Category Archives: Christmas

Your Own Gift Wrapping Station

By Angela | Published: January 8, 2013
My biggest mess in my office right now is gift wrap.  I moved a year ago, but never unpacked that box. Since Christmas the box has been broken on two sides and the contents strewn around my office. If I showed you a picture you might lose all respect for me.  So here’s one that [...]
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Christmas Photos

By Angela | Published: December 26, 2012
Monday we had 32 guests for Christmas and it was wonderful. But busy.  I just enjoyed the entire day and forgot to take a single picture! But the highlight of the day may well have been Darren’s sister’s kids playing a violin/cello duet of Oh Holy Night which was as beautiful a thing as you [...]
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Russian Orphans and Gingerbread Houses

By Angela | Published: December 17, 2012
I’m going to be a sewing maniac today, but first I wanted to share a few photos from the weekend.  Friday night our family worship group gathered in my home to put together Christmas boxes for an orphanage in Russia.  One of our member’s father visited there a few weeks ago on a missionary trip [...]
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Doll “Quilt As You Go” Tutorial

By Angela | Published: December 12, 2012
This adorable doll quilt is the perfect companion to our dollar tree Doll Bassinet/ Moses Basket. Tutorial here. I used the leftover scraps from the basket to complete it.  It took about an hour from start to finish. This same technique can be used to make quilted bibs and larger throws for real babies or [...]
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Doll Bassinet or Moses Basket Tutorial

By Angela | Published: December 11, 2012
Wouldn’t a little girl you know be delighted with a new dolly and a basket to carry her in? For an experienced seamstress, this project takes about 2 hours.  Plan a little more time if you are new at this. You will need:  1 dollar tree basket.  This one is about 11 inches long by [...]
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Christmas in My Living Room and the Sky

By Angela | Published: December 3, 2012
Did I ever show you my when my furniture came in and then my new rug? How about my garage sale curtain brackets, finials from the scrapped Queen Anne Setee upholstery projecy, and bargain plain curtain rods from Lowes?  I finally put them all together and hung my Target curtains and love it! Of course, [...]
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Envelope Pillow Cover Tutorial

By Angela | Published: November 27, 2012
I’ve had fabric and pillow forms hanging around my house waiting for me to be fabulous with them.  I had dreams of invisible zippers and piping.  But at this stage in my life (you know–6 kids including 2 toddlers and 4 jobs besides taking care of my home and family) fabulous just isn’t in my [...]
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Christmas Wrapping Organizing Tip

By Angela | Published: November 17, 2012
Many years I have been up late Christmas Eve frantically wrapping gifts.  It ruined the magic of the day for me. So now I wrap gifts almost as soon as I get home with them. There’s less chance that children will sneak a peek of their surprise this way too. But sometimes I forget what [...]
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7 Ways to Make Lasting Holiday Memories

By Angela | Published: November 14, 2012
Welcome Guest, Sinea Pies from Ducks in a Row as she shares ideas to make the holiday’s memorable:   The holidays -Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s -all come with expectations. We expect to make and eat lots of great food. We expect to give and receive gifts. We expect a certain amount of stress (some [...]
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Pumpkin Sugar Cookie Cutouts

By Angela | Published: October 26, 2012
We made these cookies yesterday because I was in a festive mood. We couldn’t find our pumkin cookie cutter so we used an apple and acorn one instead. I had a bite just to make sure the recipe was good. This is a Coffman original. Soft sugar cookies with a nice pumpkin spice flavor but [...]
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