Sesame Seed Designs

Felt Orange Slices

felt orangesI’ve been making a ton of felt food to give to little Sesame for Easter. She loves playing with her toy kitchen but she doesn’t have any food to play with! That needs to change. There are lots of great pictures and some free patterns for felt food on the internet (as well as a [...]

Read Full Post »

Baby Slingin' a Baby

Doll ring slingSesame is more and more interested in playing with her dolls lately so I whipped up a super simple ring sling for her to use. I chose a ring sling so that she won’t outgrow it any time soon and I hardly had to do any measuring. Unlike the clothes I make for, she loved [...]

Read Full Post »

I Have Chickens!

3 week old chicksMike and I have talked about getting chickens for a while and last Wednesday we decided to go look at baby chicks tojust’ see what was available near us and to find out a little more about them. Yeah, right. We both knew it was pretty likely that we would come home with some birds. [...]

Read Full Post »

Bits and Pieces

DSC05168I’ve been neglecting my blog. I have a lot of projects in the works and my job has been keeping me busy- not to mention little Sesame who is learning a new word a day now and is often too busy talking to go to sleep. Here’s what’s been going on in the last month. [...]

Read Full Post »

Love

v-day dressI love this little dress! Like everything I’ve knit recently, it’s making wasn’t without a near-disaster. It was almost ruined when I put it on the little ungrateful toddler and she had a screaming fit and yanked at it so hard that she totally stretched out the buttonholes and I was afraid for the hand-stitching. [...]

Read Full Post »

Bits and Pieces

love you snowflakeThis is a Valentine’s Day snowflake that I made last year. Now that you know how to make snowflakes with messages in them, you can make some this year too! Also, don’t forget about the templates I have for these Valentine’s Day papercuts. I’ve been knitting a ton but I still only have little pictures [...]

Read Full Post »

Introducing Kona

DSC04966I finished 3 sweaters in the month of January! One for Mike, one for my mom and the most recent one is for me! I really like it and have worn it a few times but don’t have any good pictures to show you yet. Here’s a little glimpse. The yarn is Blue Moon Fiber [...]

Read Full Post »

Oh Happy Days

DSC04831I had a birthday and Washington threw a big party! It was for Obama, I know but it was fun to celebrate with the rest of the country. Whether you voted for him or not, weren’t you at least a little glad to see someone without the Bush name take the office? I like this [...]

Read Full Post »

The Sweater That Took 2 Years

DSC04709You do not know how happy it makes me to be done with this sweater! It started about 2 years ago with Mike picking out his yarn, and hours spent finding The Right Pattern. He settled on the Spartan Pullover from IK, but wanted it to be a cardigan and the design at the bottom [...]

Read Full Post »

Handmade Gifts Rock!

DSC04669Our tree has been down for a while, the decorations dismantled and the 12 days of Christmas ended yesterday so why am I still blogging about it?’ Well, I got some fabulous handmade gifts and want to share them with you and give a little shout out to their super talented makers. I was a [...]

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »