When we closed on this house, I was pregnant but didn't know it yet. We had all sorts of ideas for every room in the house except one. There was a bedroom upstairs that was smallish and, as crazy as it sounds, was just superfluous for our needs at the time. We thought about letting Scott use it as an office or as a hobby room, but it was a case of trying to invent a use for space we didn't need. Of course, once we found out I was pregnant, the perfect use presented itself and it was meant ... Read More
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Project Life: Travel Edition
I love Project Life and I know I'm not alone. I've always loved scrapbooking, but found that I was getting more and more overwhelmed with the time and amount of pieces that went into it. I feel like Project Life was designed just for me. It's incredibly simple to use. You don't need to worry about cutting anything to size and can embellish as much or as little as you want. It doesn't take much time at all to put together a lovely layout. Towards the end of my pregnancy with Matilda, I was ... Read More
Crafty Resolutions
I have missed crafting so much at times that I've been in tears. One of my many goals this year is to solidly get back to it. I have more supplies than a store, am surrounded by inspiration and desire, and it's time. As I've been working on the constant unpacking, decluttering, and organizing, I've come across all sorts of things that I've made that I had forgotten about. I honestly haven't done any major crafting since about halfway through my pregnancy with Madeline when the pre-eclampsia hit ... Read More
Small Projects: Madeline’s Charm Bracelet
Madeline has been losing teeth at a rapid rate. The poor girl is going to start kindergarten without any front teeth at all. I talked here about wanting to do charm bracelets for the girls and not starting out on the right foot with it, although everything turned out fine. For this tooth, though, I was determined that the charm bracelet tradition was going to start. As you know, unpacking has been going slowly due to my bed rest and we decided that we would save my craft room for a winter ... Read More