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Michaelanneneal
Upstate, NY
I am a happily married wife and Mama...I started this blog to share our ideas and interest with other like minded Moms.
Interests: Gardening, canning, cooking, sewing, quilting....and being outdoors.
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Happy New Year sweet Paulson family! I'm so sorry for the loss of Andy's Grandfather...he sounds like such a good, and kind man. Thank you for ALL the beauty you share here! Mimi is getting so big...she is so beautiful..I look forward to enjoying all your lovely posts in this coming New Year <3
Commented Jan 1, 2019 on At Year's End at Posie Gets Cozy
At Year's End
Oh, the days, the lovely days! One after another, filled with light and love. I'm already missing it all, this holiday season that has been so simple and sweet and soft. I'd be...
You are SO inspiring! Thank you for sharing your family! Ive followed you since before Ada was born..Thank you for all the love you share! Happy New Year!
Commented Dec 30, 2018 on holidays at home at SouleMama
holidays at home
Well that happened quickly! Solstice and Christmas came and went by in the blink of an eye, my goodness. I didn't intend to spend so much time away from the blog (the same thing happened for me with Instagram!), but I'm glad that I listened to the pull inward that was tugging at my heart. I ...
You have inspired me in SO many ways through the years!!! I just love who you are..and what you do! The "new" place looks great!
Commented Apr 11, 2018 on cathartic at SouleMama
cathartic
(Ignore the vacuum hose, the hammer, and the dust bunnies. This is a process shot and all.) I used to lock myself in the bathroom with a pint of Ben and Jerry's. I remember it so clearly! And surely I talked about it here back in the day (like here). In our old house, home alone with just litt...
You are beautiful!!! I NEVER miss a blog post...Even though, I am LAZY and dont always comment. You have been inspiring me for YEARS. Thank YOU! so much...You are such a special lady <3! Love your cardigan...
Commented Jan 23, 2018 on 1.23.17 ~ Veronika Cardigan at SouleMama
1.23.17 ~ Veronika Cardigan
The first time I knit with Stone Wool Cormo I wanted to wrap myself up in it. And so, when searching for the perfect yarn for the Veronika Cardigan, which I knew I had to knit, I found my way to that yarn once again, on the shelves of Fancy Tiger Crafts while in Denver. Peer pressure o...
I just LOVE all your projects! This is so pretty..and the button band is the icing on the cake! I was inspired to learn to knit by you..and quite a few others on IG. I have really struggled with it, but its getting easier, and I understand it better! Im working on my FIRST sweater, and I am so hopeful it will turn out right! Congratulations on another gorgeous finish!
Commented Jan 13, 2018 on Ryðrauð-y Sweater for Me at Posie Gets Cozy
Ryðrauð-y Sweater for Me
I finished my Ellen-ish version of a Ryðrauð-kind-of-yoke sweater and I wanted to show it to you before I get on to other things and forget to do it. Lately I feel like I'm getting behind in certain things and then they just disappear from my brain somehow. But I finished my ...
Happy New Year Alicia! I love all your pictures...It seems snow has made an appearance everywhere this year! I am going to TRY to knit my very FIRST sweater. I am scared of messing it all up, but SO hopeful I can be successful! I just know yours will be perfect! Looking forward to seeing it!
Commented Jan 4, 2018 on Happy New Year! at Posie Gets Cozy
Happy New Year!
Well, hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Hello. Happy New Year! I hope yours is starting out well. Lazy days turned into lazy weeks, here. It was glorious. It snowed. Things got cancelled. Things got rescheduled. Family ca...
Im SO sorry to hear of that! That man sounds like the sweetest kind of neighbor you could be blessed with. Your friendship is heartwarming. I hope he is able to make a fresh start. Love will see him through. You are a beautiful family!
Commented Jan 3, 2018 on 1.2.18 ~ dark days at SouleMama
1.2.18 ~ dark days
Happy New Year! We had such a lovely and incredibly mellow night ringing in the new year, with just three of us left standing at midnight (and then asleep promptly by 12:05am)! It was quite unlike our usual New Year's Eve, where we traditionally host a big party. But that seems to be the t...
I LOVE that strip!!! They are little critters peeking out from the forest!! EVERYTHING you make is the sweetest!! Great job Amy! and LOVELY photography!!
Commented Jun 14, 2017 on Weekend Quilting at nanaCompany
Weekend Quilting
"... simple designs to sew in no time." I LOVE those kinds of projects!! So, I've got a new book to talk about this week and it's called "Weekend Quilting" by Jemima Flendt. Jemima ~ I'm happy to say ~ is a friend of mine. And she's just as lovely and sweet as she looks, but with a bonus:...
I really admire how you just go with the flow!! You are an amazing woman!
Commented Jun 7, 2017 on 6.5.17 at SouleMama
6.5.17
Oh what a full weekend, like so many of them are these days. Music recitals, birthday parties, oh and the garden too! I think a lot about the fullness of our days, striving always to keep it balanced so that there is plenty of quiet and home too. It's tricky though, when there is so much goo...
I am SO VERY proud of you Amy...Watching you grow..from YEARS back now..I can only say you are a constant source of inspiration, and a true role model!! LOVE these pictures!! You are just beautiful...inside, and OUT!
Commented Apr 8, 2017 on a finished quilt at last at nanaCompany
a finished quilt at last
Back in February I mocked up a quilt, slowwwwly pieced it together, and then sent it off to Norma, my quilter (her website is Petit Design Co.) The quilt has been back and finished for a while but finally I got my husband to come take pics with me. I thought I needed him to hold the quilt up, ...
Living on the Tug Hill Plateau in Upstate NY our average snowfall for each season is 200in+ ..Its almost ALL Lake Effect! I know full well how SCARY that kind of whiteout condition is to drive in...Which I TRY to NEVER do..And only do for work, because I am a nurse..and we dont get snowdays :( I am SO glad you guys are safe and home again!! Bless your SOULES..And your good Samaritan friends!!!
Commented Mar 16, 2017 on 3.16.17 at SouleMama
3.16.17
Well. There's nothing my kids (and I'm including Steve in that this time) love more than a ski day. And it seems, there's nothing that they'll let get in the WAY of a scheduled ski day. Including, say, a blizzard! And so we found ourselves early in the morning, some of the only people ...
Beautiful picture!!! She looks SO MUCH like Ada!!! We are getting ready for more snow too!!!
Commented Feb 15, 2017 on 2.12.17 at SouleMama
2.12.17
Have I ever posted on a Sunday night? I don't know as though I have! Funny how these familiar habits of sharing here are so strong. But oh, we are about to get a doozy! Or so they say. And so we find ourselves preparing for a little bit of time without power (hence, the Sunday night hello). As...
Hello lovely!!! What a beautiful post!!!! I am dying over your little house! Are you renting??? haha!! Glad to see you back here..Its always fun to see your work more up close than IG! Have a good day Amy!
Commented Feb 7, 2017 on hello February? at nanaCompany
hello February?
Wait a second. Whaaaaa?? How did I miss popping by to say hi in January? Geez! Well hey 2017, you're looking good! { sewing exercise, because sometimes you just gotta flex your muscles, right? } { gratuitous shot of my dear dear friend, who sadly has no other name than "Janome" } I fe...
This is uncharted territory! Never in my 50 years have I felt this kind of turmoil..It is hard as an adult to know how to figure it all out..I hope you are always here..in this space Amanda. I have followed you..and LOVED you, and your beautiful family for years. Just keep on doing what you have always done. You lead by example, you inspire by your passion and your energy, and you are ALWAYS kind and respectful. I wish you had run for President!!!!!! Thank you for making this little place of yours..right here..a port in the storm. I hope you are always here...I would miss you TERRIBLY if you were not..Hugs to you! I hope Ani feels better now!!!
Commented Feb 7, 2017 on 2.7.17 at SouleMama
2.7.17
"Give Love" Annabel's sign read for the march we attended last week. Those are glitter-covered bunny ears on her sign, for no other reason than glitter covered bunny ears belong wherever you can find a place for them, right? Why not. This photo was taken about twenty minutes after that swe...
This was the PERFECT post!! I have read your blog for MANY years!! You have inspired me ENDLESSLY and made me a better person and parent. This election is a real challenge for SO many...Together, we can make a difference...always. ALWAYS..there is LOVE!
Commented Jan 20, 2017 on 1.20.17 at SouleMama
1.20.17
I've been thinking back a lot, like many of us surely, to 2008. A much younger crew of three kiddos were in our family at the time of the election, at such impressionable and important ages. Heck, I was younger and more impressionable! We talked so much about what was happening then on the pol...
She is such a BEAUTIFUL child...SHE glows. You two are such wonderful, caring, people. This week has been difficult. YOU are a reminder, that while some things may change...MANY things will stay the same. LOVE will prevail...I will be in the hospital this weekend, caring for the tiniest among us...and I will tell them all..Its gonna be O.K.
Commented Nov 11, 2016 on Walks in the Woods at Posie Gets Cozy
Walks in the Woods
Hello, dear friends. I hope you are very, very well at the end of this week. I've been mostly quiet in every way, trying to process the results of the election and find ways to thi...
I wish I could just pack up and move to Maine to be your neighbor!!! I LOVE ALL that you do! Ada is quite the little needefelter! Great job :)
Commented Nov 6, 2016 on haircuts, with an audience at SouleMama
haircuts, with an audience
Yesterday, in between two gloriously warm fall days of sunshine, we hosted a hardy group of 3rd grade Waldorf students for a fiber farm day in the cold, dark rain! Ah! But there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad gear, right? And bad attitudes? (Truly, this...
She is beautiful ....and I love the hat! These kids can scare the heck out of YOU!!! Kids are so resiliant! Good job..on everything..the kid, the hat, and being a nurse :)
Commented Oct 21, 2016 on pink and blue (and black) at SouleMama
pink and blue (and black)
We've certainly had our share of stitches and staples, only one broken bone, but plenty of emergency room visits with this active crew of five children. But I don't think, in all these years, that we've had a black eye before this week and this little girl! If you ask her, she'll tell you ...
That is wonderful!!! You are so beautiful.."Thank you for making future gift giving SO much easier!!" Hahahah!!! YARN!! Woohoo! YOU are the reason I learned to knit too!! Thank you for just ONE of the many gifts you have given over the years....
Commented Oct 8, 2016 on for the (new) knitter at SouleMama
for the (new) knitter
It all depends on the hour of the evening or which one of us you ask, but the story of how we met most definitely changes ever so slightly with each telling. The cold hard facts are that it was second grade, we were both in the same class, and our teacher was turning thirty (so old!). I, being...
You are an inspiration....As ALWAYS!!! I have 14 pints of salsa, 22 quarts of sauce..18 pints of applesauce completed so far! It is ALOT of work..but so satisfying! Thank you for all you do and share Amanda!
Commented Oct 8, 2016 on 24 hours in the kitchen at SouleMama
24 hours in the kitchen
Earlier this week, after dropping Calvin off at school in the morning, I walked back into the house and waded through the boxes and trays of garden goodness to make my way through the kitchen - tomatoes, red and green, mostly. And I realized, as though this were a surprise to me, that they weren...
Oh Amy!!! The quilt you made is the sweetest!! Mia is SO blessed to have such a talented Mama!! I would make a quilt for us! Just so I could brag and tell my friends I "KNOW" YOU!!!! hahaha!!!! LOVE it all :) Congratulations!
Commented Oct 5, 2016 on Playground Showcase | Giveaway at nanaCompany
Playground Showcase | Giveaway
It's seriously still a pinch-me moment when I think about my new role as fabric designer for Art Gallery Fabrics ~ and seeing my fabrics sewn into pretty little things is a dream come true! Sooo many beautiful projects have been shared by my very talented friends during the Playground Showca...
I do LOVE me a good cookbook!!!!! Your cushion looks good enough to eat!!! Beautiful work!!!!
Commented Sep 25, 2016 on The Quilt Block Cookbook | Giveaway at nanaCompany
The Quilt Block Cookbook | Giveaway
Doesn't this quilt just slay you?! It's featured in the newest must-have book. Yes. Must have for all the reasons you can think of: fresh designs, stunning pics (making this book worthy of coffee table status), ALL the quilty math so you won't get a headache, and a ton of inspiration. The ...
I cant decide!! lol!!! How is that for advice!!! YOU did make me laugh this morning :) Have a fun time at the fair! Whatever you bring will be wonderful in your capable hands!
Commented Sep 21, 2016 on important decisions at SouleMama
important decisions
Friends, I need your help! While I should be counting back issues and popping open that tent to clean off the dust from last year (so dusty it was, please let it not be this weekend!), instead I am focusing on THE most important packing decision I have to make for the coming week away at the fai...
I allready bought the book...It might come TODAY!!!! YOU did an amazing job on your projects Amy!!! I love the little sewing machine..with teensy tiny playground quilt attached!! Great job as always Amy :)
Commented Aug 17, 2016 on Sew Illustrated | Giveaway at nanaCompany
Sew Illustrated | Giveaway
Just before I left California, Minki Kim invited me to her home for brunch along with her bestie and partner in crime Kristin Esser. I didn't have a lot of time to spend with them and I'd definitely wished I had more because first of all, when you arrive at Minki's home there is so much to se...
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