Early in spring I learned that a trio of my friends were expecting babies. I set about stockpiling a few gifts. I loved the idea of this kicking bag (a blanket they can’t squirm out of). It’s something incredibly useful for the mom whether the baby is snuggled in a sling, breastfeeding on [...]
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What a Hoot
Posted in handmade, knitting, sewing on November 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Autumn Spontaneity
Posted in adventure, field trips, handmade, home, sewing on November 5, 2009 | 8 Comments »
It’s a season in which I make lists. Lists and lists and lists. Of goals. Of plans. Of gifts. Of traditions. Of books. Of good deeds.
Paradoxically, it is also a season of spontaneity. Of grabbing a sunny day and glorying in it. Of allowing inspiration to pull [...]
WIP Wednesday
Posted in adventure, books, handmade, homeschooling, knitting, sewing on October 21, 2009 | 14 Comments »
WIP = Work in Progress
Reading her first adult novel, “Going Postal” by Terry Pratchett. After all the reading fuss and need for vision therapy we’ve been through, this is thrilling. But in a deep, quiet, heartfelt way. First this was her favourite audiobook scammed off my iTunes, then she spent her own money to buy [...]
Samplers
Posted in handmade, homeschooling, sewing on September 4, 2009 | 16 Comments »
I’m readying activities that the kids can do while I read aloud this year. I haven’t set up something like this since Tias was small, but they have often found things to busy their hands and free their ears – knitting, colouring, drawing, etc. This year, as we try Sonlight for the first time, our [...]
WIP Wednesday
Posted in Project Spectrum, handmade, knitting, sewing on August 27, 2009 | 9 Comments »
It’s certainly not Wednesday and I do know that despite the blurring of time that’s happening as we’re prepping for my sister’s wedding this weekend. But the camera disappeared yesterday and WIP Wednesday* is so much better than TIHF Thursday**.
*Work In Progress
**Things I Haven’t Finished
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I’ve got one PS red project on the needles: Stulpen (scroll [...]
Star Set
Posted in handmade, knitting, sewing on July 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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Oh, to be an August baby…
This set makes me all gooey on the inside every time I see it. Almost enough to drive me to have a third baby…almost. Oh, to have been a knitter when mine were wee…
The little bit of red embroidery gives this set such a finished look. I paged through Doodle [...]
A Little Dose of Obsession
Posted in adventure, handmade, home, knitting, sewing on April 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We’re busy. We’re tired. We’re coping admirably with living life full-throttle by falling asleep on the couch. In the midst of all of it, though, my mind is acting like a macro lens. Doing away with all the clutter and the larger setting. My mind is zooming in, pausing for a moment on a beam [...]
A better view
Posted in handmade, sewing on January 4, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Pictures that show off two presents a little better than previous shots.
Tias’ gift to Sandra, a cloth shoe organizer for the back of her door which he embellished with freezer paper stencils.
Given the number of closet organizing devices made from cloth, I see huge potential in this idea. Polka-dotted sweater holders, shelves stenciled with [...]
Handmade Holidays 2008
Posted in adventure, handmade, knitting, sewing on December 31, 2008 | 9 Comments »
A nearly complete sample of my gifts this holiday season:
My reaction: Wow. What a season!
Last year I gave everyone at least one handmade item and I was determined that undertaking a completely handmade gifting project not mean a decrease in gifts. Rainer and Sandra made fun of me a little for this, quoting [...]
a veritable plethora of handmade
Posted in art, handmade, knitting, parenting, sewing on December 29, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Here’s an overview of nearly everything the four of us made as gifts this year. There were 8 people in our celebrations this year, and each of us made at least one gift for everyone there. The process was so big I hardly know how to lay it out so you can get the [...]
