Always love to see your layouts. Still dreaming of the day we can scrap together! :)

My mom had one of those oh my god gross moments last week. My step dad was out of town and she went to uncover her pool only to find a large dead animal in it (yuck!!!). Naturally she flipped out, and no one was home. My 4' 10" grandma happened to be coming over anyway and told my mom, "oh good grief" grabbed a pole, pushed it up to where she could reach it, grabbed the tail of the bloated 30 lb possum with her bare hands and wrestled it into a trash bag. When I asked my grandma about it she said, "oh puh, I grew up in West Virgina, we probably ate those things. And it was pretty interesting to get an up close look at." Not sure ill ever be that brave, seeing as how I haven't even had to do the dead bird thing (well done!). I did clean up a nasty baby poop "incident" this week...

Holy crap, 13?!? That's awesome. I had a friend over to scrapbook last month and we took over the dining room table and scrapped all day. I did 12x12 layouts which I haven't doon much in the last year because I did project life in 2012. I LOVED It. I had misses if so much! I was thinking the same thing.... I need to do this more!

Love that they have toys for the older set!

Holy shit, I'd be afraid to hole again too! Looks like you had a great time though.

AWESOME! Dude I need to send you the quilt for your studio, I'm such a slacker!

We love it when you host! So fun, thanks again!

They look adorable! My go to hostess gift is a couple of knitted washcloths from The Mason Dixon book (the first one, they also have the best knitted bib pattern in there Elise!) out of inexpensive cotton yarn. I pair it with a not too strong smelling bar of beautiful soap.

That lady must be crazy! The place was so overgrown you could barely see it! I think I'll double down on the grace and courtesy lessons with Tuesday so she never says such things!

So lovely, we have some of their silks and love them.

Love this. So simple, yet such good work.

I love that arm tray! What a brilliant idea!

Ah that looks so lovely! I really need to go back out there, it's been almost two years!

Such lovely things!

It's so awesome. I love it... And can't wait to see the yard! I think you're right to take it slow, the way you use the house will change so much with a baby/kid. We don't even have a TV now (never thought I'd say that!) and once you get rid of that you can put furniture anywhere!

I love the zipper pattern.

You're such a great advocate for your community, I can tell you love it. These sculptures are amazing, and sad, so much garbage!

Their stuff is so cute! I love what you've done with it.

Their stuff is so cute!

Yup! And put it in I've water and she's over the moon!

How have I never heard of this shop??! Their things are amazing, and they have this wooden tower I've been looking for! You have the best sponsors Amanda!

Yay! We EC-ed our girls (still currently as my youngest is almost 7 months). A lot of work on the front end, but so worth it, I totally agree, to have a potty trained toddler! My oldest wasn't able to stay dry at night, but I wasn't digging the diaper option so we just put a mat under her when she slept and dressed her in fleece or wool pants so she wouldn't get cold if peeing didn't wake her up (but it almost always did). The fleece will also help the bed from getting wet if they just go a tiny bit before they wake up. She was three before she could sleep through the night without going potty (at that point she got up to go though), and she had been diaper free since 18 months. I think it just takes some kids longer. Good luck!

Looks lovely!

Love it! What a great simple way to show off the prints!

Oh I like this. We are doing homeschool preschool (not strictly montessori) and I wanted to get a movable alphabet. These look a lot sturdier than the ones that are cut out right around the letter. We have the letter work book and some sandpaper letters, but right now my daughter seems most interested in numbers and counting. She just turned four and I hate pushing anything on her, but this box looks like it might be fun to use for exploration of letters.