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Art

an (artsy) field journal

January 24, 2012 Art

I wish this were mine.  But like many of my kids’ creative projects, they are made for their friends.  (I’m happy this one was for a little friend named Will who just turned four.)

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a family’s work

January 23, 2012 Art

Happy new week to you!  We had our first real snow of the winter (except for that bizarre snow we received in October) this weekend.  It is amazing how life turns out because I got to be the one to take the four girls out and eat snow and shovel while Bobby was ill.  I [...]

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popcorn balls and garland

January 18, 2012 Art
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new spaces /new year: the living room

January 16, 2012 Art

Ah, the living room.  Once a place of no functional space now brightens my day.  This corner of our room (where our Christmas tree stood) has always baffled me.  Our large painting has always hung here, leaving little options for filling up the space around it: maybe a plant or a chair.  It has always [...]

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homemade giving: a journal kit

December 15, 2011 Art

Caroline is ready for her first journal.  This is quite an exciting milestone since her mother filled easily 15 journals in her lifetime.  I can’t wait for her to discover the fulfillment of writing and then reading and seeing who she’s become over time. Journaling will also be an incredible writing exercise for my little [...]

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homemade giving: artsy felt sketchbook cover

December 5, 2011 Art

After last week which was filled with wonderful visitors (friends from college and their little toddlers), this weekend came and granted me some time away at the sewing machine.  Saturday morning, Johanna warded off Caroline from the basement so we could get moving on her present from her sister.  A little something that we knew [...]

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the hanging mobile

December 1, 2011 Art

Today is December 1st.  Mary and Joseph can now begin to make their journey (via velcro) to the manager on our hanging advent calendar, something that my girls have been anticipating for a week now.  All of the gingerbread cookie ornaments have been raised to the top half of the tree for the twins’ sake, [...]

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projects revisited: children’s pop art

November 11, 2011 Art

Here’s a little mixed-media art experiment for the kiddos on this chilly November Friday.  This is just the right project for a blustery day spent indoors.

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living in the past

October 25, 2011 Art

For months, we’ve been preparing for a very special family trip.  For those of you that are mothers to young girls, throwing out the name “Felicity” should give you an idea.  Yes, yes, Colonial Williamsburg.  We’ve read the books, and read countless other colonial library book.  We’ve written a list of colonial projects we wanted [...]

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updating the writing box…

October 11, 2011 Art

  When I get around to it, I like to keep the writing box stocked with inviting notecards for not only my writing girls but for me. There have been so many moments over the past year that we’ve captured through photography that we, in turn, turn into notecards.  Many Sunday afternoons the girls and [...]

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