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 [...]
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 Building Community, Giving, Locally grown, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Jun 30th, 2010
A few things from this morning’s harvest. Carrots, beets, 3 types of kale, lots and lots of chard, and buckets full of sugar snap and snow peas.
So grateful for the constant stream of Teaching Garden volunteers today. Folks were working hard from 9:30 am straight through to 4:30pm. We’re feeling very, very blessed. A [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Crafting, Giving, Moderation and Economy on Dec 9th, 2009
The weather here has been bitterly, bitterly cold (we are eagerly anticipating our annual Christmas trip to Florida next weekend!!). The past few days, we’ve built a big fort out of chairs and blankets in the living room. We’ve been spending our mornings snuggled under it, reading Christmas stories (like this collection of short stories, [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giving, Moderation and Economy, O Come, O Come Emmanuel on Dec 5th, 2009
The girls are reaching an age where they really enjoy being able to participate in making Christmas gifts. So, for their cousins (ages 5 1/2 and 3 1/2), we put together little paper-crafting kits, so Aasha and Ruby can enjoy an afternoon of Christmas crafting.
This is a very frugal gift, costing us less than $1 [...]
Posted in Building Community, Changing Seasons, From my kitchen, Giving, Weaving, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Nov 21st, 2009
A morning spent baking a pecan pie thank-you.
An early afternoon spent planting hyacinths and digging earthworms with the girls.
A late afternoon of immense blessing – We have been given an enormous maple loom, made right here in Oregon. We spent about two hours getting it dissassembled, carried up our narrow stairway, and reassembled.
It will need [...]
Posted in Crafting, Giving, Mamas Who Inspire, Sewing on Oct 24th, 2009
We’re back in our old stomping ground – on the Central Oregon Coast – this weekend. Some dear friends are having a cider pressing party, and we wouldn’t miss it for the world. The weekend trip is also a gift to my dear husband, who celebrates his birthday today! So, we’re staying in a yurt [...]
Posted in From my kitchen, Giving, Moderation and Economy, Outings on Sep 12th, 2009
Today Firecracker and I are attending our church’s fall kickoff of our monthly Ladies’ Breakfast. The pastor’s wife is hosting at her house, so we thought we’d take her (and her daughter – Firecracker’s friend) a little hostess gift when we go.
Earlier this week, we went to to the thrift store and picked up a [...]