July heralds my most elaborate birthday cake creating, as it is my little one’s birthday month. She turned 10 this year and requested unicorns for her theme, so off we went! Her party was last Sunday, so I’m a week late, but we’ve been busy having a relaxing summer vacation. I found some awesome ideas…
Pregnancy Pillow
When my friends and family get pregnant, I start sewing. It’s my contribution to a healthy, happy pregnancy for the ones I love. I’ve made two forays into pregnancy pillow making, and I must say they’ve been pretty successful so far. Here’s the first one, which I made for Karissa, a dear friend with whom…
Painting Projects
Over the years, as my creative tastes and outlets have changed, I’ve painted. As it turns out, this particular hobby comes in handy when I need to make a prop for the stage in my new capacity as Theatre teacher. I began with small things, like the occasional canvas, and then added in a flower-pot…
Amy’s Amorous Adventure
In 2013, I got divorced after a year of marriage to a man who ended up not being the one God had planned for me. I moved home with Mother and Daddy for a week or two, then a wonderful little rent house just kind of opened up for me. It was perfect, and I…
Throwing a Wedding
I was just talking about this today with one of my coworkers, and I have to admit it was one of my biggest projects and one of the biggest successes of my “crafting” and planning career, prompting a very faint hint of a dream to be an event planner when I feel it’s time to…
Birthdays and Baking
For the past two years at the beginning of July, my husband and I celebrate our daughter’s birthday. She’s 9, quickly going on 10. She is a product of his first marriage, but she’s as much my daughter now as he’s my husband. Since birthdays are fun times and supposed to be pretty awesome, we…
HappyHonu 