Lots of mini-updates

Some fun new additions to the Amazima Doll Gallery. Thank you!!!
I tried my hand at canning last weekend and decided that I liked it! So far…dill pickles and apple butter. (There once were 4 jars of apple butter, but we thought we better make sure I’m not poisoning anyone!) [...]

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Playroom – almost done!!

This playroom is a work in progress for several months, but we’re finally nearing completion and I had to take a few pictures!
I still need to hang one more set of curtains and pics on the wall, but otherwise it is DONE. And little boy loooooves it down there. Heck, *I* [...]

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TUTORIAL: Felt Banana in peel or Corn in husk

I have been meaning to do this forever! I get asked all the time about how to do bananas you can remove from the peel. It’s actually pretty simple, and the same instructions will get you corn on the cob in a husk! There are lots of tutorials out there with [...]

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New boys!

Worked hard to finish these little guys and then the camera disappeared! But it’s found, so I’m proud to share these new dolls! (The little velour ones may look familiar.)

They’re all up and listed in my etsy shop. My two year old is in love with these guys, and I [...]

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The best farm ever!!

Let me just start by saying that I never pictured ever being able to put something like this together for my son—so I’m pleased as punch! A lot of it goes to learning new skills and both making some of the things myself and selling some of my handwork on etsy. Thanks also [...]

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“I love you Mommy”

[Updated with some clarification.]
We’ve been working hard to re-establish our good sleep habits that deteriorated a bit when switching to the big boy bed. Our crib routine: snuggles, read a book, kisses, lights off about 7:30 and he’d play until falling asleep about 8:00. With the big boy bed, there was just [...]

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Tax-mas is coming!

I know I should be frugal and squirrel away the extra refund we weren’t expecting, but instead we’re FINALLY putting together our family/play-room area! We got this house specifically to have a family room and it’s been sitting empty (or rather, full of boxes and files and things). Baby Boy and the cat [...]

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A semi-crunchy two year old birthday.

My baby turned two a couple of days ago! It’s hard to believe it. But with all of the ideas he had about birthdays, I think we managed to get things done to his satisfaction. He got his balloons, cake (albeit cheater angel-food with kool-whip–but hey, with just three people, who wants [...]

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