When I was pregnant with my second, a friend told me not to expect all my plants to survive the newborn stage. I would be sleep deprived and also have a very demanding new housemate, and that would leave little to no time to worry about all my plantlings. I didn't have any plants when I was pregnant with my first, so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. Now that my daughter is past the one year mark, I believe I am out of the woods in the realm of caretaking overwhelm. Therefore, my quote for the month was appropriately: "Almost all my plants are still alive". 
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Let's take a look at my May 2025 planner spreads.
If you'd rather watch or listen to a video about these pages, skip to the bottom for a link to my youtube video. It features a time-lapse of me actually creating it, and also showing you some of the pages in better detail, as well as giving a voiceover to explain some of my choices.
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But, for those of you who would rather read (or skim), let's get started.
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​I've always been a pen and paper kind of gal. Packing lists, and to do lists, shopping lists, paper calendars, journals... all of it. I grew up with my mom using one of those giant monthly wall calendars in the kitchen, as well as a daily list of what needed to happen, written out each morning on a fresh piece of notebook paper. So it was a natural progression for me to continue this paper planning into my own life.  And as my life became more complicated with business and kids and partner, I’ve gravitated towards using a bullet journal. ​

A few weeks ago, my husband Eddie and I went to Gothenburg Sweden. Now, this trip wasn’t specifically for fabric shopping… but leave me to my own devices in a new city and fabric shopping is ultimately what you’re going to get. 

​So, in case you happen to find yourself in a similar situation (ie your spouse has a work conference in Gothenburg and you have several hours or days to fabric shop unhindered by someone else’s boredom in said shops…) then here are a few places that I recommend visiting.

Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough colorful clothing in my life. This is my solution to that problem. The instant I saw the cover photo for the MakeItYours The Label Dungarees, I knew I wanted it in my closet. And just by happenstance, a customer donated about a yard and a half of pink corduroy that she didn't want to throw out. Score!

As you may have seen in my previous post Fabric Wholesale Direct Collab, I've been gifted several lengths of fabric in exchange for blogging about them. In this particular post, I'll be talking specifically about the dri-weave knits. 

If you read my previous blog post Fabric Wholesale Direct Collab, then you know that I've been gifted several lengths of fabric from Fabric Wholesale Direct (FWD) in exchange for featuring these fabrics on my blog. And if you read that blog post carefully, you know that my first project was going to be recovering some outdoor cushions with the silver Ottertex Waterproof Canvas. And it's done!! 

Would you love to sew your own Inara, but worried about the length? I've got you covered! If you take a look at the measurements chart for this robe, you will find the back neck to hem measurement. This will help you to determine if you'd like to lengthen or shorten your robe at all. Once you figure that out, come back here for these easy tutorials on how to hack the pattern to fit you better!

A few weeks ago, I got an email from Joe at Fabric Wholesale Direct (FWD) asking if I'd like to partner with them. I could pick out $100 worth of fabric from the site, and get it for free. And in exchange, I would write up a blog post tutorial about the project I choose to make from it and link back to their website. I eagerly agreed, and spent the next few hours pouring over all the fabrics they offer. And here's what I found: $100 of fabric at FWD is WAY more fabric than I realized. 
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I started out with just one project in mind, to recover several outdoor cushions I picked up for free. And I was pleasantly surprised to find some waterproof fabric options for my project, with a wide selection of colors. I decided on Ottertex waterproof canvas in silver, and added my yardage to my cart. But even with 7 yards, it was nowhere near the $100 limit, so I took another look around the site to see what else I might like. I decided to add several more fabrics to my cart, and make this a blog series instead of just one post. This first post is just a rundown of all the fabrics I picked out, and future posts will be about what I make from each fabric. I can't wait!
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