Raising Blessings

We received a wonderful christmas gift from my inlaws in the mail that we were told to open when we got it. We waited until JJ got home and he and our daughters opened it. I really wish I had recorded it because Rebekah’s excitement was priceless.  My mother in law made us a Christmas [...]

I have a habit of starting new sewing projects before finishing the previous project. I have my quilt to finish and mending the promotional tote bags I use to bag my groceries. But I have decided to put those projects on hold to make Tutu’s for my daughters for Christmas. It was $5 for all [...]

When I recieved 2 packages of Bella Sara Royalty trading cards in the mail my first thought was that my 9 year old sister who loves horses would love these cards so I thought I would open the packages to review the contents but my 3 year old and almost 2 year old saw them [...]

Hancock Fabrics had a great sale going on over the Presidents day weekend so I went ahead and bought all the materials to make my first ever quilt and it cost quite a bit less than I had set aside for it, I can use the money I saved to buy fabric to make curtains! [...]

I have a list of things I want to accomplish this year. Some of the things I want to accomplish are things that I have never done before like plant a garden and sew a quilt. It has been awhile since I have really shown of my creativity. I made my own wedding invitations but [...]

I know several people who wear a lot of makeup and it has noticeable taken a toll on their skin. The new trend in the makeup industry is Mineral Makeup which is actually very good for your skin. Mineral makeup has been around since the 70′s but up until recently it was only sold on [...]

Backgammon is one of the oldest board games, appearing in France during the 11th century. People then began to use backgammon as a means to gamble which lead King Louis IX to ban his court officials and subjects from playing backgammon. Games similar to backgammon were played among the ancient Egyptians as well as the ancient Romans. [...]

One of my favourite traditions are those involving new babies. Before our daughters were born I crocheted them each a blanket, my mother-in-law sewed them a quilt and my twin sister made them a family tree with all the names of their ancestors on it. While we were at a friends house before our first [...]