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 Celebrate, Christmas, Create, Holidays, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Seasons, Winter on Dec 24th, 2008
I love making paper snowflakes and was excited to learn a fancy new (to me) technique from a co-worker 2 Christmases ago. She and I made so many snowflakes that year (while we should have been working) that I actually got sore spots on my thumb and finger from the scissors! These snowflakes have words [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Christmas, Cooking and Baking, Eat Well, Holidays, Patterns & Tutorials, Recipes on Dec 23rd, 2008
I made peppermint marshmallows last night and they turned out better than I even imagined! Dense but light at the same time, squishy and chewy and so much better than those at the store! I read a lot of different recipes and blog posts about marshmallow making and I want to put all the good [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Christmas, Create, Holidays, knitting, sweaters on Dec 25th, 2007
Merry Christmas to all of you! I hope you had a fabulous day. We stayed home and it was so nice. I got some fabulous knitting-related gifts that I’ll share with you later but for now, I want to show off my Christmas knitting. I finished my BPT earlier …
Posted in Celebrate, Christmas, Create, For the Home, Holidays, knitting on Dec 9th, 2005
Really, I am. All I need now are little slippers with the toes curled up. I have been a busy Christmas knitter and it’s been fun. I started knitting tiny sweaters and stockings for Christmas ornaments and I think I’m addicted. After all my bigger projects, it’s really great to knit something that I can [...]
