Bear with me, and great offers!

First of all, I'm trying to update the look of this blog, so "please excuse our creativity" here, it might be messy for a little while.

But the great offer I alluded to in the title of the post. Do you see the adorable new link I have to the right, for my all-time favorite pattern site "You Can Make This!"?
You may remember the adorable Cars pants? How about the "She Loves Me Knot" purse?

If you click through and sign up for their two newsletters, "You Can Make This" and "You Can Sew This", you will receive a bundle of free ebooks (all of their patterns are pdf files, meaning instant gratification!). They are also supportive of the "boutique" industry, and the new movement towards cottage industry.

Plus, you can be supporting further installments of this blog! For every purchase you make through this site, I get a small portion, hopefully towards my dream of starting a podcast this summer about being a bipolar mommy, and the challenges, struggles, and successes!

If nothing else, check them out for the freebies! They have the greatest freebie patterns. Often, the patterns are available to newsletter subscribers first (for free!), and for a limited time, before they go on sale. The support is excellent, the instructions are superb, and they also offer a lot of ways to give back, such as crocheting caps for preemies, and donating doll clothes to last year's Toys for Tots Drive (with full approval from the US Marine Corps!).

See you there!