One Strong Mother

{TWENTY-THREE} Happy Birthday to you, Jacob!

Your smile is infectious and your laugh, well it’s infectious too!

Twenty-three years as your mom has brought me so much happiness! May you have never-ending music (are all the devices charged?!) and all the band tee’s you could ever want (I know you can’t see them, but it’s the thought, right?!).

I love you to the moon and back!

Let’s Make a Rag Quilt - Part 3

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Happy 15th Birthday to my artistic, photography-loving, smart, funny, Owen. I Love you, Bud. I’m so proud to be your mom!

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Saturday Stitching…a cross stitch project I started (ahem) 20 years ago. It’s one of those work-on-it-when-you-have-nothing-else-to-do that I started one day and only picked it back up a handful of times over the years. Here’s to the year of gettin’ s**t done!

Only four years (and approximately 47 life events) later… I finally present:

✨ My She Shed.
✨ My Shed-struction Construction.
✨ My studio, my creative cave, my escape from the rest of the world.

A place where all the things will finally get made. (Yes… actually. Probably.)

In 2026, my goal is to finish the unfinished — starting with a hankie quilt for a childhood friend who has shown saint-level patience while trusting me with her beautiful heirlooms.

So grab a snack, lower your expectations just a smidge, and come along for the ride.

✨ Happy New Year! ✨