Missionary Tuesday

Posted by on May 7, 2013 in Steph's Mission | No Comments

  We (as a family) have always had the problem of word vomit. It happens when we get stressed or mad. We have tried time and time again to stop saying negative derogatory and vulgar words but they just come out. We have tried the quarter jar, we have tried the rubber band bracelet in the end we resort ...

3 week kittens

3 week kittens

Posted by on May 6, 2013 in Life's ups and downs | No Comments

I’m feeling very lost with the kittens. I guess we were touching them too much because Marley picked them all up one night and moved them. I totally started freaking out because I couldn’t find them and Marley was out and about like nothing. It took me another whole night to find them again, she ...

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Easiest Covered Button Ever

Easiest Covered Button Ever

Posted by on May 2, 2013 in Sewing | 2 Comments

I was excited when I went to buy some covered button kit replacements. They had a whole new set. It is the easiest thing ever!!! It comes with a Plastic (no longer a cardboard cutout) template. A very cool rubber dodad, that you place the fabric on first. Then you place the metal button part ...

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Missionary Tuesday

Missionary Tuesday

Posted by on Apr 30, 2013 in Steph's Mission | No Comments

thank you you are the most awesome mom ever!!! — What every mother lives for, and it only took 22 years to get there. She is now in the last half of her mission, so there has been a thinking shift and we are back to trying to figure out what school is best for ...

How to grow lettuce

How to grow lettuce

Posted by on Apr 24, 2013 in Gardening | No Comments

7 days ago, I had no idea how you SHOULD grow lettuce. Too bad that was 3 months after I planted the lettuce. The planting and initial lettuce growing went fine:   I even learned that while it looks like the bundles above you take a pair of scissors and your cut off the tops ...

Missionary Tuesday

Missionary Tuesday

Posted by on Apr 23, 2013 in Steph's Mission | No Comments

This weeks emails back and forth started with Stephanie’s email stating: i look like mufasa!! its awesome   I guess with her new short haircut and the wind blowing it all over the place, she feels like a Lion! She has always dreamed big, King of the Jungle. I know that she knows that I’m putting these pics ...

The perfect customer

The perfect customer

Posted by on Apr 20, 2013 in Sewing | One Comment

I haven’t done much formalwear sewing in a while. Not sure if it’s because I haven’t advertised or life was busy when I did get some inquires but there is nothing like the perfect customer to make one feel like making Art. I love the art of creating a unique article of clothing for someone. From asking ...

Expensive kittens

Expensive kittens

Posted by on Apr 19, 2013 in Life's ups and downs | No Comments

I left out of town early tuesday morning and wasn’t supposed to be back until Saturday. I actually made it back early Friday. When I got everything off loaded and sat down all the animals attacked me. Well all except one, Marley was missing. I asked Randy where she was and he said she had been missing ...

Missionary Tuesday

Missionary Tuesday

Posted by on Apr 16, 2013 in Steph's Mission | No Comments

This weeks emails back and forth started off with this: “I give up, You must come get your zoo…Bo has gone crazy and keeps trying to eat Marley, Santana ate something probably chocolate and has walked in from outside with hershy squirts all over his furr I’ve had to bathe him 3 days in a ...

Not much Crafting

Not much Crafting

Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in Sewing | No Comments

My day off for the past couple of weeks has been focused on making a prom dress. One week we went to Los Angeles to pick up fabric, the next week I drafted a pattern and sewed a test muslin, the following week I started on the dress and did an intermediate test fit, and ...