a surprise for me

Yesterday, I got a package in the mail. Marcy from Pine Creek Cottage sent me some vintage notions that she inherited from her husband's mother and grandmother.

Rickrack, needles, embroidery floss, a heavy duty pair scissors and pinking shears...

and a tin full of BUTTONS! Liam and Sutton spent about an hour digging through the tin and ooh-ing and aah-ing over all the different kinds of buttons.

Marcy, thank you so much! I love all of it. Thank you for thinking of me. I can't wait to create with all these goodies!

family tree projects

Here are a few Family Trees projects others have done:

Char at Crap I've Made- The white background really makes the tree and the leaves stand out. Love it.

Carole- I love the two blues she chose for the leaves.

Amelia- The original size was too big for what Amelia needed so she shrunk it to 12x12. Perfect size to add to a scrapbook!

Templates available here.

Anyone else making these for Christmas presents? I intended to make one for my parents but didn't get to it. They are arriving tomorrow morning. Yippee!

Also- It has come to my attention that the frame size I originally recommended (20x24) is not a standard size in stores. I suggest buying what ever is closest to that (without being smaller!) and cut your background paper to the frame opening size.

Milla's kitchen

Yesterday Amy emailed me pictures of the kitchen her parents made for Amy's daughter Milla. They did such a great job! I love the addition of the microwave and refrigerator. Check out Amy's blog for more pictures, including the before.


I absolutely love to see what you dear readers have made. I makes me so happy to know that I have inspired others to create something. So If you have made something that was inspired by one of my projects, email me and you can be featured here too!