Mrs. Sayuri took this photo. She jumps at the chance to take a photo with my DSLR camera. She can barely manage to hold it’s bulk in her hands and click the shutter button at the same time, but for a 5 year old she does great! As you can see…she struggles with keeping it level. I am horrible about making sure to include myself in photos, so I am so glad that she captured this sweet moment between myself and baby girl.
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Project Monday: Child’s Montessori Apron
This entry is part of a series, Project Mondays» A little over a month ago Mrs. Sayuri turned five and yet it feels like just yesterday I was posting about her turning four! For this year’s birthday gift I sewed her a Montessori apron using this great free pattern from Sew Liberated. What I really [...read the rest]
Rag Curls Just Like Laura Ingalls
In August, we finished reading (for the second time) the first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House Book Series, Little House in the Big Woods (one of my favorites by the way). In there we read about how Laura and her sister Mary do their hair up in rags to make them all curly [...read the rest]
Project Monday: Crocheted Baby Mittens
This entry is part of a series, Project Mondays» I made these for baby girl because her fingers tend to get chilly. I followed a pattern from Crochet Geek for 2-ply yarn thumbless baby mittens but I actually used a light sport weight 4-ply yarn and it worked fine. The pattern is worked in the [...read the rest]
Cute Cupcake Cookies
My mom made these pretty cupcake cookies and I insisted that she let me photograph them. I love the colors and her designs. They have a very playful look about them. Cookies or Cupcakes I can’t decide which I like better…cookies in the shape of cupcakes or actual cupcakes! It’s definitely a toss up. [...read the rest]
Project Monday: Crocheted Check Stitch Scarf
This entry is part of a series, Project Mondays» I made this scarf using this free pattern for a Check Stitch Scarf from Coats and Clark.com. They have so many great looking patterns on their site. I wanted to make a warm thick style scarf for Mrs. Sayuri with a feminine feel to it. I [...read the rest]
Fireproof
Fireproof The Movie “Fireproof doesn’t mean that the fires won’t come, but that when they do, it (your marriage) will be strong enough to withstand them.” I recently watched the movie Fireproof. The main character is played by Kirk Cameron. The acting in the beginning of the film was not very good and almost made [...read the rest]
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