I made this Lazy Days Skirt skirt from the free pattern on the Oliver + S blog. It uses some ribbon to finish the hem. I didn’t realize how it worked until I started putting it together. It’s a really clever way to hem a skirt cleanly and easily. I want to make a bunch…

The only good thing about Brian being out of town for days in a row is that I can let the house get messy and make stuff. I made this simple little sundress last night. It was really quick and easy to put together. It was offered in the British magazine called Sew Hip and by the…

Wish you were here.

I found this web site called 500 Pieces of Prudent Advice for My Baby Daughter. It’s an interesting mix of funny and practical and wise words to live by. The author of the web site calls it a collection of lessons of questionable importance to share with my daughter before we grow up. Here are my favorites:…

Where oh where is our summer disappearing to? I’m starting to get a panicky feeling because my August weekends are filling up and that makes the summer feel close to over. I want to go to the beach a bunch more times so we can soak up all the summerness.  Here’s Bea giggling and catching…

We had a wonderful time picking blueberries with Grandma and Grandpa in South Haven.  Wanna blueberry mom? Oh never mind – I’ll eat it myself – along with the other 273 blueberries that are already in my belly. Birthday pie for Brian.

The hydrangeas were all over South Haven. Decorating the fronts of so many quaint old houses. But – on all our walks – I for some reason didn’t get a picture of them. Here’s what I did get pictures of: A set of 40 some stairs led to the big and busy beach. Waves splashed…

I wore my hip hops all of last week when we were on vacation in South Haven. Oh what fun we had. Now I have to sort through a boat-load of photos. Stay tuned.

Uhg – migraine in the night – couldn’t sleep. Up way too early and buzzing from caffinated medicine. Quick post about Ravinia last night. Note to Brian: I’m sorry I’m so hard to live with. Must finish packing for our trip to South Haven. Woo hoo! Did I mention I’m buzzing – but at least…

We got to spend the day with Dave, Kim, Sophie, Maddie, Ryan and Phillip today. Most of us got more and more tuckered out as our day went on (especially Dave and Kim and kids since they caught a train to Chicago at four in the morning!). But Bea seemed to get more energy as…