The FW Creates

Pretty in Pink Playroom & Taking Back Naptime

August 26, 2010

The front room in our house is constantly evolving. Five years ago when we moved in, it was a lonely sitting room with a bookshelf, a sofa, two chairs & a piano. When my gig as a Nascar Nanny ended, I started teaching piano lessons & tutoring, so we bought a desk. Then I gave birth [...]

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$5 Treasure – Toddler Chef Pleasure

June 4, 2010

I had the world’s best toys when I was a child — wooden bunk beds, a dozen Cabbage Patch kids, & this amazing little kitchen that my dad built for me. I tried to bring it South at our last visit, but it wouldn’t fit in the car. Believe me, I exhausted all possibilities — [...]

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Polka Dots & Doggie “Scents”

January 13, 2010

Welcome to the Football House! Confession: I have an entire bedroom in my house full of crafting supplies, paint, fabric, ribbons, stamps, decorating books, & paper goods. There’s a creative fire burning inside of me and there was only one thing I could do: organize a hostile takeover of the dining room. I have tried [...]

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Monkeys, Mistakes, & Me

November 18, 2009

There are two reasons that I have been a delinquent blogger. Okay, so there’s probably fourteen reasons, but we’ll just stick to the two that I have proof of. #1 Someone has replaced my sweet baby with this tailless monkey. It is entirely too clever, throws food & beverages, paints the kitchen floor with the [...]

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Nailbiting Suspense…

October 11, 2009

Babycakes sporting her mommy-made shirt before the game. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The blanket of clouds that threatened to dampen our Saturday afternoon lifted just as the game began. And the sky was an amazing shade of blue. Things I know about game day: the parents will tailgate, the children will play, diet cokes will be served ice [...]

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Staying Focused

September 19, 2009

Who else is having a hard time staying focused? Life with a one year old is challenging. I feel like I can never get caught up on anything — laundry, dishes, toys, & projects. For example, on Thursday, while I tried to load the dishwasher, she stole the english muffins from the bread drawer, dragged [...]

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Mommy Paints

May 19, 2009

Since our Friday Night Cleanfest has our house in tip-top & lick-able shape, it afforded me the opportunity to finally work on a painting for Babycakes’ room. The pink walls in her bedroom are just screaming for a Mommy original. I sketched out this tree months ago and yesterday I finally worked up the nerve [...]

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Behold, the box on my piano…

March 30, 2009

I would say that I finally “found” some time to be crafty, but you all know very well that when you’re a mom, “extra” time doesn’t exist. It means that somewhere there’s a pile of laundry & dishes in the sink. It was worth it to feel like a little kid and get messy with [...]

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