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popcorn balls and garland

January 18, 2012 Art
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nurse (nancy) johanna

January 17, 2012 Children Tutorials
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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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baby one, baby two

January 4, 2012 Create
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our new horses

December 29, 2011 Create

Last night the house was still.  No entertaining, just clean up from the day.  I grabbed a few of the kids’ blankets that were strewn over the floor and got comfortable on the couch to enjoy a book.  Something I haven’t done for the past month. It feels satisfying and needful to take a small [...]

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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: a sewing kit

December 14, 2011 Children Tutorials

As you saw yesterday, I’m a little obsessed with jars for gift giving.  Hopefully you don’t mind, there are more jarred gifts to come.  Today–a simple sewing kit in a jar for my up and coming seamstress, Caroline.

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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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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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colonial days: part II

November 8, 2011 Create

Rarely is a planned trip what you envision it to be.  Things come up (or in our case, Annabelle was sick the morning we were supposed to leave), plans are changed, and expectations shift.  And yet, despite initial disappointments, unexpected memories and experiences surprise you along the way, moments that you never could have fathomed. [...]

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