i make stuff

our visit from the toothfairy.

i picked up my sweet little girl from school last week to a very exciting surprise.. we lost our first tooth! I fought back the tears as cyra informed me all about the tooth fairy.. we had never spoken about it.. really.. she's 4 and I was not at all prepared for this.

the tooth fairy did indeed come.. I stitched a little pouch for the fairy and she left us "tiny footprints" near cyra's pillow.. she was ecstatic. And mommy's still dealing with the idea that my little one is not so little anymore.

woodland themed playroom - the tree stump pillows.

how about this lucky little guy?
His loving momma asked me to sew a few pillows for his amazing woodland themed playroom. I'm completely envious of the beautiful tree bookshelf behind him, made by Scott from Woodcurve.

on another front.. the house building is coming along. I've been designing and planning things that will make it home (hence my absense from blogging).
A wonderful creative space for me and the kids is in the works.. so when we're home & settled I'll be back to posting more often.
So hang on for now. I'll check in every now & then. Thanks for stopping by!

happy heart day.

from us.



to you.

these beautiful shots of my little angel were taken by the talented Christina Lafferty

masking tape, floor & four wheels

equals fun.

Hope you weekend was a happy one!

i'm still here.

still here.. just hanging on through our home build. bare with me.. i will be back sometime soon, hopefully real soon.
besides building our dream family home..
these guys are keeping me super busy these days & i'm loving every minute.

yarn ball wreath

our new front door called for a new winter wreath..It was pretty simple to make.. A bit time consuming but totally worth it and i'm loving it.

wishing you all a wonderful holiday next week!

a holiday home

i've been away for awhile.. we've been busy packing, moving, unpacking and planning. We're rebuilding our family home.. and it's going to be an adventurous 9 months ahead.

Years ago, Joseph and I designed our dream home, a home we imagined our children growing up in.. and now it's becoming a reality. 

So for now we've moved to our temporary casa.. while all the construction is happening. And I wondered if it was even worth it to go to all the trouble setting up a tree.. We always travel up north for Christmas.. and it seemed simple, to keep it simple. But I added to my ever growing to-do list.. and this week we set up a tree that we can marvel and enjoy for the next two weeks before our travels.

I'm glad we did.. it finally feels like home.

I'll plan on sharing all the details of the remodel with you along the way. Or you can even follow me on pintrest while I pin away!

I'll check back soon with some holiday treats I've been working on. Have a great weekend!

authentique & twinery hop

If your visiting my blog via the hop.. thanks for stopping by! If you're coming by way of Goldicar Designs you're on the right track. If not, make sure you start at the beginning over at authentique paper blog and don't forget to check the bottom of the post for giveaway details..


This weekend cyra has plans to attend a birthday barty for two very special twin girls.. so we worked together to wrap some special gifts.


First we made some letter cut-outs using authentique paper's uncommon collection and hung them with twinery blossom twine. I laminated the letter cut-outs so they would last longer.. i think these would be sweet as tags for a backpack or lunchbox. Finally we taped them to the package using some pretty japanese washi tape. 


These twin girls are turning 5.. and I wanted to incorporate their age in the packaging.. so I wrapped the larger box with five strands of twinery blossom twine.. made mini flags using washi tape and finally used the petite type circle stickers also part of the authentique uncommon collection.  Each flag & strand representing a year of their life.


For the twig ornaments, I followed the traditional native american god's eye technique and used twigs with beautiful pink sorbet and lilac twinery twine. For a special touch.. cyra painted the twigs pink and purple before we wrapped the ornaments.. these would also make special holiday decorations..



Special gifts for some special friends, all wrapped with love.

Your next stop is suburbNgypsy.. thanks again for stopping by!

Don't forget to leave a comment on this post to be entered in the hop giveaway! The Twinery will be giving away an ultimate color sampler pack.. and Authentique Paper is giving away beautiful paper of course!

Have a great weekend!