Posted in Easter, Felted Sweaters, For Babies & Kids, Holidays, knitting, Sewing on Apr 10th, 2013
What kid doesn’t love a pocket-sized friend? I made these tiny bunnies for the girls on Easter. (from a free pattern! Details on my ravelry project page) I tried to keep them a secret as I knitted tiny bodies and skinny little arms and legs. I bravely knit in front of the girls, knowing they [...]
Oh Easter. How I love your flowers and bunnies, kids in fancy dresses and sweater vests, tales of resurrection and hope and moving into a season of new life and joy, abundantly evidenced by in the cherry blossoms and tulips and less outwardly visible whispers in our hearts. The kids stopped and smelled the flowers [...]
Posted in Easter, Holidays, Kids' Crafts, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials on Mar 26th, 2013
Last year I made the girls these Easter Bunny themed crepe paper surprise balls and they were so much fun! A surprise ball is simply crepe paper streamers wrapped around little trinkets and/or candy. When it’s unwrapped the trinkets are revealed. You never know which turn of the paper will reveal a gift so it’s [...]
Posted in Felted Sweaters, Holidays, Sewing, Sewing, St. Patrick's Day on Mar 16th, 2013
We have a houseguest and the kids are really grumpy on this Saturday morning so here’s a quick post for you. A re-post actually. I want to share a link to my free pattern for a felt clover perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Turn it into a hair clip, lapel pin or just a little [...]
Posted in Celebrate, For Babies & Kids, Holidays, knitting, Mittens, sweaters, Valentine's Day on Feb 14th, 2013
It seems I can’t avoid setting deadlines for myself. I woke up on February 1st and asked Mike “Do you think it’s doable for me to knit Carys a sweater and Sairshe some socks by Valentine’s Day?” I didn’t add that I also wanted to squeeze in the fingerless gloves for him that had been [...]
Posted in Children, Crafting with Kids, Holidays, Kids' Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Valentine's Day on Feb 11th, 2013
Sairshe has decided that every year she has to make something different for her classmates, nevermind that she’s gone to a different school every year so far so no one would be getting a repeat, and that she as no real recollection of making the heart-shaped crayons that she gave her preschool friends when she [...]
Posted in Children, Christmas, Holidays, Thanksgiving on Jan 19th, 2013
Life is busy. Sometimes it’s hard to catch my breath. Mostly I just try to keep up and even that doesn’t really happen. There’s the to-do list at work, the to-do list at home and the endless cycle of feeding and clothing the children. Sometimes it seems I’m running in place – how do children [...]
Posted in Christmas, Crafting with Kids, Holidays, Kids' Crafts, Natural Toys, Winter on Dec 23rd, 2012
TWO days! Christmas morning is barreling down on us and my Facebook feed is full of people looking for last-minute gift and stocking stuffer ideas. If that’s you, I’ve got a great recipe for Christmas tree, peppermint and gingerbread playdough. This playdough is festive, a big hit with the little ones and super easy to [...]
Posted in Holidays, Nature, Thanksgiving, The Outdoors, travel on Nov 20th, 2012
It took 12 hours to get here. 14 if you count the hours before sunrise Mike spent straightening the house and getting things in order so the housesitter doesn’t have to deal with our dirty dishes and kid clutter. The “Can we see California yet?” and “I’m hunnnngryyyy!” and “She’s copying me!” were in full [...]
Halloween snuck up on me this year. After a promising start to making Halloween costume accessories a couple weeks early, I stalled out and was hot gluing and safety pinning 20 minutes before trick-or-treating. Even Sairshe wasn’t keeping track of the days like she usually does leading up to a special event and was totally [...]
