You think love is a battlefield, Pat Benetar? How about motherhood?! Sleepless nights, nonstop nursing, diaper change after diaper change…. A new mom needs an arsenal of weapons to combat the new challenges she faces. So, I present to you, the New Mommy Survival Kit: First, let me introduce you to the recipient of this New Mommy Survival Kit: my dear friend, Laura! She’s a gifted writer, director, and actor…and as beautiful inside as she {read more…}
So, my parents are kinda crazy. Crazy as in “crazy awesome!” For my 30th birthday last month, they decided to send me not one gift, not two, but…(wait for it)…thirty. Yes, thirty individually wrapped gifts to be opened by yours truly over the course of 30 days. 30 gifts to celebrate 30 years of life. I told you they were crazy awesome. I got permission to share their card with you all. In it, my {read more…}
So often, summer passes us by like a hazy dream, but the summer of 2008, my sister and I were determined not to let it. We decided that if we could be intentional with our enjoyment both of summer and each other, we could savor our time more fully. Thus, Sister Summer Camp was born. Here’s how it worked: about once every few weeks, one of us would “lead” sister summer camp and plan out an afternoon {read more…}
With my friends having babies left and right, you didn’t think I would stop at the rhinestone and heat-transfer vinyl onesies, now, did you? No siree, Bob! Time to bust out the sewing machine for some super cute, super easy burp cloths: I have to credit my M.I.L. for inspiring me with this one (and she credits her friend, Robyn!). Last year, she made some burp cloths for expectant mothers, including my two sisters-in-law, so, {read more…}
Now that it’s officially spring, here’s the full tutorial for my fabric spring wreath. You may have seen this earlier in the month on Or So She Says. This is my eighth month living in Florida, and I’m starting to notice that we don’t experience much of a change of seasons here. Well, I guess you could say there are two seasons: stinkin’ hot and less stinkin’ hot. But I figured that wreaths could be {read more…}
Looking at this post’s title, you might be thinking, “Dream a Little Bigger…we know that name!” And you sure do if you saw the amazing Gold Shoe Makeover Allison, author of Dream a Little Bigger, shared here on Monday. Well, Allison and I are totally in cahoots with a guest post swap this week (mwah ha ha!), so I’m sharing my makeover (also involving gold) over at her corner of the blog-o-sphere right now. A Vintage Purse Makeover to {read more…}
Today, yes, today on March 19th, 2013, I turn 30 years old. Wait. Hold up! When did that happen? Wasn’t I just 5 and losing my first tooth? Or 10 and suiting up to play softball with the Nasty Tigers on Saturdays? Or 15 and learning how to parallel park (or at least making brave attempts)? Or 20 and wearing a pink beehive wig in my college’s production of Into the Woods? Or 25 and terrified {read more…}
Friends, it is an honor to introduce you to my blog pal, Allison. After leaving my millionth comment on her blog saying, “Oh my goodness. I LOVE this!” I decided to invite her over here to one of her amazing refashions here with y’all today. Allison, they’re all yours! Hi, everybody at The Thinking Closet! Let me introduce myself, I’m Allison and I’m a blogging craftaholic over at Dream a Little Bigger. I’m a huge {read more…}
Hi friends! If you missed my post on Or So She Says last month where I shared my major organization overhaul for my craft drawers, here’s the whole shebang. Let’s start with an “after” picture: They’ve undergone quite the change. For way too long, my craft storage drawers were in a sad state of disorganization and in desperate need of some purging and a bit of structure. They were becoming more like junk drawers than craft drawers, and {read more…}
My eyes latched onto a single solitary number–so solitary, it doesn’t even really exist: 0 That’s right. Zero. Within milliseconds, my mind comprehended what that number was telling me, and my body flooded with heat. Blood rushed to my face. I felt one thing and one thing only: panic. I didn’t know what to do, so I stood up, walked from the living room couch to the kitchen and just started pacing. I put my {read more…}
Spring is a season for new life…and it seems like so many of my friends are having babies! So, after having way too much fun with my rhinestone onesies, I thought I’d try my hand at some heat-transfer vinyl onesies. Here are the three designs I came up with: All three designs happen to be gender neutral, which is grrrrreat for those couples who love a good surprise…or for those congratulatory gifts early on in {read more…}
Click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. (It’s a very good place to start.) I’m baaaaaaaaaack with part 4 of My Blog Migration Story. A week ago today my lil wordpress.com blog migrated to wordpress.org. And she’s growing up so fast…{tear}. Before I get overly emotional, let’s review. In Part 3, I introduced you to the two lovely ladies behind my new blog design and migration, and I gave {read more…}
I am delighted to have one of my bloggy buddies here today to share a recipe with you that has my mouth watering! I fully plan to make these for our next dinner party. Take it away, Jess: Greetings Thinking Closet Readers! I am Jess, half of the crafting and baking team over at Sweet Athena. Lauren has graciously invited me to do a guest post for you all today. Let me just start {read more…}
Good mornin’, lovelies! Last week, I shared a tutorial for how to create a custom rhinestone name design using the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software. As promised, I’m back today to show you my completed onesie along with a tutorial for how to use the Rhinestone Template Kit to apply the rhinestones. But don’t worry, I won’t make you wait until the end to see a photo of the blinged-out onesie. Here she is in {read more…}
After all of these heady posts on blog migration, I’m guessing some of you might be chanting, “We want crafts! Show us the crafts!” Well, today, I can answer that cry as I’m sharing my Fabric Spring Wreath Tutorial over at Or So She Says. It’s a great project for stash-busting, I can attest, and the little flowers could easily be made into hair accessories or gift wrap embellishments. I’d love for you stop by and check it {read more…}
Stop the presses! Lauren is partnering with one of her favorite brands in the whole wide world, and you betcha she’s going to tell you all about an exciting promotion they’ve got going on right now. Let’s not waste a second longer and just dive right in to the good stuff: Silhouette is having a massive sale right now on their craft-cutters, as well as the Designer software. By clicking here, you’ll access Silhouette’s special {read more…}
Click here to start at the beginning with Part 1 of My Blog Migration Story. Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles, it appears as if all of my subscribers safely made the journey from my old WordPress.com site to the new one…even my WordPress Reader followers! After having read so much about what to expect and bracing myself for the worst, it appears that I’ve been blessed with the best-case-scenario; the one that I didn’t even {read more…}
