Okay, so The Tot didn’t actually say it that way. She is a sweet girl who will go there if need be but this time she used her nice voice and said “Is Mommy making the red tutu for you?” (She still calls herself “you” instead of “me”). This, mind you, is after she also [...]

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The other day I was just looking around on the internet, Twitter, etc. and came across this great tutorial for a sewn journal. I was intrigued by the idea of sewing paper and decided The Tot could use a sketch book. Maybe that would make waiting in line, waiting rooms, etc. a little [...]

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These days The Tot is very into Angelina Ballerina and routinely wants to wear her leotard, tights, ballet shoes (thank you Cousin Amy!) and 5 tutus. Yes, five. One is attached to said leotard but the other 4 have been randomly picked up or acquired over the past year or two. Let’s just say they’re [...]

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Hey there! Just popping in to let you know about a very cool diy sketch book/journal I found through a blog post at shivayanaturals that orginated at Susie Ghahremani’s blog It looks super-cool and very easy. I will be trying this tomorrow as The Tot always wants to scribble on my To Do Lists…

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It’s my party and I’ll blog if I want to even if I don’t have pictures to post! I just feel like blogging today. Maybe it’s because I don’t have time to and we all want what we don’t have, right? Last night was just one of Those Nights. My Tot has Type 1 diabetes [...]

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The other day I was looking at the sad excuse for a used-to-be-decent Costco couch pillow that currently resides on my big comfy chair in the living room and thought “Good Lord! How have I let this thing reside in my living room for so long in this condition? It needs a cover!” because, of [...]

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I have been wanting to make this blanket for a couple of months now and just never got one of those “round-to-its”. A while back someone convo’d me about a larger version of the hot pink and black Jr. Diva Blanket to which I replied that I would be happy to do that. They didn’t [...]

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