Author Archives: Laura

Handmade Christmas 2010 – Addie’s present

For Addie (who is 4) I made her name in felt letters for her to hang over her bed – or whatever she wants!  I took the idea from this post but stitched them on machine instead of by hand … Continue reading

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Handmade Christmas 2010 – Nikki and Andreas’s presents

For Nik’s brother and sister-in-law, I made a wood-carrying tote and a gathered clutch purse.  I added the words in wool felt, in case Andreas forgot what it was for! 🙂  I also especially love how I was able to … Continue reading

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Handmade Christmas 2010 – Jonas’s present

For Jonas (who’s six), I made him a “trinket keeper” for him to carry around his “treasures and Legos” (Jonas’s words).  He told me that his favorite color was dark green and that his favorite animals were bugs and bunnies … Continue reading

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Handmade Christmas 2010 – The Three-Year-Olds

For my three-year-old nephews and niece (Alex, Alex, and Ezra), I made owl pillows, using this blog post as inspiration.  This was my first foray into pattern making and it was fun! They’re backed with very soft Minky. All three … Continue reading

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Handmade Christmas 2010 – Selah’s present

For Selah, because I heard that she liked to write, I made her a journal/composition book cover, using this tutorial.  I made a couple changes – I used ribbon to tie it closed instead of the button/hair tie and I … Continue reading

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Caution – lots of sewing posts to come!

For those of you who read this blog for pictures of Ellie, be warned – there are a lot of posts coming up related to the sewing that I did for Christmas and not much else!  So be prepared for … Continue reading

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To All Our Family and Friends

Merry Christmas! We love you all! From Nik, Laura, and Eliana

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Happy 6th Birthday!

We love you very much Jonas! (At the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, July 2010)

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I promise that I didn’t point a gun at her…

and force her to give me all her money.

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Laundry

I have to admit that it’s a lot more fun to fold laundry when you have a cute, smiley baby to keep you company. Almost makes me not really mind doing laundry. Even if it’s that baby’s fault that I … Continue reading

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