wishing all of you a beautiful new year, filled with every single wish you hope for. we're heading out to a neighbors for some champagne and to celebrate everything that 2010 brought our way. also, after today i'll be blogging... Continue reading

I hope you have a beautiful, marvelous christmas full of joy, laughter & holiday cheer! merry christmas my friends! xoxo kL Continue reading

hey! thanks so much for all of your sweet words for my little man. turns out he has a hairline fracture in the humerus {top arm bone} right where it meets at the elbow so hopefully all he'll need is... Continue reading

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yesterday i got the call. you know the one, the one you dread. the one where the school receptionist is telling you your child fell off the monkey bars, is crying and might have a broken arm. oh crap! so... Continue reading

yesterday i headed into kmart to purchase a light up lawn tree that was on sale. it was a gift to appease our neighbors. since we are the first house you see when you drive into the neighborhood we always... Continue reading

just because he needed to say *hi* to all of you.... i love my mommy. gdghttyhdefdrryutingjhf dcsxvzbnngmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm vcbvcbvcb bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn cvvdbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb apparently i owe him a REALLY good present for that first line ;) happy thursday! Continue reading

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I have a little mini tutorial up on the JBS blog today explaining how I made the ruffled seam binding border in my vintage goods layout from the November gallery, seen above. Come say hi. Happy Tuesday! xo Continue reading

We had a beautiful weekend, did you? Saturday afternoon was spent at the tree farm selecting our two trees Fred & Ethel. Did you know that I name almost all of our inanimate objects? I do. I have pictures of... Continue reading

i'm loving the december jbs mercantile kit, which is available right now. such lovely muted colors. i had high hopes of sewing on a few more layouts but alas my beatrice {aka : my machine} is dead. sigh. sob. sigh.... Continue reading

**whew** I have felt like a whirling dervish for the past week. We had a housefull of guests for Thanksgiving {as i told you on Friday} and then on saturday we celebrated the little man's 6th birthday. I've been wrapped... Continue reading

11.30.10 | comments now closed & winner to be announced soon My friend Shimelle has been sharing her amazing class Journal your Christmas since 2004 and i'm honored to be able to give away a pass to one of YOU... Continue reading

happy birthday little man. six years ago, at 11:58 am you entered our world filling it with a second round of unconditional love. you are the apple of my eye and make every single day of the year extra special;... Continue reading

... yesterday was a blissfully perfect day. Our home was full with most of our family, locals {my mom and mil} as well as the little's two girly cousins and their parents from chicago, and my wonderful fil from texas.... Continue reading

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11.10.10 : flying over the majestics on the way to omaha & silver bella Continue reading

i remember three years ago. heading to silver bella 2007 with my gal pal and being a bit unsure about what i was going to experience. i was excited and a little bit nervous. i had just had emergency surgery... Continue reading

I have had my very best intentions to give you all a recap of Silver Bella before now but the last week has been filled with taking care of my two littles, who {of course} both got sick the day... Continue reading