joy in motherhood, homemaking, faith & simple living
yay, yay — Welcome to the Inspiration Workshop!, a monthly linky party where we blog about the scheduled prompt ~ and this months the prompt is SPRING! Not to be a dork, but Minneapolis is starting to smell like spring. I can hardly stand it, it’s just so lovely + fresh! Wanna link up with… [Read More]
Gussy Sews jewelry case, open [2009] Gussy Sews jewelry case, closed [2009] * * * do you ever take the time to reflect on where you used to be and the process that brought you from then to now? when i started sewing, in detroit, mi in november of 2008, my focus was on learning… [Read More]
My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance, –Erma Bombeck * * * most days our house is kept in the tidiest of tidy manner ~ that means a clean kitchen, living room, bathroom… even the bedroom. do you know what that really means? it means i spend a lot of… [Read More]
Helloooooo, Monday! So — CRAZY news Zack + I are traveling with Compassion in May to Tanzania! {Click here to read more about what Compassion Bloggers do.} I figured I’d share that part first, then go into details about how all of this came about ;] I’ve had an insanely awesome, but also insanely interesting,… [Read More]
video game tournaments, nerdy! // an afternoon snooze with bauer so far this weekend i’ve spent a lot of time relaxing and resting. friday night started out with zack heading over to the university of minnesota to volunteer for the rest of the weekend ~ like 32 hours total, with a starcraft tournament. it’s mega… [Read More]
a gift from angie last year, a little pocket book of her favorite verses yesterday opened my eyes to a lot of things i wasn’t expecting to see. in an era where it’s so easy to connect online through various forms of social media, instead of face-to-face, there are obviously so many women who feel… [Read More]
spiritual inspiration seems like the more months that pass the more i process. — do you ever feel like that?! and i can’t seem to shake these “things”, as the seasons pass they only continue to build. some days they seem a bit lessened, but most days they seem full-on intense. but the seasons continue… [Read More]
It’s official — we’ve started to sell out of certain prints, and it’s really EXCITING! I’m seriously loving that the colors + fabrics selected for our re-launch have been flying out of the studio and into your home. The biggest change for our customers this year is our collection of ready-to-ship items, meaning nearly everything… [Read More]
Friends, I have something so exciting to share with you today!!! Zack, my hubby, and I have been working on an idea for this blog ~ a monthly (bi-monthly?) column called Handmade Hubby, written by Zack himself. We’re both super ecstatic about this and the opportunities it will bring to this community. Our goal is… [Read More]
