A Creative Log & Other Notes on Life
From the monthly archives:
Even though Halloween costumes rank really high on my “things I like to make” list, I decided this year, I needed to make it easy on myself. So I recycled an old costume for Pumpkin, pieced together super simple costumes for me and Todd and I even bought *gasp* a pre-made costume for Baby Brother. […]
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While the big pumpkins are still waiting to be carved, these little ones made perfect canvases for an afternoon art project.
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After my first “failed” attempt at crocheting something cute for the baby, I came across the pattern for this Big Button Cap and decided it was perfect for the baby boy. Pattern: Easy Big Button Cap from Little Projects. The pattern is for an adult cap, but using a finer yarn and a smaller hook […]
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With all the Halloween parties these days, my girls like to change up their costumes a few times during the month. Upon digging through our costume box, Princess pulled out last year’s Elphaba costume (which I was more than happy about considering the amount of time I spent on that one) and Pumpkin pulled out […]
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The race t-shirt from the Chapman 5K was a nice “technical” t-shirt (meaning it’s made from non-cotton, wicking material making it good for running in). Problem was, even the smallest t-shirt was too big for Princess to enjoy. With a little cutting and some elastic thread shirring we turned it into something cute and “technical” […]
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Princess has been talking about doing the Chapman University 5K since the spring. Even though she knew I’d be just 3 weeks away from delivering a baby, she was sure I’d be able to run it with her, both of us decked out in our Team Sparkle outfits. But, about a month ago, it became […]
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Using this technique, I turned a couple of free (but large) mountain biking shirts we won at the Take Your Kid Mountain Biking event into a couple of shirts Baby Brother loves to wear.
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Since running the marathon or 1/2 was out of the question, the next best thing to do was go down and be cheerleaders. We spent over 3 hours at mile 8 cheering for all the members of Team Sparkle, & lots and lots of strangers. By the end of hour 3, many spectators had abandoned […]
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This sweater was started way back in the spring, right after I found out I was pregnant. When I found out I was having a boy, the little sweater sat unfinished for months and months. I finally finished all of the crocheting during the quiet, relaxing moments of our summer vacation to Brian Head only […]
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When I walked in the door Saturday night decked out in my Sparkle Athletic running skirt outfit, Baby Brother immediately yelled out “Did you run fast Mom?” I wish. With 4 weeks left until the baby comes, running at any speed is pretty much impossible. The truth is, I spent all day promoting Team Sparkle […]
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