Sunday, Sunday
Time for new Sunday dresses…so I pulled some fun Sandi Henderson and Amy Butler prints out of my stash and went to town!
School’s Out, and We Need a Plan
Poor Miss J…she is my “Mini-Me”. Which means that she needs to know what to expect every day, to be able to mentally map out her day ahead of time. We can be flexible, us silly girls, but we like to know what’s coming up. Besides that, we need to do what we can to avoid as much of the ‘summer slide‘ as possible, because these are the kinds of things wierdos like me worry about.
Last night, she and I sat down and talked about the tasks she needs to accomplish each day (once they’re done, the day is ALL HERS!). She picked out some colorful paper, and I put this daily schedule together for her. We shall see if it’s helpful!
Locks of Love
One of my favorite girls to photograph just participated in the Locks of Love program. I admire her so much for doing so. We weren’t able to get pictures of her right before she got her hair cut. So I figured I would post some of her from her special January session to show her before and after.
I’m proud of you EM!
Summer Baby Sling
Kayla and her girls came over for a quick visit this afternoon. She’s been looking for a baby sling that will be comfy for the hot summer months, and (because I”m a fabric-hoarding freak) I just happened to have a LOT of this light-weight cotton gauze sitting in my family room. We figured out how to wrap the 5 1/2 yard length of fabric, then I serged the edges, and finished it off with a sweet little monogram for Baby Kaymn.
From Blah to Beautiful: The Journey of a Fabric Box
I worked on a major overhaul of my sewing space over the holiday weekend (yay!). It’s not completely finished yet, but I thought I’d share the process I used to create a big element of the re-do: cute storage using stuff I already had. Okay, so I bought the fabric, but I already had these fabric storage bins (I originally purchased them for another room, and never used or returned them), and did not want to spend more time or money on searching for the perfect organizing supplies. Here’s how it goes:
Start with a box…any square/rectangular box will do.
Measure the bottom and sides of your box. My boxes are about 10.5″ by 10.5″ on the bottom, and each side measured 11″ by 11″.
I wanted the liner to cover the inside AND outside of the box, so I determined the measurements of my cut pieces using this formula:
Base/bottom: add 1/2″ to each side to allow for 1/4″ seam allowances, so my cut piece measured 11″ by 11″.
Sides: (inside length + outside length +1/2″ for seam allowances) x (width + 1/2″ for seam allowances), so my 4 cut pieces each measured 11″ by 22.5″.
Sew the sides together. I used my serger, but a straight stitch machine will work just fine.
With all four pieces joined together, sew the two open sides to each other, forming a big tube.
Sew the base to one end of the “tube”.
Check to make sure it fits!
I decided to decorate these boxes with more fabric, and wanted a slightly rustic look, so I serged the edges of 6″ strips of toile with my trusty black thread:
And in true Nester-fashion, I hot-glued the trim right on to the liners. Voila!
Straighten Up!
The princess crown hooks I used in my girls’ room have always been a bit squirrely…and with ribbon hanging on them, they’re downright naughty! I was pointing them out to a friend recently, who said, “Try hot glue!” So I did. And the crown hooks are crooked no more. I love tricky little decorating tips, don’t you?
Baby Kaymn Allie
A lot of you have been waiting to see pictures, so here are a few of our new arrival…..Kaymn Allie Evans.
One on One Time
Last week was a busy one, with new babies and dance recitals and homework and…you know the drill. 😉 One afternoon my two younger children spent a few hours at Grammie’s house, and didn’t want to leave when it was time for big sister’s school bus to arrive, so I left them there to play for a while longer and headed home solo. Miss J was thrilled to have some “alone time” with Mommy, so I decided to deviate from ‘the list’ and asked her what she’d like to do with our little unexpected time treasure. She wanted to make jewelry, so we pulled out the supplies that I seem to keep accumulating and put a little something together for her.
We lined everything up:
And giggled and made some faces:
And she went to school the next day with something pretty, with which to practice time management.
It’s a…
GIRL!!! Congratulations to Kayla and her little family: baby girl arrived EARLY this morning weighing in at 7 lbs, 4 oz. She seriously broke our family’s amazing boy-girl-boy-girl sibling sequence of the past 34 years, but she’s gorgeous and we wouldn’t have it any other way!
Change is in the Air
There’s some changin’ goin’ on ’round here! I’m pleased to announce that my sister Kayla and I are joining forces at Sage Meadow Studio. She will be posting her photographic endeavors, and I’ll keep on sharing whatever I feel like sharing. I have a long old list of projects to document, and plan to get them going here right away, so check back soon–lots of fun stuff on the horizon. Oooh, and in the next week or so, we’ll have some long-awaited newborn portraits of a special little someone we’ve been anxiously waiting to meet (we’re hoping baby will be here tomorrow)!
Sage Meadow Studio 