OH MY GOSH

okay, okay, brace yourselves. not only for the little girl in this picture but this dress! I LOVE it!!


and these leggings!



this will be on the site tomorrow! and the fall pillow!

water bowl stand

isn't this the cutest water bowl stand for our dogs?
I love the little drawer below.


back in 2005 when we were remodeling our house, I found this sink I wanted to have in our "kids" bath. well, we ended up only living in that house for 6 months because my husband got a new job an hour away. so we moved. we took back the sink and pedestal stand because it was $375 for the set.


it just so happened that day that the exact same pedestal stand was on clearance for $10 because it was a floor model. that is right-$10. in perfect condition. I had to buy it. I knew I would be able to find the sink on ebay one day. when we remodeled our bathroom a few months ago I wanted to put this sink in. my husband and his friend said NO! they'd have to re plumb and cut into the wall and well, we are moving AGAIN! one day, anyway. so this has been sitting in our laundry room as a junk stand. tonight we cleaned our laundry room because we received a new w&d (thanks, mh) to replace my old washer since it will no longer dye my tiny sprouts clothing. I then had the idea to take it inside to use as the dogs water bowl stand in the breakfast room. so I unscrewed the legs that would hold the sink and put a cute towel over the top to cover it.
this was the longest post. sorry! but I had to tell the history of it!

christmas decorating

I have been thinking of the way I want to decorate for christmas this year. something really simple but really colorful. last year I wanted to use chocolate and cranberry. this year, these fabrics are really fun to me.


lots of pillows, hot chocolate and white lights!

my boys

mixed fall threads

this is one of my favorite thread combos, mixed fall


chocolate pants will be available soon


most of the holiday line will be available starting october 1st. I expect it to be a crazy season so I wanted to start early this year!


have a great weekend!

seagrass chair

I have been rethinking my porch chairs. I am currently in love with these. I love how high the back is and how versatile they are. they aren't just "porch" chairs like the others.


what do you think?

the 1 minute haircut

I don't know what made me do it. after getting out of the shower and not being able to comb my hair I grabbed the scissors.


my husband happened to walk by as I was cutting the other side. he sighed and grabbed the camera.

fall festival

this evening I was invited to participate in a fall festival at my friend's house. it was friends of friends of friends and people came and setup tables to display their goods. I took a few pictures as this was the only thing I have ever done like this.


I could so have a store and have it decorated all vintagy. I'd have 105.5 wduv (the dove) playing in my store. it is oldie music. love it. and at my cash register I would have these sitting


my swil's handmade cards.

thanks jen and heather for coming out to support me!

it gives me chills

I love reading nie nie dialogues. they started re-posting stephanie's previous posts. this one gave me chills. I love her number 3 blessing, "The children enjoying a little good old fashion over-the-fence friendship with Kate."


is this not the sweetest ever picture?

and then this quote she had previously listed.

"Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments.{or if I could enter here-the basket-head mother syndrome} She said: “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less”(Loud and Clear [2004], 10–11).

I don't know stephanie, but she is just an amazing person.


read her blog and you will see. I pray for her and her family.

BABY ITCH

how can one not have MAJOR baby itch after seeing this?


I love those long johns and that little baby!
jen from rosie toesies our time has to be soon!

pb holiday catalog

do remember back in the day when pottery barn used to have a holiday bedding set each year for adults? I remember in 2001 I purchased 2 shams on clearance. I wanted to wait until the next year when they came out with something else. I don't think they had one since. I may be wrong on the actual year but I know in the past few years they haven't. I received my holiday catalog a few days ago and there is a winter bedding set that is pretty cute.


how can you go wrong with a cranberry bird?


when I was in college I used to go to tj maxx weekly. I was dedicated. one day when I was there I saw TWO holiday quilts that were from pottery barn. TWO. what did I do? I bought ONE. one for my sister. I remember thinking, I know I am going to regret not purchasing this king quilt for $35.
what was I thinking? why didn't I buy it? every year when I see my sister's quilt on her bed I want to kick myself.

fall is here!

today is the first "official" day of fall. so here are some new goods. click on the titles to see them on the site.

FALL PILLOW


BABY HOODIE


BURP CLOTHS



more goodies to come next week!

boxes, boxes and boxes

the gift boxes just arrived!


I love these boxes.
and new to the gift box line is our gift box for our growth charts.


I am working on getting a sticker made for the front of the box. then after you are done using the chart you can store it in this box for safe keeping.

"dream homes"

tonight while looking through cds of old pictures I came across a folder titled "dream homes". these pictures were taken in 2004 while driving by them and happening to have my camera. I remember the day I saw this house. I made my then "boyfriend" stop so we could get out & look. he thought I was crazy.


we went in this house and I was in LOVE. there is just something about an older home. the character and charm. while standing in the living room I said, can we buy it? bry said, do you see how the roof is sloping down? that means the foundation is not sound. I said, who cares, we can fix it! as I was staring at HUGE rosettes. the biggest I had ever seen.


I will say I was nervous to go upstairs as the stairs were not sturdy. but I made it and when I got up there I just imagined the life that had once been lived in this house.


someone built this house for their family long ago. I can imagine it. how many holidays were spent in the house together. how this house survived the great depression and many presidents. the kitchen was on the back of the house and had a screen door. I imagined hanging laundry out on the line. orange trees were everywhere and land was ALL around us. this is not common for the area it was in.


I went home and researched the history of the house. I found out it was about to be restored and become a historic home and tours would be given. I was sad I couldn't buy it but was so happy that the house would always be there. that people could go and find out the history of the area that is now fully congested with cookie-cutter houses that are built on top of one another. there is very little history left in this part of the city. the road the house was on was named for L.E. Mobley, a son of William L. Mobley and his first wife, Sophonia Mobley. He and his family lived in a two-story wood frame house on the south side of the road near Lake Maurine Drive. William L. Mobley, who moved from North Carolina in 1860 with his wife, Cornelia Ann, and their family and slaves. At first, he located near the Gulf of Mexico, but feared the slaves would escape across the water. He then moved inland to this area. When the slaves were freed, he gave them land along this road east of Gunn Hwy.
The Keystone United Methodist Church had its beginning in Mobley's home. Settlers would come to the house when circuit riders stopped by.


literally days later the house had burned to the ground. I then found out from the newspaper article that the land was owned by a prestigious golf course. hmmm, I wonder who started that fire?
I am so glad I had my camera that day. I remember not bringing it inside because there was a "NO TRESPASSING" sign on the house and I was scared to go in. I sure wish I would have now.

so long rose

tonight I had to make the very hard decision to discontinue rose for a while. it is one of the most popular colors but for the past 2 weeks, I can not get it to dye the "rose" color. it is the perfect fall color. hopefully I can re figure the dye formula and it will be back soon.

house of the week

I am pretty much obsessed at looking at older homes in indianapolis. they have a ton to choose from so I am always looking to see how people have restored these homes. this house below is beautiful. though the kitchen is not how I'd do it or the added carpet, it is a house I can imagine raising a family in. I am crazy for the basement with exposed brick and the bathrooms are beautiful. I think what I love most are the back-to-back fireplaces as you enter. can you imagine at christmas time having a fire going as guests entered? and a tree by the stairwell? oh, and I also love all the original woodwork, doors and windows.

eco friendly wrap since 2005

I wanted to include "since 2005" so people knew it has always been an important part of tiny sprouts. wouldn't it be cool if one day someone found this and tiny sprouts were still in business in like 100 years. and they said, wow, look at this, this is OLD!

zzzz loungeset

I love this outfit. I just got these pictures in.


this is my new favorite thread combo


bluejay, cranberry, chocolate & pumpkin

here is my tag photo up close!

baby wardrobe

always dreaming about babies. these will be on my must-have list.