Sweet Potato Pie

I grew up eating sweet potato pie during the holidays. I mean, the WHOLE holiday season. Either we or another family member always had sweet potato pie in their house from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. Sweet potato pie is known as a southern dessert. It was likely created and made a staple by slaves…

Pattern Review: McCalls 7360

 In the last year, I haven’t been sewing as much as I want.  This has been mostly due to my motivation (or lack thereof), but also because I renovated my sewing room, I was feeling indecisive, and life happens. To bring back some inspiration, I started following more sewing sites, reading pattern reviews, and visiting…

Elf on the Shelf Ideas!

Our elf on the shelf, Freddy, has been with us for about 5 years. Every year, I try to make him do bigger and funnier things, because each year I think this is the last year X will believe. Well, at 8 years old, his faith in Freddy is stronger than ever! It’s great, but…