Sometimes you have to make compromises in a marriage. The other day Brian wanted chocolate cookies, and I wanted oatmeal cookies, so we met in the middle and made some tasty chocolate oatmeal cookies. This is about the closest we come to fighting, so I guess we’re doing pretty well… Ingredients: 1/2 C flour 1/2 C wheat flour 3 T coco powder 1 t baking powder 1/2 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 3/4 t cinnamon 1 stick butter 1/2 C (scant)...

Have you ever heard of a beer poncho? What? You haven’t? Yeah, me neither until two days ago when my brother told me about them. They’re like really trashy drink charms to tell which beer (or in my case, root beer) is yours. It’s a real thing, google it. Anyway, I think they would make a really funny house warming gift or white elephant gift. Yeah, I know, you’re welcome… Materials: fat quarter yarn Step 1: Cut...

On one of our recent trips to the library, one of the books we ended up with was all about being happy. I think it was called Make Yourself Happy. It’s all cutesy and silly with pigs and frogs doing things that make them happy like hugging, going on bike rides, etc. It’s simple and Ada loved it. But I’ve been thinking about it a lot for some reason. Too often we find ourselves thinking “well, if only ________ then I would...

For my sister and friend’s baby showers I decided to whip up some cute bandana bibs. They’re nice and simple and a fun change from the boring run of the mill bib. Materials: 1 or 2 fat quarters flannel or batting for lining velcro pattern: Bandana Bib Step 1: Print and cut out your pattern. Fold your fat quarter in half and lay the pattern on it like so. If you want the bandana to be reversible, cut out one from 2 different fat...

My cute sister Aubry is pregnant and her baby shower is tomorrow! I decided to whip up a set of month by month numbers so that she can take some cute pictures of little baby David each month. I never did the monthly pictures with Ada, but it’s something I’ll definitely try to do for baby #2. Materials: 2 fat quarters felt some flannel or batting for the middle printed numbers for the months tacky spray Step 1: Print out a bunch of...

My grandma gave me this little jewelry music box to me for maybe my 5th or 6th birthday. I love it so much that I’ve kept it for nearly 20 years. As such, it’s a little worse for wear. It’s stained and dirty and I may be a bit old for the carousel motif. I didn’t want to throw it away though, so I decided to give it a happy little makeover! Before  After    Materials: old jewelry box fat quarter felt mod...