Healthy Snack Ideas for Back To College

Healthy Snack Ideas for Back To College

I have two kids heading back to college and two in high school. Last year my daughter and I gathered some ideas for healthy care package ideas – or at least healthi-er! (Back in my day, I got cookies and candy from my family members!)I wrote a post about this...
The Waning Days of Summer – and a Swing Seat Cushion

The Waning Days of Summer – and a Swing Seat Cushion

Is this what you are doing this summer? Or are you on a treadmill like me? And I don’t mean the mechanical type. I mean the type that consists of four teenagers coming and going every which way so fast that your head spins!How I long for the boredom I used to...
DIY Upcycled Sweatshirt to Drawstring Backpack

DIY Upcycled Sweatshirt to Drawstring Backpack

There are so few ideas of what we can make “for the boys.” My Sweatshirt Tote Tutorial has been very popular so I have been thinking for some time about making a drawstring backpack version for a while. People give me old sweatshirts now, so when my cousin...
Some Stuff I’m Sewing – and it’s Not all Quilts!

Some Stuff I’m Sewing – and it’s Not all Quilts!

The pace of summer is busy as ever, but I finally feel like I am catching my breath. There are plenty of orders still, but some folks who have been waiting a very, very, long time have their quilt blankets! I know this was a busy “quilt week” on the blog...