I’ve been so happy to share this book with you for the On the Top Shelf series. It is called The Seven Silly Eaters.
Are you familiar with the illustrations? They are Marla Frazee’s illustrations. You may be familiar with the beautiful rendition of Hush, Little Baby: A Folk Song with Pictures that she illustrated. Her pictures embody every beauty, mishap, and reality to having children. I love her work.
I just read an article in a magazine by Ben Silbermann, cofounder of Pinterest. As a lifelong collector himself, “he hopes for people to gather inspiration on Pinterest and then get out there and live it,” writes Ben.
I love that.
I know everyone uses Pinterest for different reasons. For me, I only let myself pin things that are real possibilities now or in the future. If not, I’d get too overwhelmed with what I should do, look like, or want. Not good for me.
I pinned this wipe board a while back. Since then, Bobby stocked me up with a few new frames from IKEA. I never even went to the link when I made it and had forgotten that the creator of it used scrapbook paper and created her’s as a menu board. Either way, it inspired me and led me to creating my own, my own way. I used fabric and made it simpler.
Here’ s quick little tutorial how to make a message wipe board using fabric. Thank you Pinterest and Ben Silbermann for the inspiration and possibilities…
The twins’ birthdays are coming, which we are reminded of daily. The whole birthday gathering is going to be simple and small and somehow will make all of Ainsleigh’s and Annabelle’s dreams come true. Or so that is how they speak of it.
Last year when the twins turned two they celebrated their Daddy-built sandbox with friends. And I created a fabric-themed backdrop for it. It was one of the most enjoyable parties to prepare. These fabric envelopes started the whole theme. I used lots of fabric scraps to make them and closed them with a large safety pin. (I guess I made fabric envelopes for the Oz party as well. They are pretty much the best envelopes to make!)
Thankfully I have a good quilting friend – good friend and good quilter – that has been helping me along the journey of a homemade twin bedspread for Johanna. She’s always helped me with quilts I’ve made over the years. I told her I wanted to make the easiest quilt so big fat squares sewn together would suit me just fine. ( Johanna’s roommate, Caroline, already has a large square block quilt for her bed.)
Some of you asked about my fabric selection for this quilt. I found the most beautiful fabric bundle –it is Pat Bravo’s Sunkissed Summerlove half yard bundle. (I bought it at fabricworm.com but the bundles are selling out fast everywhere, including fabricworm.) Johanna wanted pink in her quilt and I wanted there to be some hints of the blue I painted her headboard. This bundle was perfect.
Good morning to you all! I hope your weekend was special. We’ve been slowly getting back into our routine with OB appointments and such thrown in the mix.
Easter weekend was quite wonderful. Our “Spring Celebration” was everything I was hoping it would be on Saturday, leaving Sunday to be a quiet, thought-provoking day.
Our family wall.
Before I talk about what it represents, let’s first get down to the building of it. This is one of my most favorite projects for our home over the years: a homemade bulletin board.
You’ve probably seen many of our homemade bulletin boards around our home: at my desk, in the girls’ room with a frame, as art, and at my sewing counter to mention a few. They are a piece of cake to make and can add so much aesthetics and functionality to a room. Come check it out…
Part one of the Creating a Family Wall tutorial begins with homemade thumb tacks. I know, I know, you have no idea what this family wall is. You shall see tomorrow! Until then, we have thumb tacks to make…
I had some alone time with Ainsleigh and Annabelle yesterday. We made what we’ve been making for years: homemade crayons. The hardest part is peeling all of the broken crayons but your efforts are rewarded when you mix the colors in the molds. I decided to try something different. ”How about unique crayons made from cookie cutters?”, I thought.
Yesterday I told you about an old table my Aunt brought up from VA – it was my Granny’s. I don’t ever really decline old furniture and how pleased I was, indeed, when I say this greenish table and knew it was now mine.
I knew exactly where it was desperately needed: next to my bed. You remember my bedroom wall makeover two summers ago with old frames I painted? Within a few years, frames have come down, we went from a queen to king bed (no longer being able to use the brown bedspread) and have been unhappy with a blue duvet cover we’ve been using for some time. Yesterday the girls and I began to makeover the room – using the brown bedspread in another way – and happily making the little greenish table a nightstand.