White Gables Blog

I’m sorry, Violet. I just couldn’t help myself. Besides dressing up my children in halloween costumes on this rainy day, I’m planning on working on some fun little sewing projects. I cleaned out my closet over the weekend and want to convert some of my clothes into dresses and skirts for Avery. I’ll let you […]

These are some of my besties from high school. From waaaay back in 9th grade when we battled zits and self esteem issues and algebra. We still get together regularly to catch up on each other’s lives and to re-hash those high school years! They are the kind of girls that will always and forever […]

What a glorious Spring weekend we had! I finished planting most of my flowers and now we get to enjoy watching them grow! And of course there’s Mother’s Day! It always reminds me of how much I love my little munchkins! Motherhood has forced me to slow down, focus on something other than myself, and […]

A sweet bride-to-be named Stacy recently asked me to paint signs for each of her bridesmaids to give as a gift for being part of her wedding. There were six bridesmaids, and she filled me in on each one’s style and taste. So I designed the signs and painted the bridesmaids’ last names and the […]

 Here is my latest “What I Wore Wednesday” post, linking up to the Pleated Poppy…  Thursday: White top: Ross Jeans: Goodwill (Ann Taylor Loft) Shoes: Goodwill Friday: White top: Goodwill (Old Navy) Cardi: Goodwill (New York & Co) Jeans: Goodwill (Ann Taylor Loft) Shoes: Goodwill Saturday: Wrap top: Ross Skinny Jeans: Forever 21 Shoes: Goodwill […]

I’ve told you about my younger sis Sara. In case you don’t know her, she’s a completely amazing 25 year old girl who owns and runs a coffee shop in our town. Everyone loves her and she has a sparkly, outgoing personality. She’s one of the most compassionate and caring people I’ve ever met. And […]

Are you ready for yet another post about skirts?? Didn’t think so. But here I go again. Oh, happy day. This time I made a skirt for Avery following the Simple Skirt Tutorial, then added 4 layers of ruffles with small bits of fabric that I bought at Hobby Lobby years ago. It was fairly […]

So you won’t be seeing a “What I Wore Wednesday” post from me today, because mostly I’ve been in my gardening grungies and it’s not a pretty sight. Think 10 year old shorts, tanks with paint splotches, and worn out flip flops.  Really, no one needs to see that. While I’ve been digging in my […]

This is my friend & neighbor Chandra’s dining room fireplace mantel that I “spring-ified” recently. Here is a “before”shot of it: It’s very large and dark, so we lightened it up quite a bit using thrift-store white ceramics and some greens and baskets. I like to keep mantels simple. Because of the brick background, it […]

Here is a skirt I made for Avery following the Market Skirt Tutorial on the Made blog. The fabric is so summery and so yummy! Now if only the weather would warm up…we are ready for summer! You can see Avery’s goofy personality in these pictures…she loves to pose! The tank is Old Navy from […]

Here’s my latest “What I Wore Wednesday” post, linking up to the Pleated Poppy… Thursday: Green top: Plato’s Closet (Anthropologie) White Jacket: Ross Jeans: Goodwill (Ann Taylor Loft) Shoes: Goodwill  Saturday: White top: Goodwill (Old Navy) Purple cardi: Goodwill (New York & Co) Skinny jeans: Forever 21 Boots: Goodwill (new from Target)  Sunday: Yellow top: […]

Ever since I found Dana’s website called Made, I’ve been slightly obsessed with sewing. Skirts, in particular. Dana has super-simple tutorials on her site – no patterns needed! This is perfect for people like me who can’t follow patterns. Or who just don’t have the patience for them. Or are just too dumb to follow […]