This year I did not make a single item for their costumes.  It was bittersweet.  I sort of like working with them to come up with an idea, ...

Despite my lack of Halloween enthusiasm, I caved & made take-home treats for the 2nd grade Fall Party (Note: apparently it's not PC...

With very little bribery I convinced the kids to dress as pirates this year.   A matching skirt and vest, a couple of hand stitched...

Halloween is just one of those holidays I don't get super excited about.  I like to decorate.  I like to dress up. I like to eat candy. ...

Halloween 2010 Princess Leia & Han Solo Costumes created/ crafted by yours truly Princess Leia Gown: White satin, sewn from Simplicity ...

I am so glad that Halloween is over. Although I like to dress up, and carve pumpkins, I don't really like decorating for the holiday, a...

Last night we participated in Beggar's Night (an Iowa tradition). Our sweet friends, the Mons, invited us to their neighborhood, and we ...

I've become a little more crafty in the past year, and have really begun to enjoy sewing now that I have a new, non-jamming sewing machi...