Dear Denise,

Dear Denise,

Hazel wearing her Cloud Dress, Linen Bloomer & Matilda Jane Socks. Dear mothers of little girls, If you don’t own Matilda Jane Clothing, you must find a trunk keeper!  Sincerely, Mother of 4 little girls

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Simply to impress

I just received this beautiful 16×20 canvas print of Hazel from Heather at simplytoimpress.com.  I propped it up on the rough-sawn mantel and have been admiring it.   I am amazed at how much Hazel has grown since Gina took this photo 8 weeks ago. I am so pleased with my matte cardstock birth announcements.  Heather designed […]

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Red sky at night

Outside our front door. Right this very minute.  I am counting on another sunny day tomorrow. (okay, it isn’t that great in the photo, but I promise you it is spectacular in real life!)

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Little Indians

A fistful of feathers from the chicken coop{gross}.  A stapler & felt.  A little war paint. The big boys brought the little ones to beg for candy with the other goblins & monsters.

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Fatty Patty's

Remember when I stated that I was going to start posting the old stories on the blog in the “memory lane” category?  Well that was almost a year ago and nothing much has been posted.  Here is another random little story that I want to document for my great-great grandchildren and the children of their […]

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Velvet Flower Pin

I love how Andrea used eden’s bouquet Velvet Flower Pin in this beautiful newborn photo shoot.  Now why didn’t I think of that?

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Vienna Soirée Collection

A classic black & white collection full of fancy frocks perfect for the holidays.  Coming Soon!

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Holiday Collection

Spur of the momento, yet unnamed, classic black & whites, fur & velvet, very limited edition…. mini holiday collection coming soon! This gorgeous photo of the Hollyn Whisper Dress  is by Gina Maxine Photography.  I can almost feel the warmth of the sunshine.

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Autumn Festival

Our 3rd annual festival. It doesn’t seem right to call it a pumpkin festival this year as Wyatt was the only kid with a pumpkin.  Instead  of pumpkin carving we made woodland crowns and treasure boxes. Click here for directions.  The children took baskets outside and gathered earthen treasures for their projects.  Edna followed. My house is […]

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The hunt for Autumn

Our first nature walk since Hazel was born.  This made Violet happy.  We went on our annual hunt for Autumn, a tradition at Windy Ridge.  It was sweatshirt weather with just enough chill in the air to paint our noses pink. Perfect.  The fog filtered the sunshine giving us beautiful lighting for photos.

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