I delivered two special packages today. One was full of home made brownies and was hand delivered. A little bear says, “thank you.” The other package was delivered to the post office, to be sent to a cold, cold place. I drew a bit of sunshine for them, on one of The Girl’s paintings.

Since we are now honoring more yearly rhythms in our family, (and really, who needs an excuse to celebrate?) we celebrated Candlemas/Imbolc/Groundhog Day yesterday.  Even though our celebration borrows a bit from many traditions, I have chosen to simply call it Candlemas.  Candlemas is a cross-quarter holiday, which means it falls at the midpoint between […]

Here’s some more crafty goodness from The Girl’s birthday. The spring bunting became happy birthday bunting with the addition of a few new letters. The bendy dolls I made for The Girl’s new dollhouse.  These took So. Long. To. Make. Beautiful thrifted oak caddy for her art supplies.  When she wants to use it she […]

::the beautiful straw ornaments a friend brought back from Finland years ago. ::the winterland scene that is too high for little hands to reach.  Made up of felt trees, a piece of muslin, a string of lights, handmade snowmen, a thrifted deer, pine cone elves and our Advent calendar. ::the pine cone elves The Bird […]

I was so proud of myself for getting the Halloween costumes done with time to spare that I vowed then and there to have all of my Christmas preparations done early as well.  I set myself the goal to have all of my shopping, wrapping, mailing and crafting done by the end of November.  I […]

This was my toy box when I was a little girl.  My mother made it in a woodworking class when we lived in Kansas.  I was not known as a neat child by any means, and I found the toy box to be a great place to hide, rather than a great place to put […]

Remember that day I went in search for shelves for my fabric stash and came home with a ton of yarn?  Well, the score somehow made my storage problem worse, not better, and I have been scouring the thrifts ever since.  Believe me, the irony of that is not lost on me. Last Thursday I […]

The Boy and The Daddy Monkey were napping and The Girl toddled up to check out what I was doing.  I was working on stuffing the love birds (which much to my embarrassment, are still not finished).  First she pulled wads of the stuffing out of its box and handed them to me.  When she […]

Every bit of free time I have had in the last month has been spent organizing my sewing supplies.  Obviously I would love to have a whole room for my sewing, but for now I don’t mind being in the living room where I can be a part of the family action.  I have a […]