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pasta in a leotard:
with the start of gymnastics, I’m tackling the leotard again. I love red and white stripes, and for a leotard it is perfect. I’ve been using a plastic swimsuit elastic, I find it thinner and softer to...
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this bag :
is for a dear friend that is always there to help with; a pick up, a drop off, some playtime, a snack……… I am we are very lucky to have her as a friend.fabric : Bird Song by Etsuko Furuya
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halloween 2013
this year both kids picked costumes that involved more sewing and less crafting. yay for me.Ninja(with a lot of weaponry that we CAN NOT take to the school parade)I was thrilled to try and tackle the...
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thanks......
to Alton Brown that is, for getting me through my first ever Thanksgiving feast. It all started about 3 weeks ago when M asked me why we didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving?!?…. but we do…just never with a...
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holiday sewing...
this year S is very lucky to have 2 great teachers who job share his grade 3 class. Ms. M and Ms. S are seamless in their management of the class and in their lessons. It has been a great fit for...
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Merry Christmas!
when some dear friends moved to Boston this year, they insisted on gifting us Santa’s Ski Slope. We declined the gift more than once….in the end, just before they left California…… they handed us a...
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happy new year! ...
and happy birthday to our dear M. This little one is turning 7 !!!I made (kind of) one present. I purchased a MYSIG bed canopy at IKEA and replaced the scalloped trim with sheer polyester fabric and...
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: a cooking birthday party :
at Mayu’s Cafe!: head chef :: aprons :: chef hats :: signs :: and the wait staff (who did an awesome job) :: …..but best of all, a delicious meal was made and devoured by some of the sweetest local...
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oh nine.....
S was a very happy nine year old boy, who FINALLY got a Nerf gun…… and a premium pass for his favorite game, Minecraft.Happy Birthday S!
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NYC
I could say that these 3 pictures were lucky shots and took no time at all atop the Gansevoort Hotel.………but I’d be lying.
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summer swimming
20102014Here is one more from 2010. M really did not like swimming when she started. She spent the whole summer just trying to enter the water.I’m happy to say she loves it now.
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Day 1
yesterday was their first day of schoolgrade 2 / grade 4both S and M wanted to buy (like a real stuff from a store) their back-to-school gearso today….I pulled my machine out and stitched up a leotard...
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....in pink with blue stripes
the fabric for these suits came from 2 XXL cotton dresses from Old Navyin the clearance section they were $7.00 each and I was able to make a leotard and have a little extra for another small...
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Halloween 2014
Stevie a character from S’s favorite computer game Minecraft. The head was purchased, the pickaxe S had, and the shirt and pants were made this morning. (just in time for the Harvest Festival in 2...
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merry christmas and happy new year-
we spent a week in Hawaii over the holidays and it was blissful….most of the time-chilling expert-Matsumoto’s shave ice in Haleiwa :the boys were BIG fans….lots of playing in the sand, especially for...
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How to Quickly Peel a Boiled Egg in a Glass of Water- found posted on the awesome blog, it will stop raining -
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