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We've been busy! Andrew is pretty much done with his brick pizza oven. Just need to slap a coat of paint on the dome and we will be completely finished. Just in the nick of time. However this one detail hasn't stopped us from enjoying some homemade pizza. More to come...

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Source: flickr.com via Crystal on Pinterest Hello! As you've probably noticed, I haven't been posting that often as of late. Or maybe you haven't noticed because you gave up on this here old blog. Ha! Either way. I don't like to blog unless I actually have something good to post. I'm sure most of you aren't coming here to read about the mundane details of my life. Like the fact that I WISH

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via UrbanHomestead How awesome is that photo?! The garden this year has officially gotten out of hand. Sad to say, but we just couldn't keep up with the abundance of weeds. I don't mind weeding, really. Andrew hates it which is completely understandable. The best way to keep them down is to make time every day to go out and pull those suckers out. And the one thing we are short on is time. And

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Q is finally at that age (18-months) where he's conscious and aware of the things he is doing and the things around him. It's been fun watching him partake in summer and really enjoy himself. I know a lot of parents find it difficult to gauge whether certain activities are suitable for kids his age. Sometimes it can be a crap shoot with the results being either fun or meltdown-inducing. Here are

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We've got veggies, people! Cucumbers and salad greens, to be specific. I think growing food is one of those things in life that you can feel really good about and not have the time you've devoted to it weigh negatively on you. Unlike video games and reading gossip mags. Both of which, I'm known to indulge in. Super Mario is my jam! Yum! -c.

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Ever since we cleaned off our porch, baby boy has been hanging out there a lot. It's baby/toddler proofed enough that he can be out there by himself and we don't have to worry about him getting into trouble (other than eating the occasional ant, yuck!) Most of the time he just sits out there and watches cars pass while singing to himself. It's quite sweet! But anyway, lately he's been coming

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We recently cleaned off our side porch (finally!) because it was starting to look like Sanford & Son out there. During the cold season it sort of becomes a catch all for anything we can't figure out what to do with. Recycling getting out of control? Throw it on the porch! Old busted laptop taking up space? Throw it on the porch! And it doesn't help that you can see all this junk from the street!

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It takes the earth approximately 365 days to travel around the sun. And it takes approximately 365 days for a baby boy to go from this to this: Whaaaaat??! When did this happen? What happened to that baby boy? He's getting so big. As A Cup of Jo would say: It makes my heart hurt! The days are just flying by... *sigh*. -c.

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A couple weekends ago, I decided to finally address this little miserable patch of yard that is next to our porch steps. I've been meaning to for awhile, but other projects always seemed more important. But we didn't have any pressing issues to deal with (like the damn deer) so I figured it was time! The main issue with this little spot is the lack of sun. Most of the day it's in the shade of a

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I'm not sure if this is vintage or not. I got it at an antique store, but it could easily pass for something a kindergartener might make for Mother's Day. Either way, I like it a lot. I couldn't get a good picture of me wearing it that didn't look weirdly staged. I just really love the colors and the size and shape of the beads. It's pretty chunky and awkward, but charming nonetheless. I'm

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How awesome is this vintage Martex tea towel? Weirdest name for a line of towels: Dry-me-Dry. "Dry" as a verb, followed by "Dry" as an adjective. Or am I reading into that all wrong? Anyway, I found it at a local antique shop called This N That for a few dollars. Usually this place is hit or miss and last time we were there the air was heavy with scented candles. So much so that it gave me a

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Source: countryliving.com via sandra on Pinterest Hot damn! We finally got out to the garden to plant! This rain has been really been... raining on our parade (jeez, i'm dumb.) We decided to scale things back a little bit this year. We've been overly ambitious the past couple years and while it's been fun, it's also gotten to be a headache at times. Plus, we have this tendency to just cram

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A friend of ours is thinking about getting an owl tattoo and asked if we could mock up how it could possibly look. There are probably 10 million different visual interpretations of owls in the world, ranging from realistic paintings to cartoon-y Tootsie Pop owls to abstract doesn't-even-resemble-an-owl owls...huh?! Along with just the multitude of different styles, there are different kinds of

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Image by Cracking Jokes via Flickr Busy weekend around these parts! Graduation party, two shows, and playing catch up with old friends made for a wonderful summer weekend. But, dang, am I getting old and tired! Friday night was the pre-fest party for the Weapons of Mass Creation Fest in Cleveland. We went to see one of our NYC friends, Gregory and the Hawk, play some tunes at Happy Dog. It

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Image by Ben via Flickr Finally went running last night! And it's confirmed, I suck at running. Ok, I know I'm not giving myself much credit. I ran a mile. And I felt like I was dying. I know some of you are thinking "A mile?! Big whoop." But I haven't run in awhile. It's been probably a year or so. And I wasn't very good at it then either. It's weird. My legs don't get tired, but I can't get

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Hey! Sorry I've been MIA. Been super busy, but will be back soon with updates and some other cool stuff to share. I'll leave you with this photo series I like to call "Hiding From Papa": He's saying "HIDE!!! He's coming!!" -c.

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Image by Peter Funch via Honestly...WTF Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! Personally, it went way too fast for my liking. But it was enjoyable nonetheless. Lots of sitting around and sweating. Andrew, Q and I had a slumber party in our living room for the weekend. We pulled our mattress downstairs and watched movies every night. It was great! Today I wanted to share this awesome video

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Image by ►CubaGallery via Flickr Golf? Yes, actually. A few weeks ago a friend of mine put out a call for ladies to join a local golf league and with absolutely no golf experience whatsoever (unless you consider hitting golf balls from the backyard into the woods as "experience") I decided to join. Ok, I guess I've had some experience. I mean, I can hit a golf ball even if it's with terrible

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I've missed you guys! Things have started heating up around here (literally) but it's still raining. Work has been getting busy busy and  I haven't been able to take photos of things I've been wanting to share. This weekend I was able to sneak in a mini-photo shoot while Q was napping of these cool porcelain glove molds (I got two!) that I found at the thrift store where we got our china cabinet/

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This is what happens when it rains too much. Snapping turtles start hanging out on the driveway! Andrew's mom found this beast lounging around. Scary, isn't it? It's prehistoric looking! This weather is completely bipolar. It's been raining non-stop for weeks, but finally today it's all the sudden mid-summer. I guess we just sort of skipped Spring. Finally got to clean up the garden area and

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Everyone knows that the Midwest is where awesome vintage goods are just hiding out waiting to be discovered by some big city folks looking for a diamond in the proverbial rough. Well, the Medina Antique Mall is one such place. Also known as AntiqueLandUSA, it's so chock full of old shit it will make your head spin. Most of the inventory is stuff that I don't have too much interest in, like ratty

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Image by kevindooley via Flickr Sorry I've been MIA the past few days. I was sick on Friday and had to stay home from work. I thought I would be able to squeeze in a post from the couch where I was laid up for most of the day. But instead I opted to hover in and out of consciousness while watching Howl's Moving Castle and hugging on my baby boy (who also was weathering a cold.) I haven't

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We got really lucky in this department with Q. He started sleeping through the night around three or four months. I have many friends and relatives with kids so I know this is not always the norm and something to be envied. So much so, that people give you the side-eye when you tell them that your baby sleeps through the night. I totally understand. During those first few weeks I really

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I totally forgot that I never posted about this! Most likely because it happened during the worst drought of blogging that we've had yet. Slowly, things from that period are coming back to me that I wanted to post about but never got to. Around Thanksgiving of last year my family decided that we wanted to start taking yearly photos of all the Grandkids. We figured Thanksgiving is really the most

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This weekend we finally completed the next step in Project Clean-Up-This-Old-China-Cabinet. In the first phase, we cleaned all the grime only to realize that the top would need to be stripped because the grime had pretty much damaged the finish. Phase 2 consisted of Citri-Strip, which looked like this while it worked its magic: Followed by removal of the loosened old varnish with plastic

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The title of this post really says it all. You can find (almost) anything on the internet, especially creative inspiration. If you ever feel like you need a boost of awesomeness, check out these sites: Designspiration Creative Journal Some of my favorites of the day: Miss Marple lamp, by Elisa Strozyk Sweat the Small Stuff poster by Alonza Felix I could post a ton more photos, but I'm lazy

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Ok, this is the last video I'll post for a little while, I swear! I posted about Q's First Birthday a little while ago and it's overall success. The only thing I regret is that I didn't take more video. This video might be a bit dull to a lot of you since there isn't too much going on other than mood shots of the decorations and Q eating his cupcake in hyper speed! I had to get all artsy-fartsy

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I'm movie making crazy! Just try to stop me. I was feeling inspired and decided to go ahead and make a Q's Christmas video AND a Q's First Birthday video. I'm only going to post the Christmas video today since I need something to post about tomorrow (ha!) so I'll save the Birthday video for then. See how I keep you coming back for more? Bwuahahaha... sorry. I'm tired. So, in the meantime, enjoy!

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You may remember my post about my early Mother's Day mid-century modern china cabinet present? That was a really confusing sentence. But come on people, it was just last week. Anyway. This thing is beautiful but very dirty. I'm sure it's just an accumlation of years of dust that has congealed into a nasty black grime. But part of me thinks it could be that someone never learned to wash their

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Looking for the perfect gift for the little kids in your life? I think we may have figured it out. There are lots of nieces and nephews in our family, so this means lots of birthdays and lots of present-giving. Andrew and I try our best to come up with original fun ideas for gifts for the little ones and this idea that Andrew came up with really takes the cake, in my opinion! Introducing the "

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Ever since we posted about our co-sleeper, over the past year we've been receiving emails from readers looking to build something similar. Some people have even asked if we had thought about making them and selling them. We don't have any plans of selling them for two reasons: 1. It doesn't feel right. We based our co-sleeper on the Culla Belly design and it doesn't feel like it's our idea to

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Here are the last two installments of Q's first year in video! Awhile back, after making a video of his first three months, we decided to do a video recap every three months for the first year to document his cuteness. And also as a reminder for when he is 16 and full of angst that for a brief moment he was our baby boy who needed us and wanted to hang out with us and wasn't embarrassed by our

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Does anyone know what this piece of furniture is called? A china cabinet? A hutch? Whatever it's called, it's awesome and beautiful and it was Andrew's surprise early-Mother's Day gift to me! This past weekend we went on a little thrifting trip and came across this china cabinet (that's what I'll call it for now until someone corrects me) at a local thrift store that is usually hit or miss.

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They weren't kidding with the whole "April Showers" bit, were they? Yesterday was quite horrible. Walking to my car after work, I was almost that person with the inside-out umbrella. I definitely was that person who wore the wrong shoes and had silt and all matter of disgusting things washing over the sides of my ballet flats. So much so that I looked like I had hobo feet by the time I got in my

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Image by sparth via Flickr Ok, so this past week was my worst week yet. I'm going to blame it on PMS. Maybe that's too much information, but I'm not going to be all holier-than-thou and act like I'm immune to its forces. I bitch and moan and stomp around. Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. I only worked out two of the requisite six times last week. According to my

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(I posted this image of our garden last year, but I love it so I'm posting it again, deal with it!) So all the signs are pointing to the beginning of our gardening season! Friends and colleagues have been talking about their plans and efforts for this year; and last night while browsing the latest issue of Organic Gardening, I got all giddy with ideas for our garden this year. It's still early

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This hoodie was another great find from the Kids Garage Sale I posted about the other week. Elbow patches? Hell yes. Q is modeling his new look in front of our Tetris screen door. -c.

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Image by Timothy Sandstrom via Flickr I'm pretty sure that bloggers are the perfect mix between exhibitionist and voyeur. As much as I love sharing, I also immensely enjoy having a glimpse into other peoples minds, lives, inspirations, etc. It's just fascinating to me. So it's no surprise that I would love this site: Method & Craft   About Method & Craft: We like to think of Method and

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This is what mornings look like around here with the weather getting warm. Come ON warm weather! Baby boy can't wait to run around the yard half-naked. -c.

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As promised, I whipped up this tutorial for the ponchos I posted about a couple weeks ago. This is my first tutorial, so bear with me. Writing tutorials is hard work. Especially when I could only work on it for mere minutes at a time. I'm hoping that I don't confuse anyone with my directions. Granny Square Poncho Tutorial Materials: Yarn, Crochet hook, embroidery needle and safety pins Step 1:

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Image by Christopher Paul via Designpiration In the famous words of Tony Horton, I've been doggin' it. Not sure what exactly that means, but basically, I've been slacking in my routine. I missed 2 days last week. I never thought I would feel bad about working out ONLY 4 days instead of 6. That's what exercise does, it turns you into a crazy person! And last night I might have, maybe, possibly,

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The weather this weekend was beautiful. We took a walk in the fields and woods looking for this summer's camping site and Quil gave spring a warm welcome! Hooray for Spring! -c.

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I think we paid $1 for this cuteness. (The jacket, not the boy.)Last weekend we attended the bi-annual Kids Garage Sale at our local rec center. Twice a year you can browse, garage-sale style, an ungodly amount of baby and kid stuff all under one roof. Most of the stuff is a really great deal, especially if you hit it up towards the end. People are practically giving the stuff away just to get it

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Image by Andrew@CubaGallery via FlickrThis has been a long time coming. If you didn't notice, we have a new header image! This is just the start of fun and exciting things to come. What those things are, I'm still not sure. But I am confident they are good things. We're just sort of winging it around these parts, which seems to be the way to do things when time and brain function is limited. So,

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My Mom just came back from a 5-month trip to the Philippines. (Welcome home Mom!)As per usual, she came bearing gifts from abroad and these two beauties were amongst them. She has a small obsession with Sake sets. I don't think she actually enjoys drinking it, but she sure does love collecting those little cups with matching pitchers. Pitchers? That can't be the correct term.-c.

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Image by Smabs Sputzer via FlickrDoes anyone else have only a shower stall in their house? Has anyone else wanted to pull their hair out trying to bathe a one-year-old in a shower stall? Am I alone in my frustration with bath time?After Q grew out of his baby bath tub we tried a few different things that worked with varying levels of success. Mostly low levels of success. We've tried the kitchen

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Image by Molly | Orangette via Design is MineI'm on day 64 of 90 in P90X. I missed my workout yesterday, ugh. Yeah, I know it sucks. That just means I'll be working out on Sunday instead.Tonight is Chest, Shoulders and Triceps PLUS Ab Ripper. This workout kicks my ass so hard. I can't do push-ups to save my life and this workout is pretty much all push-ups. It's so dumb. I complain throughout the

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I'm pretty sure I want to own some chickens in the near future.Yesterday I started reading Made From Scratch by Jenna Woginrich. I actually first learned about this book when I read an excerpt from it in one of the Mother Earth News: Wiser Living Issues awhile back. Then Cole over at Pacing the Panic Room mentioned it on their blog and I saw there was a digital version that I could read on the

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Image via oliviathebigI started a new job at the beginning of the year. A few days into my new job my team of co-workers in the marketing department decided to start a weight-loss challenge. I figured, why not? I had some baby weight that I still wanted to lose, so I figured it would be good incentive to try to get back to where I was before I got pregnant.I guess I should preface the outcome of

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I figured I'd post about a couple Christmas gifts I made this past year. This weather is crazy. But I guess I shouldn't expect anything different since it's Ohio and we go through this every year.I realize Christmas is long over. Maybe next year I will post in a more timely manner. But I won't hold my breath. Anyways! On to gifts!Many many years ago, a friend and I started crocheting together and

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You might have noticed a new navigation bar up there above the posts. It's part of my grand scheme to expand this blog. Basically, it's a way to highlight the different aspects of this blog. The new things being the "self" and "family" categories.This post will actually sort of encompass both of those topics. I'm a small person. I have been my whole life. So during (and after) my pregnancy, I

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Q's first birthday party was almost a month ago and I'm finally getting around to posting pictures. Some of you may have read my inspiration post where I was debating on the details of the big day. Well, we went with the "lots of balloons and streamers" idea in the end. It just seemed right. I love me some themed parties with fun details and cute favors for all the kids but since we decided

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Had a bit of downtime there while our domain was being switched over to a new hosting service. But we're back and it also seems that the feed is back on track, yesss!-c.

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Been having issues with our feed, so if you subscribe to our blog you might not be getting our post updates sent to your email. Hoping to fix this and get on with my life!Thanks!-c.

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Image via abcOK! After much internal debate and discussions with Andrew, I THINK I've decided on what to do with this old space called yes, have some. Basically, the plan is to expand.This blog started with the intention of sharing the things that Andrew and I make, as well as share the knowledge and inspiration we picked up along the way. But recently, I've been feeling torn. There are things I

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Andrew's brother got married back in December to his lovely lady friend and we had the honor of working on a couple fun projects for the big day. Well, one wasn't technically for the big day but rather for the rehearsal dinner. I designed these winter-themed invite for the rehearsal dinner. Winter has so much great imagery, so it was fun to work on.I had started by doing a whole window with each

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Today Q bit me harder than he (well anyone for that matter) has ever bit me. We were playing outside, enjoying today’s nice weather. He was playing in gravel and like most little kids, he puts a handful of small stones in his mouth. As I’m trying to swipe them out, he bites down on my index finger really hard, increasing pressure slightly with every second! He was unrelenting and I was

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Ugh, I hate that saying. So it’s fitting that it’s pretty much the motto of the whole P90X routine. Maybe…no I’m sure, it was created with a dude in mind. A dude that likes to Pump It Up! Not an artsy-fartsy, crafty, designer lady who loves reading Harry Potter and finds inspiration in the quiet of nature. Ah well. Some of you may be familiar with P90X and it’s funny names for it’s various

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Howdy strangers! Ugh, are we terrible at blogging or what? I've been feeling motivated to share and just do more writing in general. I'm hoping this spurs some more consistent postings.There are a number of things that I've been wanting to post about. New projects, old projects, new and old ideas that I've been tossing around the old cranium. Maybe it's the promise of spring that has me feeling

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Ok, I’m a jerk. It’s been a million days since I last posted. I’m the worst blogger in the world. I’m terrible. Anyway, so my last post wasn’t completely accurate. The title of the post implied that I started this fitness thing on the day that I posted. But in reality I started taking real action at the beginning of February. Feb. 2nd , I think. So, I had already progressed some by the time I

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First day of my fitness/weight loss tracking. Wanted to start a record of the whole ordeal because I think it helps me to stay motivated. I also think it may be helpful to see how many calories I’m actually eating and how many I should be eating to lose as much weight as I want.I don’t normally buy into to the whole notion of calorie-counting and such. It seems so unnatural to me. Normally, I

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Can I just say I LOVE The Brick House?Lately, this blog I found via notMartha has been consuming any free moment I have. It's been my latest obsession and I've been not-so-secretly stalking this blog and reading all the archives. Not only is it complete eye-candy, but eye-candy delivered hilariously through the blog creator Morgan Satterfield.In 2008, Morgan and her husband bought a mid-century

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It's been awhile, right? I don't even know where to start. Where have we been these past 3 months, you ask? Just livin' life I suppose.I won't try to remember everything that has happened since we last posted.Christmas has come and gone. I have presents to post about. The gifts weren't too elaborate this year. Since Q was born my productivity on the crafting front has dropped significantly. But I

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We’ve been making Q’s food at home because:1.) We can rest assured knowing exactly goes into his food and2.) It’s cheaper. One jar of baby food can cost upwards of $1.00 for one serving jar. You can get a week’s worth of sweet potatoes for the same amount if you make it yourself (or even less if you grow it yourself).We were lucky to have gotten the Beaba BabyCook and a Beaba portion freezing

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Remember this sweater I made when I was pregnant? Quil wore it on his first outing to his Lolo and Lola’s for his Cousin Layla’s 1st birthday party.He was so tiny!-c.

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Quil is approaching 8 months-old! I can’t believe how fast these past months have gone. I looked back at the pictures we’ve taken of him and realize there are so many baby projects that we never revisited after Q was born.The co-sleeper is still attached to our bed and now that Q is sleeping in his crib (another project we never posted about!) I’ve gone back to using the co-sleeper as my

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I’m super excited to share a new project! At work, I’ve been fortunate to collaborate on the redesign of EcoWatch Journal.EcoWatch is an Ohio based non-profit organization that focuses on sustainable lifestyle, business practices and policies. EcoWatch Journal is published bi-monthly and distributed throughout Ohio.Stefanie Penn-Spear is the Executive Director and has been handling the

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Corn!The corn this year was deceiving and somewhat disappointing. All appeared well, but it wasn’t sweet and the texture wasn’t ideal. I think it just got too hot this year.-c.

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Green beans!–c.

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Yellow peppers!-c.

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Edamame!-c.

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...water plants.Years ago, I saw in an old issue of Martha Stewart Living pictures of water plants being grown in glass jars indoors. I loved the way these looked and decided to use this idea when we were planning Q’s nursery.We had a bunch of old jars left over from our wedding decorations so I used these as containers. Using monofiliament tied in macrame knots, I then hung them from hooks in

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I mentioned this little project of ours a little while back. Now that football season is in full swing, I thought it would be appropriate to share our new site. Andrew had the idea for these shirts a long time ago but we never had the means to have them made. While we were living in NYC, we screen printed some prototypes ourselves which worked well enough to print a few. Finally, we had shirts

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We’ve been having a few days of fall-like temperatures around here, and it hit me how fast this summer went. The garden is still doing its thing and we still have green beans, soy beans, butternut squash, carrots and potatoes to harvest. There are some straggler tomatoes and peppers out there but those are about done. We’re thinking of trying to grow lettuce indoors during the winter. Anyone have

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One of our newer endeavors, The City Pool has been a long time coming. It’s really Andrew’s baby, but I’ve been helping him out. If you are into sports, Ohio, and t-shirts please check out our new store.-c.

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After I made the first Q video, I decided that I’m going to try to make a video every three months. Here’s number two in the series. Enjoy!Q: 3-6 Months from Crystal Madrilejos on Vimeo.*update: Forgot to mention, the song is “The People Who Raised Me” by Gregory and the Hawk–c.

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Hazy days of summer.-c.

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My Mom’s birthday is this Friday. I made this collage for her party invite. I don’t know why, but collages have been my fun-design-project of choice lately.My Mom has so many great photos, it was hard to choose which to use. Happy Birthday Mom!-c.

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This is what happens when you let your zucchini grow for too long. Monstrous.The one on the far right is a normal sized zucchini. Yikes!-c.

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Being one of the two graphic designers in the family (my brother, Tom, is also a designer. Check out his work here. It’s really great.), my computer skills are called upon pretty regularly to design invites for all types of occasions. My Mom’s 66th birthday is this month and I’ve been asked to do the invitation for her party. Over the years, I’ve found that designing invitations for my family can

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I am proud to say that we have some crazy talented friends. Our great friends Toby and Angela came to visit from NYC a couple months ago and one day we sat around and made Onesies for Q. I'm pretty sure he has already outgrown them by now (he could probably squeeze into one with a paper diaper but not his bulky cloth ones), but these will definitely be going into the memory box! We used plain

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This year we took a different approach with the bean trellis. Last year, we did this for our peas and lima beans. It worked well enough, but it was hard to get the stakes in the ground and the strings were a pain in the ass. So this year we decided to go with something more simple for our green beans and made teepees out of tree branches. It was hard to get a pictures where they didn’t just blend

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[Image via The Cloud Appreciation Society]A few years back I was living in a loft space in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn. The building had a really neat rooftop with an incredible view. I went through this phase where I would get up super early and run up to the roof and take pictures of the sunrise. I got some amazing photos and got to see some great cloud formation. So I was thrilled when our

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One of the many things I love about summer is a cold sweet treat on a hot day! We made these popsicles from a recipe in Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food Magazine. Overall, I think they turned out okay. Both Andrew and I agreed that the flavors could be more concentrated. The fruit portion of the mixture tasted delicious before we froze it, but after it was much more watered down than I would have

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Remember this guy?In the months before Q was born, both Andrew and I had a surge of productivity. I think it was our collective subconscious preparing us for a drought. We’ve been fortunate that Q is a good sleeper now. After his bedtime and before he wakes is our free time and both Andrew and I have been able to work on some new projects.I figured an update is in order for the projects that we

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We’re hitting that time of year when the garden starts getting out of control. The bugs, the weeds, and the heat are in full force. It’s also about the time everyone realizes that they didn’t allow enough room for everything they planted to grow to their full potential. Gone are the days of neat and tidy beds. Mother nature laughs at our feeble attempts to keep her in check.But with all that said

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I’ve been hearing about Freezer Paper stencils for awhile now, but never got around to trying it. This is one of those crafts that sounds fun but time consuming, so I've always just filed it away in my brain for a later date. A little while ago, I came across the blog Ambrosia Girl and her great tutorial for Freezer Paper stencils. She made cute shirts for her adorable boys, and this inspired me

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We considered growing our own garlic, but my dad grows enough to feed a small country. This is from his garden, isn’t it beautiful? I’m continually amazed by the whole growing process, put some seeds in the ground and out comes delicious things to eat!–c.

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Andrew and Q are still sleeping (hooray!) so I figured I’d get in a quick post before the boys wake. This morning I was going through photos and found this little project that I never posted about.I made this little guy for my friend’s son’s first birthday. The pattern is from Ana Paula Rimoli's Amiguri Two! and he turned out pretty dang cute!–c.

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We’re bit late in posting about the garden this year. But if any of you were wondering about our little patch of veggies, we‘re happy to say that things are going well! We applied much of what we learned last year and think the garden will be even more productive.A few of the main changes are:1. We are sharing the garden with 6 other people (same as last year) but instead of one huge plot we

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A while back the screen door on our front porch broke. It slammed against the house and cracked. The wind was angry that day, my friends. I swear, it was the wind. Crystal and I aren't angry people.Aside from the crack, the door was in serious need of repair so I fixed it up. For whatever reason the first thought that popped into my head when I thought of screen doors was Tetris. So:The goal was

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I just wanted to pop in and say “hello” while Q is taking his nap. It’s officially been almost 4 months since our last post! That’s the longest stretch so far that we’ve gone without posting since the start of this blog. Needless to say, much has happened since you last heard from us. We missed you!Q is growing by leaps and bounds. He surprises us everyday with some new antic! We have projects

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He’s here (if you hadn’t figured that from our lack of posts)!Quil was born happy and healthy on February 23rd and he has been keeping us busy! We will probably be taking a break from posting for a little while, but we’ll be back with lots to share. Three cheers for our little boy!- a + c

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Less than a week until the baby’s due date! Whether baby will be here on said date is the question on everyone’s minds. I think this waiting has to be the worst part of the pregnancy thus far. It’s maddening!In the meantime, we’ve been trying to keep busy. I’ve had a few projects going because I get more and more restless as the days go by and I can’t seem to focus my energy on just one thing.I

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Every week the New York Times Magazine has a little food section with a recipe included. Half of them I have no desire to make and the other half I think to myself, "Hmmm, I should try that." But, alas, I never do. This week was the exception, however. I made the featured soft pretzel recipe.I had never made soft pretzels before and I'm counting my first attempt as a success. As a rule, the first

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While cruising around Etsy a little while back I found a pattern for sale of these cute little booties! They are called Buccaneer Booties and were designed by Etsy seller Mamachee. The pattern comes in four different sizes from newborn to 18 months. I made these in the newborn size, but I don’t think they will fit the baby right away since I used some fat yarn and they came out bigger than the

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A few weeks ago I was home sick from work and decided that it was about time that I learned to knit. I’ve said that too many times to count, and have even had people offer to teach me but finally I just hunkered down and did it.I’ve tried to learn on my own in the past but let my frustrations get the better of me. Being a crocheter, I couldn’t figure out how to get the stitches to stay on the

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As Crystal mentioned in the previous post, the basic idea was adapted from the "Culla Belly" design. The main difference is the overall height of the co-sleeper. If you notice in the picture of the "Culla Belly" co-sleeper, the mattress it's designed for is exceptionally thin. Ours is a "normal" mattress and is much thicker so the sides of the co-sleeper had to be a lot taller.In essence, it's a

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A lot of the projects that we post on here are either made by myself or by Andrew but this project was a cooperative effort between the two of us: a co-sleeper for the baby.We decided to go the co-sleeper route for the first few months while I’m on maternity leave. If you’re unfamiliar with what a co-sleeper is, you can learn more here. It is basically a 3-sided bassinet that attaches to the side

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Baby sweater #2 is from this pattern called “Everyday is a New Sweater Day” that I found on the blog Yarny Days.I changed it up a little bit because I think I messed up somewhere along the way and had to improvise. But it turned out ok. Instead of a long sleeve, it’s more of a 3/4 sleeve and more poncho looking than I think the pattern intended. I also put buttons down the front instead of just

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