Inspire Me
Are you a follower of Prudent Baby? It’s a blog started by two beautiful mamas, Jacinda and Jaime. There’s tons of easy to follow sewing tutorials and crafts where you can create items for babies, nurseries, nests, or hot mess mommas! Not to mention, they have some pretty awesome giveaways for people who love to sew, like me. And I did just happen to win a Simplicity Bias Tape Maker from them a few months ago. 🙂
And just the other day I received this piece of beautiful fabric from Prudent Baby
… and how you might ask? Let me explain. Well, not only is Jaime the co-blogger of Prudent Baby, but she also runs a Prudent Advice For My Baby Daugter blog that is a collection of lessons of questionable importance to share with her daughter before she grows up.
Here’s a few of my favorites:
#1 Always send a thank you note.
This has served your mother and grandmothers well for generations and seems a fitting place to start.
#17 Be Generous.
With your time, your money, your heart. If, on my best day, there was a single lesson I could hope to impart to you, this would be it.
#37 Whole grains and fresh fruit are good choices.
But a cupcake is worth every calorie.
#82 Anytime you are debating whether to shower or not, take the shower.
#129 The trick to sewing in a straight line is a rubber band.
Wrap a rubber band around the base of your machine at the distance from the needle you want your hem to be. If you watch the needle while you sew your stitches will look like you were sewing through an earthquake, so focus on the rubber band.
#130 Order the local specialty.
Cheese curds in Wisconsin, arepas in Venezuela, banh boa and pho in Vietnam; the list is limitless.
#152 Men as a rule are not good mind readers.
Articulate your thoughts to them clearly if you want to be sure that you will be understood. Imagine writing on a 3X5 card; short and to the point.
#181 Be where you are.
Try not to think about where you need to go next or wherever you just came from. This is more difficult than it sounds, but work at it. It’s important for your head to be present in the place where your body is.
#229 When you smile you are radiant!
You are luminous and resplendent. You are rapturous and incandescent.
And one of my favorite ones is #244, which you created a little video for in exchange for the lovely fabric I showed you above. 🙂
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YouTube Direkt Prudent Advice by Sandy a la Mode
Oh it gets better! The lovely Jaime has recently released this book
…that has her compilation of 500 pieces of advice and she was accepting video submissions hence my video above) to possibly use in her Prudent Advice book trailer! It’s already got GREAT REVIEWS on Amazon and really, it’s a book that anyone could use. I’m definitely going to be picking up a copy and giving some out as gifts as well!
What is the best piece of advice you have ever given or received?
