I’m not sure how I first heard about The Shine Project, but it was late in 2012 and shortly before I placed my first order. I was attending a work party with a white elephant gift exchange and I wanted to get something practical (stemless wine glasses) and something meaningful (bracelets from The Shine Project). I couldn’t have been more excited and in fact, even got a bit choked up while explaining to my coworkers what the bracelets represent. You…
{from the website}:; Go Shout Love was started with a vision of doing amazing things for amazing people. We feature a different family every month who has a child suffering from a rare illness and we spend all month long shouting love for them and celebrating them in big ways. We believe in the power of being loud and we hope you will join us in making some noise for these families. Head over to our shop where you can…
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A Boy Can Never Have Too Many Swimsuits Either #swimsuitsforboys #thesearethedays #notsponsored
Since I don’t think girls should have all the fun and because Amazon has an awesome selection for boys too, here’s a collection for them too. After all, Jonah’s drawer is just as full {or over-full lol}. It’s a real problem you know 😉 Have fun browsing, and shopping. And same as before, if you go to buy one and it’s sold, I’m sorry. *big grin* 1|2|3|4|5|6|7 8|9|10|11|12|13|14 15|16|17|18|19|20|21 The boy section at any store is always so much more blah…
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A Girl Can Never Have Too Many Swimsuits! #swimsuitsforgirls #thesearethedays #notsponsored
Because if your kids are like mine, they can never have too many swimsuits. Here’s a fun little collection of girls swimsuits from Amazon that is making me all googly eyed. If you try to buy one and it’s sold, I’m sorry 😉 1|2|3|4|5|6|7 8|9|10|11|12|13|14 15|16|17|18|19|20|21 I could go on and on. Oh and don’t worry, boys swimwear is coming up next! Featured Brands: Baby Buns|Big Chill|Billabong|Carters|Gossip Girl|Hello Kitty|Jantzen| Lemons & Limes|Maaji|Nautica|Pink Platinum|Roxy|Tiaobu|Vaenait …
After checking out of our *not fancy* hotel, we got ready to visit our cousins at their {soon to be ours} actually fancy hotel. Jonah even got his fancy manners on : They were both SO excited ~ in fact, when I asked Brooklyn after camping what her idea of a great holiday would be, she said, “A fancy hotel with a pool and a twirly slide!” Little did she know… I was smitten right away. The resort itself is…
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My new favourite kids dress #playalldaydress #brotherinnovis #brothercanada #thesearethedays
August has been filled with beaches, camping, pools and lots of sewing {on the beautiful Brother Innov-is} ! I kept my living room set up as my sewing room and enjoyed multiple Netflix marathons while sewing my little heart out. I’m anxious to play around with the embroidery features, but couldn’t stop making shirts for myself and several of the play all day dress for Brooklyn. Can you blame me? I used to make Brooklyn a towel dress each year {from a blog that no longer…
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T-shirts, T-shirts, Ra-Ra-Ra! #sewingfun #brotherinnovis #brothercanada #thesearethedays
Brother Canada provided me with a Brother Innov-is NQ3500D machine for trial purposes, but all opinions expressed are solely my own and do not necessarily represent or align with the views or opinions of Brother Canada. I’m feeling a little jipped ~ how have I spent all these years not knowing that making shirts could be so easy and fun? Now that I know, it’s all I want to do. I’ve discovered a new love for knit fabric as is…
I’ve always been a believer that we make time for the things that matter ~ That if something is truly important, we will FIND the time and MAKE it happen. For example, I’ve made the choice to make the time for the gym and because it’s important to me I’ve made the choice to sacrifice certain things in order to make it happen: time with friends, pedicure dates, kid-less grocery trips and a whole scad of other things I could do with…
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Reversible Sling Bags with the Brother Innov-is #sewingfun #brotherinnovis #thesearethedays #sugarbeecrafts
For years I’ve had several coordinating fabric sets just waiting to be used, so when I saw this project on Pinterest I knew I had to give it a try. So I set out to make one. What I didn’t anticipate was making 5. I printed out the Reversible Sling Bag Pattern from Sugar Bee Crafts. I didn’t have enough of the fabric to cut the pieces on the fold, so I tried cutting 4 separate pieces instead {which I’ve since discovered I prefer…