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Let’s Make Something!
It is so much fun getting back here and working on my own blog! After all the work we’ve been doing at Ruby for Women, which I absolutely LOVE, I am ready to get things back in order around...
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Trash to Treasures Tuesday Blog Hop
It has been so much fun the past couple of weeks “hopping” around to a few blog hops every day (or as often as possible!) It doesn’t take that much time, and it is a great way to connect with other...
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Stir, Stitch, and Straighten Up Sunday: In My Sewing Studio
Lots of projects going on around here the past couple of weeks, including a new granddaughter and a family birthday party for our 9-year-old Annie. Yesterday we reorganized the girls’ bedroom and got...
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Thursday Favorite Things: Jars and Jars of Vintage Buttons
I have been sewing since I was a pre-teen, starting off with doll clothes and then gradually teaching myself how to sew for myself. As a young mom, I loved to sew for my children, and as they got...
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Inspire Me Monday: What I’m working on these days
The past couple of months have been quite different around here . . . . end of summer activities, back to school projects, family visiting from out of town, and a week long trip on the road with my...
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Inspire Me Monday at Create with Joy: SOLD!
There are days when it just seems like there is absolutely NO time whatsoever to tackle some of my creative projects. I plan things, make sure I have all of the supplies that I need, get them all...
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Thursday Favorite Things: My Sewing Room
Well, now that I’ve spent the past three weeks sorting through boxes, baskets, and storage bins I can finally work in my sewing room again! All that stuff we hauled in from the garage landed right in...
View ArticleLearn to Sew with Vintage Mama
It has come to my attention over the past several months, that there are lots of mamas who – for whatever reason – never learned to sew. And now that they have babies of their own, they are wanting to...
View ArticleWhy not make it yourself?
We’ve been working on putting together more DIY tutorials for sewing and crafting at Vintage Mama’s Cottage, and sometimes we just get going in several directions at once! Our first job, however, is to...
View ArticleIt’s Thursday! Favorite Things this week . . .
Another tutu! This one is made from glittery pink and silver tulle, hand-tied onto a silver ribbon sash that ties in the back. In between the strips of pink and silver tulle I tied pink and silver...
View ArticleSomething out of nothing
I remember the story my mama used to tell me about making a little coat for me when I was four or five years old. She was a very resourceful mama, having grown up during the Great Depression, so she...
View ArticleAlmost Ready!
This has been a very busy summer here at Vintage Mama’s Cottage. All the usual family activity seems to have fit quite nicely with room to spare for working on our new business venture. Between...
View ArticleFavorite Things: Following My Dream
All of my life I have loved to sew. When I was in elementary school, my Mama would give me scraps of fabric (probably from something she had purchased at the Goodwill store in a 25 cent “grab bag”) and...
View ArticleAfter the Glitter Fades . . . .
It is always so exciting to anticipate the holidays. We love to set up the Christmas tree and string the twinkly white lights. The girls have so much fun opening up the boxes with all of the old...
View ArticleIt’s that time of year again
Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? If you do, and you are actually able to make progress with yours, I’m impressed. It has never worked for me, probably because I am such an eternal optimist and...
View ArticleSpring Cleaning: Part 1
We live in our “Forever House.” At least that is my plan; we’ll see if that’s the direction God leads our family. We fell in love with this house seven years ago when we moved to Indiana, but at that...
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