Posted in Crafting, Learning, Playing/ Free Exploration, Uncategorized on Dec 9th, 2011
Grandma Jan and Cousin Ruby got the children Perler Beads last week. I have fond memories of making Perler Bead crafts with friends as a child, and was pleased to see how much the children enjoyed them, too.
Hal spent the first few minutes just running his fingers through the beads in the pie tin. As [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giving, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Nov 3rd, 2011
A friend from the coast and my next-door neighbor are both expecting, and we wanted to make them both something special. The girls and I shopped the remnant section at Fabric Depot, as well as the fabric shelves at our local thrift store, and put together two forest-themed baby quilts.
This one is a Rain Forest [...]
Posted in Crafting, From my kitchen, Homemaking, Learning, Mamas Who Inspire, Moderation and Economy on Oct 27th, 2011
…reading a few chapters in Ann Voskamp’s book before the children were up…
…enjoying granola in the breakfast nook after morning chores, watching chickens, ducks mucking happily around the yard (Cran-Walnut Granola recipe at the bottom)
…quilting for a neighbor’s baby, due in 2 weeks, while the children had breakfast.
A welcome reprieve before tackling the general chaos [...]
Little Hen and I have been very busy the past two days working on Christmas gifts. It may have, um, gotten a little out of hand.
After a little mishap in which a certain little boy decided it would be hilarious to fling beads all over the living room while I was in the basement switching [...]
Posted in Building Community, Crafting, Giving, Sewing on Sep 28th, 2010
The kits are finished!!
Many, many thanks to the nine ladies and three girls who helped sew, and the ladies who purchased fabric and undies for this project!
Together, we have blessed and changed the lives of eleven young ladies in Ethiopia in a simple, but substantial way. Thank you!
Posted in Building Community, Crafting, Giving, Mamas Who Inspire, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Sep 4th, 2010
I’ve been given permission to put up a section of a recent post from Andrea’s blog, Babe of My Heart:
Every month, I have to deal with what most girls deal with…a monthly cycle. Sorry if that’s too personal to say–but it should come as no surprise to you. I take for granted that [...]
Posted in Crafting, Moderation and Economy, Sewing, Uncategorized on Aug 4th, 2010
A few more twirly skirts for the girls (yes, I’m addicted to sewing these!)
This one, which is a bit shorter (hits just below the knee on Little Hen) is a mix of thrift store fabric and 1/2 yd of clearance fabric, and thrifted ribbon (at the bottom). Total cost = $2.10!
This is my favorite – [...]
Posted in Crafting, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Aug 3rd, 2010
The girls have finally gotten their long-asked-for twirly skirts! I used 7 Layer Studio’s tutorial and Going Sew Crazy’s as well, and sort of mushed them together, used whatever measurements of scrap fabric I had on hand. Thankfully, twirly skirts are pretty forgivable and they turned out great!
Little Hen’s skirt used some thrift store fabric, [...]
Posted in Crafting, Homemaking, Learning, Moderation and Economy, Sewing on Jul 31st, 2010
The children went to a Storybook Costume Ball with their cousins last night. We had a two-day scramble to throw together some costumes, but we pulled it off just in time! Here’s a little bit on what we made:
Little Hen wanted to be Amphitrite, the Queen of the Ocean, wife of Poseiden, in Greek [...]
The past week, we’ve been tackling some simple sewing projects (and I mean simple, and even then my seams are wonky).
Most other times of the year, sewing feels more like an obligation, but it’s really relaxing after dinner in the summer – especially after grubbing around in the dirt in the garden much of the [...]