~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, I am pleased to tell you about our sponsor Fresh-Squeezed Fabrics! In the words of shopkeeper and Mama Randi: "In my shop, Fresh-Squeezed Fabrics, I aim to carry the freshest fabrics and patterns, just for you! The shop is stocked with...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, I am pleased to be telling you about a new May Sponsor Modern Organic Fabrics! You can follow along with the Modern Organic Fabrics blog for patterns, tutorials and life story here. In Melanie's words: "Modern Organic Fabrics is an on...

Good evening! Thanks for all the well wishes coming from my fellow twitter folks. Colin and I have been slammed big time by allergies - we are doing pretty rough. But we will be fine. I had a class tonight, which I made through thanks to some meds. :) Wanted to do a post before heading to be...

It's so fun to have Nicole here this morning (she's a fellow Simple Organic contributor). And so exciting because she just recently adopted a little boy!! So sweet of her to take some time to chat with us with such exciting stuff going on at home. I think you'll enjoy her thoughts on finding ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today, I am pleased to be telling you about our sponsor Sweetgrass Natural Fibers! (You've seen a bit of my own Sweetgrass favorites here recently.) Sweetgrass is the work of mama and business owner Paige. In her words: "Sweetgrass designs a...

...like cake on a Wednesday afternoon. Just because. (Honey Cake from Apples for Jam. Violets from my kids and the Earth. Silver and china from the thrift shop. Linens from my sewing machine. Life is full of simple goodness.)

I've been popping into thrift shops with great frequency of late for one thing and one thing only: chapter books. My boys are zipping through them faster than I can keep up with - Boxcar Children, Hardy Boys, the Narnia series and on and on. With a price tag of 10-49 cents a piece, the thrif...

Clayton's grandmother lived on her own for quite some time before moving in with his parents (though she is still sharp as a tack and probably in better shape than me! She's just with them for the company). After many years of keeping her home and large yard in immaculate condition, she gr...

I love when an unexpected side trip ends up being even more wonderful than the intended destination.

Yes you read it right - not one measly day BUT 5 DAYS!! Every day for the next 5 days I will be giving away fantastic prizes from different manufacturers.... to you .. well it could be you... but you have to comment... on the blog... every day for the next 5. Next Wednesday I will draw the...

Is there anyone in here ??? hellooo???? ;-) are those Cricuts chirping??? Those of you that follow my blog know that I have recently had a NON trip to Amsterdam - thanks to the volcano in Iceland!! However I have in the past been to Paris! It is a beautiful place and well worth...

This is utopia this is my utopia This is my ideal my end in sight Utopia this is my utopia This is my nirvana are you familiar with Kaisercraft? They are an Australian company - but I, as a kiwi, will forgive them for that ;-) They make FANTASTIC stuff - and their prices are amazing. ...

those that know me well... must have known that these 5 days of giveaways would not be getting past... without a nod to the colour GREEN. It is the only the BEST colour ever!! Some say I have a little problem with the colour GREEN. Some might call it an addiction. I say wash your ...

this is the biggie... so big... I had to make you wait a bit this morning before I posted... ...the last day of 5 days of giveaways and we are going out with a bang! Today's winner is getting the brand spanking new collection from Cosmo Cricket. This new line from Cosmo is super summery a...