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...we are recovering from a week long trip up to western Idaho for a family reunion! We had four days of driving and three days of reunion, so you can imagine we are zonked. The kids did as well as could be expected and we had a ton of fun playing, talking with cousins, aunts and uncles, and being our own brand of weird together.  I did forget ALL … [Read more...]

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...playing around with the backdrop for week 4 of Project Run and Play. Charlotte was having a blast posing for me! Dress tutorial here. She is such a ham! Sadie and I had the photo shoot today, and it went great...I am in love with week 4 look and can't wait to show you.... ...we're having a blast watching this girl learn new things...like the … [Read more...]

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 ...a little obsessed with the Afterlight app-the shapes are so fun! Also obsessed with carving stamps and stamping my own fabric! Here's a little sneak peek at some projects I did this week....Also....sheesh. That Charlotte is such a character. This picture melts my heart. That is all. ...working on procrastinating Sadie's Easter dress. I finished … [Read more...]

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So I decided to bring back my daily life series-I call it "currently.."..and then I blather on about inane things that are going on in our lives. Should be fun! (catch me on Instagram for more: username craftinessisnotoptional) Here we go... Currently....   ...busting with pride over Sadie's sleeve pattern she handed me the … [Read more...]

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...recovering from my brother's wedding this past weekend. It was a packed and super busy weekend, but really fun and nice to see my Utah sibs. (at least I was able to re use Sadie's flower girl dress from my sister's wedding!) My mom has wedding super powers, that's all I have to say about that. ...gearing up for Charlotte's birthday party this … [Read more...]

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...loving the way these two are interacting with each other lately. The other day Sadie was laughing at something and Charlotte started and then they both just laughed at each other for, like five whole minutes.  ...this little miss is starting solids. She loves them so far. har har. Well, she's now doing better than the picture above...at least … [Read more...]

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....working on picking the winners of the Giveaway Extravaganza! (and then counting through all those comments for the winners-yeeshk!) I am so excited about all these awesome giveaways! I should hopefully have the winners posted here tomorrow. :D ...working on Halloween costumes. We're going as a theme...can you guess just from the fabric … [Read more...]

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...announcing the winner of the blog makeover courtesy of Designer Blogs! It's..............(not Sadie in a box-that's just a cute picture) ......Kristin! Congrats! She says: "Love the new look! I could use a new look on my little shop blog. Thank you for the giveaway!"I'll be getting in touch! A big thank you again to Designer Blogs for my blog … [Read more...]

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 ...loving on this cute face-she's already 2 months old! and a smiler-love it! She's sleeping well at night, yay! ...suffering from an infection...from nursing...we'll leave it at that, but...ouch...fever and chills, yuck. ... enjoying being at home again. ooh. That's nice. (that was for Joanna and Cody) ...loving on this cute face too. she saw … [Read more...]

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...giggling over this picture of Sadie. I was taking a picture of a refashion, and I hear this little voice go,"CHEESE CHEESE CHEESE!" She wanted the camera on her! (where it should be I suppose) This is the picture I got once I turned around. ;) Ariel in tow of course!...still working on those parties going on in August (Sadie's second birthday, … [Read more...]