Baby Changing Pad

A friend of mine is going to have a baby boy in November, so I made her a portable changing pad out of oil cloth. It is easy to wipe down and the perfect size to stick in her diaper bag.






I used thrifted velcro for the closure and vintage red bias tape to enclose the raw edges of the pad.








The different fabrics keep the pad interesting.











I attached pockets for diapers and wipes.

















I hope she likes it! I am going to create a tutorial one of these days--it is really easy to make and doesn't take much fabric.

No food in the house? Look no further than your backyard!

I got home after a long day of work to find no food in the house. Then I remembered that we have a healthy basil plant that we have been meaning to make use of. So, I decided to make pasta with fresh pesto. Thanks to the food processor, dinner was served in ten minutes.

After dinner I was craving something sweet, so Chase and I wandered out back and picked blackberries to put on ice-cream. Pups loves to pick blackberries from the vine.

Canning and China

I canned dill green beans with a friend a couple of weeks ago and they are so good! We ended up purchasing 16 pounds of green beans, which cleaned out a vendor's supply at the Pike Place Market. We worked really quickly and both ended up with twelve jars of goodness before dinnertime. I hope to make pickles before summer is over.


Aaron and I found our wedding china! I have been in love with this china for years, as it is the same china that my grandma has. It is Lenox "Rhodora" china and was made until the 1960's. Aaron and I found it at an estate sale and bought the partial set for a little over a dollar a piece!