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. Linkin’ Up
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First things first: Happy Father’s Day! We are taking it easy over here today since, well, this isn’t Scott’s first Father’s Day. Harper was born just after Mother’s Day last year, but she made it just in time for Scott to be able to celebrate his first in 2011. Actually, the reason we are taking [...]
Upcycled? Undies? Ummm, yeah. Those words probably shouldn’t go together. That is, unless, you haven’t upcycled ACTUAL underwear. Instead, do what I did – upcycle other knit clothing into comfortable, cute panties! I will be the first to admit that I absolutely love cheap, big-box underwear (Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, etc.). They are simply [...]
I contemplated calling this post “Sweatshirt Sex Change” because that’s precisely what I did for this project. However, I figured “Free Owl Applique Pattern” would be more appropriate for search engine traffic. Who knows what kind of audience I’d get with the former… I didn’t do a full-on tutorial for this project because frankly, if [...]
I’m a sucker for cute little fabric things…especially things in which to hold other things (read: bags). In fact, I have dozens of them hanging around my house. (I blame my two years of developing prototypes for my farmer’s market booth.) Nevertheless, one can always use more bags for various uses around the house. I [...]
Scott and I don’t subscribe to cable television. We’re happy to watch Nova documentaries and Star Trek reruns on Netflix every night. However, I have a little bit of a weak spot for crappy reality television. Let’s just say I cried for a week when “The Hills” was canceled. Okay, not really. But I did [...]
I have wanted to do an eclectic collection of throw pillows somewhere in my house for a long time now, and when we bought our home, I figured the window seat was the perfect spot for this. However, I quickly realized when arranging our gargantuan furniture that the window seat would inevitably be covered by [...]