happy stuff.

as promised, here is a post about something other than baby crafts.  this one features my new favorite summer sandwich! i know i’ve posted about summer sandwiches before (wow.  that is some vintage happy stuff. no photos!  hardly any text!  look how far we’ve come…) and i do still like all of those sandwiches, but [...]

it seems to be all i want to do these days–make stuff for the happy baby!  maybe if you’re lucky my next post will be about food or flowers or something.  :) this installment of crafting-for-baby includes binky leashes made with purchased clips i found at a local scandinavian imports store and japanese linen tapes [...]

i finally got my hands on a library copy of lotta jansdotter‘s book, simple sewing for baby and it is so inspiring!  in fact, despite my pile of things to do (top of the list:  take care of baby who is developing a shorter nap habit, yikes!) i dropped everything to make two projects right [...]

i finally finished sewing curtains for the baby room!  i decided to use the six-minute circle technique and just make one really big circle out of the same inspiration fabric i’ve used all over the room.  i originally had these elaborate curtain hanging plans that had to do with swing arms, but in the end, [...]

awhile back, a knitting friend of mine and i made a casual swap agreement–a pair of socks for a throw-sized quilt. i received the socks a few weeks ago and i loooove them.  they are really comfortable and easy to wear and great colors (the photo below doesn’t do the lime green justice). she even [...]

Gabriel says Mama from carissaabc on Vimeo. p.s. not sure why there’s a discrepancy between the video and audio tracks–very distracting, i know. and no, the baby isn’t a ventriloquist. yet. i’m still on a steep video-editing learning curve here, so thanks for your patience. maybe next time i’ll remember to add music! is anyone [...]

my sister and nephew were visiting last week and while they were here, he fell down (as toddlers tend to do frequently) and scraped up his hands a little bit.  we brought him inside and my sister asked if i had any ice we could put on his hands and i realized that i had [...]

actually, i’m not sure whether it’s spring that inspired me tonight or if it was because i’m 98.2% done with my class for this semester, or if it’s because i just had a long break from any serious cooking (because of all of the delicious meals that folks from my church volunteered to bring us [...]