is about to have her first baby.  I am so excited and happy for her.  Wanting to send a little handmade love her way, I decided to knit a hat for the baby and sew a sling for her.

Here’s the sling I made.  I really hope that it [...]

When I was pregnant with The Girl, I bought this wooden doll cradle at the Goodwill for $5, because I was so convinced that she was a girl.  This month, I finally pulled it out of storage and it was a mess.  It had nails sticking out of it, and it was spotted with [...]

I made these for the kids’ Advent calendar.

A star for The Boy.

A heart for The Girl.

One day, The Boy saw me drawing in my sketchbook.  When he found out I was drawing ideas for toys I had, he said, “You can make TOYS?!” When I told him that indeed I could, he asked for a cat for Christmas.
The “fabric” is a thriftshop wool sweater that I felted (washed and dried [...]

This was the first year I had two costumes to make, and knowing it would take some serious time, I started in early September.  I cannot say how happy I was to have them finished with a week to spare.
I am so thrilled with how both costumes look, and I am really happy that I [...]

This was my toy box when I was a little girl.  My mother made it in a woodworking class when we lived in Kansas.  I was not known as a neat child by any means, and I found the toy box to be a great place to hide, rather than a great place to put [...]

Those of you who know me have already seen this skirt about 100 times, because I’ve been practically living in it this summer.  There’s a reason for that.  It is comfortable, the perfect shade of yellow, and it has held up remarkably well.
Remember these two skirts?  Well, this was from that batch, and it is [...]

The Boy starts kindergarten on Monday.  He has been home with me for the past five years.  As much as I have joked about leaving skid marks in the parking lot on my way out, and the fact that we are both ready to have some time apart, I am actually getting a little sad [...]

I bought this fabric while The Boy was still in my belly because I just knew he was going to be a boy.  I always wanted to make a shirt out of it for him, but never got around to it.  Since he is now rather particular about what he will wear, (how did that [...]

Here’s a little belt I whipped up on Sunday to wear to a fancy affair I was invited to.  I bought the dress at the Goodwill last month because I loved the 50’s-style cut of it, the color, and the fabric, but it was too baggy in the torso, so I made the belt to [...]