February 2013

Tracy / February 5, 2013

As I’ve been pondering the best way to share information, the blogging platform seemed perfect. You’ll have to forgive me as I’ve received so many emails and calls, it’s just hard to keep up with all of them…they are each *SO* appreciated.  I want to have time to respond to each one of you- I just find myself crying through…

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Jackson’s Hat

Tracy / February 4, 2013

We’ve been sewing…I actually made this a while back, but as usual, I post the pics as I have time. 😀

Pauley and I

Tracy / February 4, 2013

Taken on the 25th anniversary of Paul having asked me to be *his*. He’s my best friend. Thank you, Courtney, for the pictures to capture our day!

Lots of Work on Hope Chests….

Tracy / February 3, 2013

January found me making plans to add some specific items to my older 5 children’s hope chests (if you can call them that…they are, in reality, really big Rubbermaid boxes). Here are some quick picks on my progress: A thrifted find…one of the books on my list of “must-have’s” for each of the girls. For Courtney’s box…a fleece blanket A…

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Laverne and Shirley

Tracy / February 3, 2013

I haven’t posted a lot about our puppies (that are really almost grown…). When we got Laverne and Shirley, I wasn’t quite sure we would keep them. They were litter mates we were basically saving from going to the local animal shelter. Now, we’ve gotten used to them, and I guess they’ll stay. They are sweet girls. I’ll try to…

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Oh, Emma…

Tracy / February 2, 2013

There is a line, I know, between allowing a child to be a child. Something about the children in trees makes me nervous…and this is one of my GIRLS.

Newest Project

Tracy / February 1, 2013

This is my latest FINISHED project: The frame was a spray-painted, thrifted find. I typed the quote up (with a little help from Courtney), and had it printed as an engineering print (something I learned about on Pinterest). I rubbed paint into it to age it and make it not look like just a printed sheet of paper. It hangs…

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