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A Child’s Terrarium is Magical Too
A Child’s Terrarium is Magical Too Pin ItA Child’s Terrarium is Magical, Too Creating terrariums has been an adult project that I have very much enjoyed doing all by myself. My son also loves the...
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Humpty Dumpty Costume for Halloween
Humpty Dumpty Costume for Halloween Pin ItHappy Humpty Dumpty On his first Halloween, several months before he turned one year, my son was proportioned just right to be a perfect Humpty Dumpty for...
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Pumpkin Harvest Muffins
Pumpkin Harvest Muffins Pin ItWelcome to the November 2013 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Feeding Your Family This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by...
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Handmade Christmas – A Family Tradition of Tree Ornaments
Handmade Christmas – A Family Tradition of Tree Ornaments Pin ItHandmade Christmas – A Family Tradition of Tree Ornaments Welcome to Week One of the month-long Carnival of Creative Mothers to...
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Handmade Doll
Handmade Doll Pin It My baby is one! For her birthday I gave her a handmade doll. I didn’t plan to make such a large doll but I was already committed to the project before I realized that this doll...
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Applique T-Shirt and Emergency Shorts
Applique T-Shirt and Emergency Shorts Pin It As exhausted as taking care of two kids, a house, and a vegetable garden (it’s kind of growing itself these days!) leaves me at the end of the day, I’ve...
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A Lovely Way to Store the Toys – Crochet Sacs
A Lovely Way to Store the Toys – Crochet Sacs Pin It I was craving something more calm and beautiful than the mish-mash of plastic baskets, transparent zippered-bags (like the type a set of sheets...
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Bunny Mobile for Baby
Bunny Mobile for Baby Pin It At around the eighth month of my pregnancy with my daughter I was overtaken by a strong nesting urge. The power of this urge was a surprise to me as it had much more in...
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Our First Wet Felted Easter Eggs
Our First Wet Felted Easter Eggs Pin It I belong to some Waldorf crafting groups on facebook and for the past month I’ve been seeing a whole lot of photos of homemade felt Easter eggs. I have been...
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The Village Maypole
The Village Maypole Pin It I will forever be grateful to a mama-friend of mine who came up with the brilliant idea to start a home-school pre-school co-op with other families in our larger, more...
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Simple Christmas Traditions
Simple Christmas Traditions Pin ItSimple Christmas Traditions It is winter time again. Recently in a homeschooling group that I am part of, a mother asked about the favourite winter holiday and...
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Classic Pin Tuck Dress
Classic Pin Tuck Dress Pin ItClassic Pin Tuck Dress The Pin Tuck Dress is my favourite child’s pattern to work with. While there are lots of other kids patterns I regularly sew from, this one by...
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Felted Wool Cuffs
Felted Wool Cuffs Pin ItFelted Wool Cuffs Wool cuffs I noticed on Etsy looked like the right gifts for my 4-year-old and I to felt together for his Québecoise grandmothers. I have only a small amount...
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A Day on the Couch Being Together
A Day on the Couch Being Together Pin It Today I spent the day sick on the couch. It is rare that anyone in my family gets sick, but this is the worst cold I have had since I was pregnant with my...
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Knitting a Tree House
Knitting a Tree House Pin It I have finally finished knitting the tree house to go along with the story blanket I have made for my children. I began knitting the story blanket at the end of May. When I...
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Matryoshka Nesting Doll Dress
Matryoshka Nesting Doll Dress Pin It My daughter’s matryoshka nesting doll dress is probably her favourite piece of clothing, aside from the tutu she received for Christmas from friends (one of my...
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The Tale of our Story Blanket
The Tale of our Story Blanket Pin It A couple of years ago I came across my first story blanket while browsing pinterest. I instantly knew I wanted to knit my own. I also figured this would never...
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Button Down Before the Big Move
Button Down Before the Big Move Pin It I have made my son several pairs of shorts and we have created t-shirts together. I knit him lovely little pants for when he was a tiny baby and I crocheted him...
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homemade herbal salve – summer remembered
homemade herbal salve – summer remembered Pin It It is Labour Day weekend and summer is coming to a close. Summer is not quite over yet – my son went into the ocean today, fully dressed! However, it is...
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Wild Apple and Maple Granola
Wild Apple and Maple Granola Pin It This has been the first real autumn I have experienced in seven years and the first ever for my children. In southern California, autumn became a time that I...
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