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The Wonder of Cross-Stitch
Criss, cross, criss, cross… The steady sound of thread pulling through fabric is gently soothing as features form with each stitch and row. This was my first full cross-stitch that I have ever done and at first I was wondering if I would finish it in time and then I was wondering if I was just wasting time making a cross-stitch when I could be doing something else seemingly more productive or impactful. But with each stitchmy thoughts seemed to weave into the rhythm of the stitches and lead me back in time to memories and wonder. Criss, cross, criss, cross… I remember my mom’s sewing box, tucked away between…
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A ONEderful First Birthday Party with DIY Decorations and Brushstroke Unicorn Cake
Celebrating you, Sweet Girl, is the most wonderful thing! You are sweetness, you are joy, you are giggles, you are filled to the brim with wonder, just as we have prayed for you before you were even born. We had to have a ONEderful birthday party celebrating you! A ONEderful birthday party with fun and color and magic! And I wanted to make absolutely as much as I could for it to make it special – from the decorations to the cake, because, you know, I helped make YOU! Other posts featuring Little Wonder: Little Wonder’s Baby Nursery Your Top Questions About Cloth Diapering Answered Cloth Diapering 101: Where to…
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Halloween ‘Boo!’ Bags
Halloween – I love Halloween! Memories of picking what I would dress up as (most often a witch) and getting ready that All Hallow’s Eve, going with my mom and meeting our family friends with excitement and a feeling of something magical to come, bundling up and crunching leaves underfoot while we sought out those small little lights on each porch that beckoned us to come and TRICK or TREAT, knowing which houses gave sweet, sticky popcorn balls and which were too scary to go up to alone. I was mesmerized by this one specific house with glass windows all down its front that lit up on that dark night.…
