Hi! I'm Lauren: college-educated mom to Harper (and soon-to-be Ezra!) who gave up career life to sew, knit, sing nursery rhymes and watch Yo Gabba Gabba a dozen times a day. Most days, I love it. My husband Scott and I live with our kid(s) and two insanely dumb cats in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Pajama Pants from Vintage Sheets
Pajama pants. Can I get an amen from you other stay-at-home mamas? I mean, let’s be honest. How many of you wear them every day until…oh…the hour before the husband come home? Me! Me! So, they should definitely be cute. So cute that you could go to the grocery store in them. I mean, you [...]

A Quick Update…

We are still alive. I had this realization the other day. Perhaps if I stopped blogging about how I never have time to get anything done, I might actually have time to get something done. I’ve been so focused on blogging about knitting, blogging about sewing, blogging about designing things, etc. etc., that I haven’t [...]
Crying it out…and other madness. post image
So, a lot’s been going on in the last couple weeks here at the Dahl house… First, I am cranking along on the design of my sewing pattern for cloth-diapered baby pants – The Baby Got Back Leggings. They are turning out really stinking cute, and I’m super excited. Harper wore one of the prototypes [...]

We Heart Amelia.

We Heart Amelia.
I have this bloggy fried, Janel. She has this awesome blog, Run With Scissors. She and her husband have been going through the adoption process for several years now, and they finally got THE CALL. THE CALL. (!!!) The one where they found out that their dream is becoming a reality. In just three or [...]

Bangs! And other changes…

Me with Bangs
With the new year comes the itch to make changes and improve in various facets of our lives, and 2012 is no exception for me. I’ve been wanting to make a few changes to my blog over the last few months, so what better time than now? OH, and HOW COOL AM I? I got [...]
A Different Kind of Resolution post image
Photo by The Waterboy on Flickr. It’s that time of year again when everyone hastily picks some New Year’s Resolutions that they will inevitably abandon after about two weeks of trying. *IF* I were following the crowd this year, my resolutions would go something like this: Work out more/get in shape. Prepare healthy and delicious [...]