Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ~Matthew 6:21~
This morning I made nighties for my daughters from thrift store knit fabric. This was an actual piece of fabric, not a sheet as I used for my nighties. It was a 2+ yard piece and I think I only paid $2 for it. For the pattern, I started with their tank top patterns and [...]
Nightgowns are yet more useful garments that can be made from knit thrift store sheets. In my area, knit sheets cost around $2 to $3. Even if I only got one nightie out of each sheet, that’s a great deal! However, there’s fabric left in each sheet for another nightie or t-shirt for my daughters. [...]
These are the large oil decanters I found at Goodwill on Wednesday. The glass is a light green, though it is hard to tell here. The green oil is expeller-pressed grapeseed oil and the yellowish oil is extra virgin olive oil. Mikah told me he knew why someone gave them to Goodwill. “Oh, really?” I [...]
Naomi got the bug to paint today. We pulled down all my acrylic paints and had an art afternoon. I really enjoy being with my children, more and more all the time. I tried to show them how to do simple one-stroke leaves and daisies (like some on this painted mailbox and painted welcome sign), [...]
My girls (and even my boy, until today) are into paper dolls. They colored and cut out all the sets they’d been given, so then we started scouring the internet for free black & white printable paper dolls. My favorite of all is the Mary Engelbreit original (pictured at right) which we just found minutes [...]
Jeff brought home a baby snake yesterday, a surprise for the kids. That is his kind of surprise. We’ll take it!
I received an order to sew a dozen head scarves. The order came from a lady who browsed the internet and found my pattern for making them. She wanted them for her little girl. Haniya, Naomi and Mikah helped me go through my stash to pick the fabrics for the dozen scarves. We found more [...]
Here’s my handsome husband Jeff, wearing a t-shirt I made from a thrift store knit sheet. In my area, knit cotton sheets, depending on size, range in price from $1.99 to $2.99. I use the hem of the sheet to make the hem of the front, back and sleeves (a big time saver). Each sheet, [...]
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