Susannah, such a cute name! But can you say it without singing Oh Susannah? Try it. I can’t. And can you write about her without saying something cheesy like…Don’t you cry for her, she’s having a lovely day in the park!
She’s enjoying her new mail treats. A cute sketch book with matching pencil (awesome!) from Alison & Nicole and a new Milly Molly Mandy book (woohoo!) from Sarah
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Oh dear. The cutest little puppy has come to live with us. One of Oscar and our favorite author/illustrators is Maggie Smith. We have two of her books now (Paisley and Dear Daisy Get Well Soon) and love them. Both have secret life of toys themes which are very big around here. So when I saw that she has a new etsy shop carrying her original toy designs I jumped. Please meet Frankie dog..
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Four days with the husband home, that’s how you get stuff done. Hope everyone had a fun 4th! Ours was pretty good. I’m almost over the stinging disappointment of Oak Park’s ridiculously bad parade. I’ve acclimated to the no more floats thing but no bands?! no shriners? no classic cars? no twirlers? Even the cool librarian book cart drill team were absent. sigh. But marching band withdrawal aside, we did manage to have a productive weekend and that always makes … More
Some vacation day. Forecast is for severe scattered thunderstorms so guess instead of a trip to the zoo as planned we’ll have to stay inside and work on project find a spot for all this stuff which Oscar will be thrilled to learn includes stowing half his toys away in the basement. Happy 4th kid!
Other suckiness as a result of incliment weather is no light to take pictures of all our fun garage sale finds. Instead here’s a photo … More
A captivating gang of 24 huggable, lovable creatures to sew—from classics like Margot, a topsy-turvy doll, and the button-jointed teddy bear Bjorn Bjornson, to irresistible Evelyn, a wool felt inchworm decked out in mod glasses and a kerchief, and Koji, a fiercely cute spiked softie monster. There’s something for everyone here—from kids to grown-ups and from beginning sewers to advanced dollmakers. Published by STC Craft, August, 2010.
