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  • Pretty in Pink for Bea Bea

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    I have been on quite the sewing spree lately! Everything I’ve been stitching up over the past few weeks has been spring and summer outfits for Bea and they are just so fun to work on! Here is one I made last weekend (I have two more I still need to photograph!) I just can’t…

  • Jessica Bakes | Easy Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

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    It’s strawberry rhubarb season and that means it’s time to whip up some pies, baby! I use my grandma Dorothy’s recipe as a base. I’ve made some really minor changes and the end result is quite near pie perfection! And it’s not hard at all!  Part of the ease (at least for me!) is that…

  • More Spring Dressmaking for Beatrix

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    Since last week’s post on the yellow romper I made for Bea, I have been sewing at least one new piece for her each day! While it might sound like a lot, these little pieces stitch up so quickly that I can make one in a couple of hours. I set up my sewing machine…

  • Top 10 Tips for Researching Your Genealogy and Family Tree

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    Above, the wedding party from my great grandparents Mary Katherine Stoppenhagen and Charles Werling. See more about them here! 1. Call Your Parents and ask for birthdays, marriage dates, deaths of any grandparent, aunt or uncle they can remember. These details will help you connect to the huge amount of established trees and fill in…

  • Springtime Romper for Beatrix

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    Occasionally I find myself out and about with a little time to kill before picking Felix up from school and inevitably end up either thrifting or at a fabric/craft/home improvement store, dreaming up what project to take on next. If you’ve been with me for a while you know mama loves a project. I probably…

  • Notes from the Field | 006

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    There are a lot of perks to being a stay at home mom. When it’s cold and dreary – we can stay cuddled up by a fire. When the first day of spring weather hits (whenever that decides to happen!) we can visit a park and play outside all day. We can road trip to…

  • Our Farmhouse | Spring Bedroom Refresh

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    Finally! The sun came out! So here we are with my latest interior project – a master bedroom refresh. Right now we’re not in a place to dismantle our lives (ie the kitchen) for a big renovation, so decided to take on a smaller project instead. When I’m styling a space I tend to borrow…

  • Notes From the Field | 005

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    I’m trying to do it all, really I am. Lately I just feel like I can’t keep my head above water to do all of the things I want to do, let alone need to do. There’s little things that I leave on my to-do list for weeks at a time, when I know I’d…

  • Inspired By | Bohemian Bedrooms

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    Now that I’ve wrapped up the laundry room makeover, I’m really antsy to do another room. On one hand there’s the kitchen, but that’s going to be a significant investment and time commitment. I also need to paint the ceilings and cement floor in my sunroom (adjacent to the dining room) but that’s also something…

  • Notes from the Field | 004

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    Phew. I just got done typing out a big post about how cranky my children are today, how cranky strangers are online and when I got done I thought, I don’t need to put this out into the world. I got it out on paper (on my laptop… same diff) and that in and of…