I got my mom a Nook last year as a combined birthday/Christmas gift. And while I’m not sure how much she actually uses it, I’ve tried to encourage her by getting her Barnes and Nobles gift cards or ebooks as gifts. But those can be kind of boring to open, so for her birthday a few […]

Thank you to everyone who stopped by for my giveaway, and for all the great teacher gift suggestions! I need to come up with something pretty soon… my son’s last day of school is Dec. 19 … I think it is a bit ridiculous that he is off for five days BEFORE Christmas! Anyway… the random.org […]

Welcome and Happy Holly-days! For the wonderful Giveaway Day at Sew, Mama, Sew!, I am offering a set of “his and hers” neck and pocket warmers! The neck warmers/gaiters are made of a double layer of fleece. They both are reversible to a neutral gray, and they’re a great alternative to scarves. Very warm, and no […]

I really need to get back on track with this blog! I have next week off from work, and plan to spend the vast majority of my time working on various Christmas gifts and decorations, so I promise to start posting more …

In the meantime, here’s a little roundup of some past holiday projects and/or tutorials […]

When Parker first told me he wanted to be a ninja for Halloween, I wasn’t thrilled because I don’t like the association with violence. On the other hand, I thought “easy costume!” Then he clarified that he would like to be “Cole ZX,” one of the LEGO Ninjago characters. So that left me studying a tiny […]

We finally closed up our summer camp for the season last weekend. While it has a wood stove, it is not insulated (in fact, you can see daylight right through the floor boards), and we have to turn the water off for the winter. It was sad to say good-bye, but we really did have an […]

It was 34 degrees here this morning, so I suppose I should face reality that summer is over!

My sister is heading off to Canada for a short vacation this week, so I gave her her birthday gift a bit early (our birthday is next week). I made her this cowl (Pattern is the “GAP-tastic Cowl” by […]

Parker’s birthday is later this month, but we had his party a few weeks early to take advantage of the late-summer warm weather given that he had his heart set on a sleepover party at our cabin.

We invited four of his buddies for a “spy training” party, and it was a blast!

I was so grateful for […]

I recently got a birth announcement from one of my college friends. We weren’t particularly close, but we did drive back and forth from North Carolina to New England a few times (he was from Massachusetts), which is something of a bonding experience given the long ride!
So I decided to make another Lovey Dovey using the […]

I had the most incredible weekend last weekend: six of my friends from college spent three days with me at our camp. I went to the University of North Carolina, and the six who visited all live there or in Tennessee, so I was shocked that they all accepted my reunion invitation, rathern than suggesting that […]