Need some help buying for Father’s Day this year? Consider the new Seagate GoFlex Slim portable hard drive – it’s an ultra-fast, ultra-portable storage solution. You won’t find a slimmer hard drive, and in this case, smaller is definitely better. With a USB 3.0 interface, it’s super fast and reliable with 320 GB of storage … Read more
This month’s BlogHer Book Club pick is A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. Read what I thought about the book, and if you’ve read it, what did you think???
I’m always on the lookout for new baby shower gift ideas. This last weekend, my dear friend gave me this cute ensemble for my baby due in July. I love giving (and receiving!) handmade gifts so I’ll definitely be stealing this idea. Here’s what you’ll need: a onesie 1/2 yard cute quilting cotton elastic a … Read more
I used to make my own bias tape with an actual bias tape maker. Now that I know this method, I will NEVER use one of those things again. Bias tape makers probably have their place, but I found that no matter how precise I tried to be, the finished product was very irregular in … Read more
Remember that Marine fabric I wrote about before? I tackled the quilting last weekend and I LOVE how it turned out. I tried something different this time – I used the generic minky from JoAnn for the backing (I think it’s officially called Soft & Comfy or something like that, it doesn’t have the dots) … Read more
{I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Neutrogena and received sunscreen and other Neutrogena products as a thank you for my participation.} Sunscreen can be a huge pain, especially if it’s oily and stinky. I got to try out the new Neutrogena helioplex broad … Read more
I wasn’t really a girly-girl when I was little, but as a mother of girls, I’m all about girly-ing them up. And one of my favorite accessories for my 2 girls are flowers for their long hair. I’ve done some felt flowers and flower clips with artificial silk flowers, but hadn’t tried these satin ones … Read more
We were really hoping to repeat our Memorial Day bike ride from last year, but it looks like it just might rain all day. Maybe we’ll paint the bathroom instead… Enjoy your holiday and stay tuned for some great tutorials and videos this week!
Gus loves balls, so we did little basketball cupcakes for his birthday a few weeks ago. For any kind of ball cupcakes, here’s what you’ll need: Wilton mini ball cake pan cake mix icing I used a tube of Wilton icing from Hobby Lobby instead of filling a little bag thing cause I don’t have … Read more
I got to participate in the newly launched Blogher BookClub Review program. We read A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz. I loved the book, and you can read my review here and all other reviews here. Next month we’ll be reviewing A Discovery of Witches. Stay tuned!