Last week I posted about the apron I made Emee for Christmas.
Here is the apron in action. Mom and Em were making French toast and Emee asked to wear her new apron.
So cute! I’m glad she liked it. She was so blinded by Legos (which, for [...]
My mom requested that I make an apron for my niece. I found this really basic tutorial and adjusted it to make it reversible and to fit my niece.
I like how it turned out, especially now that I walked away from it for a while. There are a few mistakes, but she’s 3, [...]
Three years ago my beautiful and bossy* niece, Emee, was born. Man how time flies. Now she’s art directing my coloring and has hair halfway down to her butt.
*side note … I don’t know where she gets these things …
My niece at her first gig as a flower girl.
So freaking adorable.
My mom posted a bunch of pictures of my niece on Facebook today, and as usual, they were frighteningly cute. I had to share this one with you — it’s Emee reading to my dog, Barney. He intently listened apparently for quite a while.
I don’t think I’m going to get [...]
I wanted to share this adorable hat pattern with you. It’s for a swirl hat that can be made in almost any size. I made the toddler size for my niece. It took me a little over an hour to knit and it’s super cute!
I think it’s [...]
Don’t worry — she’s 2. She’s not going to read my blog. If she does, then I’m more than proud of her.
I had cut up my prom dress from my senior year of high school a couple months back for my birthday party, but had failed pretty miserably. So I had a TON of [...]
First of all, happy birthday to my fabulously amazing niece who turns TWO today!
As you can see, my mom likes to put her in colorful outfits. She is so damn cute (takes after her aunt, yo).
Anywho, today’s musical selection is Les Savy Fav — another case of something [...]
I made this quilt out of two tops I had lying around for my niece for Christmas. I had planned a cuter quilt, but I didn’t have the money to get it professionally quilted, so I put two of my tops together and qulited this blanket with wavy stitching. The stitching is pink on one [...]
i am beautiful.
I am the prettiest girl in the world (next to my niece of course).

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.
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