Cool...and a little creepy?

All my sewing ladies take note!

"When you sew, make yourself as attractive as possible. Go through a beauty ritual of orderliness. Have on a clean dress. Be sure your hands are clean, finger nails smooth--a nail file and pumice will help. Always avoid hangnails. Have your hair in order, powder and lipstick put on with care. Looking attractive is a very important part of sewing.

Again sewing must be approached with the idea that you are going to enjoy it, and if you are constantly fearful that a visitor will drop in or your husband come home and you will not look neatly put together, you will not enjoy your sewing as you should. Therefore "spruce up" at the beginning so that you are free to enjoy every part of any sewing you do."

Singer Sewing Book - A complete reference guide to sewing 1953

This is a little gem I came across in my readings today. My Mom gave me this sewing book a while back and today I decided to peruse it and see what I could learn. And this is what I have taken away. Beautiful isn't it?? I pay strict heed. Really I do.

I did actually glean a little more knowledge from this book along with this wonderful tid bit, some great 'new' techniques (new to me anyway) and got some fun new ideas to try out in the future.

Fall Festivities

This last week we had a sweet snow storm that made it feel like Christmas was knocking on our door! I almost forgot about Halloween! The first day of the storm Sadie and I made a nice little snow man....and then the next day Sadie and Ryan.....scratch that....Ryan, made an even bigger and better snow man. Here are the fruits of Ryan's labor. Awe, I almost can't wait! bring on the gingerbread houses and homemade pies, good smells, Christmas decor and Christmas music all day long!!

The Christmas spirit didn't last long, it was time to move onto the spookier side of Fall!

Don't be frightened kids, it's just Sadie.....the friendly ghost.

To start off our festivities we dressed up in Aluminum foil and headed off to Chipotle, who were giving away FREE burritos if you dressed up like one. That's right folks! No skimping here, they were full on huge, delicious burritos!! This will now become a new Donohue tradition.

After chowing down our burritos, we got all ready for some good old fashioned trick or treating. Piper went as a spider.

Reese as Curious George-ett {side note - Reese's dad was a big hit as the man in the yellow hat} and Sadie the ghost

Hold on tight to those babies girls!

Sadie had such a blast trick or treating and probably would have dragged that little pumpkin along all night if we let her.

Sorting out all the candy. Mom and Dad's candy - anything with peanut -and Sadie's stash.

Halloween did not disappoint this year!

Family Pictures

A couple weekends ago my good friend Marylin took family pictures for us and we LOVE them! They turned out so great. Thanks for letting us borrow you on a precious Saturday morning!

We love that she took some front porch pictures, you don't always have pictures in front of your house but you'll always want to remember your childhood home.

I have so many favorites. Those two little girls just melt me. Thanks for capturing their cuteness. I never want to forget this stage for both of them.