This lovely little princess crown makes a wonderful newborn photo prop.

A simple heart for corner-to-corner crochet projects. This can easily be used as the center panel in a newborn lovey (as pictured), or any number of other projects: pillows, afghan squares, etc.

Recently, I took my girls, all the cousins and a load of girlfriends and dropped them off at the Great Escape for a day of thrills and chills. (Apparently, they really enjoyed scaring each other silly… :))

Someone recently mentioned to me that the winters in Western NY are really cold and can be seriously brutal. I thought, “Well, yeah. They’re no picnic in Upstate NY either.” Then I thought of back home in Chicago & how we’re not called the Windy City for no reason. All my aunts and cousins are constantly complaining that Northern WI is just...

The inspiration for this shawl is a yearly tradition our family has. Every year we gather all the adults and all the cousins and go apple picking the first Saturday in October. It’s how we welcome the harvest and is a nice way to re-connect after all the hustle and bustle of school starting again.