I thought I’d bring the blog back to talk about our Advent Activity calendar so that I have a record of it and share it with others, in case it is helpful. Each year growing up, we had an advent calendar. I remember counting down the days to Christmas and being excited about it each … Continue reading
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An Eye For Photography
I don’t have it yet, but I’m trying to cultivate an eye for photography. I want to take better pictures. Part of that will come with learning my camera better, which I am trying to do, but part of it is in learning composition and how to see what could make a good picture. I … Continue reading
2013: Learn
I have decided to adopt a word for the year. I haven’t done this before because my resolutions didn’t really fit under a word theme. However, this year, everything I want to do falls under the word learn. I have so many things I want to learn and I haven’t really been intentional about learning … Continue reading
Acorns!
It’s all kid crafts all the time around here right now, but it keeps us busy, and all of my crafts are both unfinished and intended for Christmas presents, so I can’t show them off, yet. We went to a friend’s house Saturday to help her extend some curtains (thank goodness they turned out okay) … Continue reading
Keeping Busy
Even on weekends when we have stuff going on, I have to have activities for C1 to keep him busy. I didn’t really plan ahead for the two activities we did this weekend, they just sort of happened thanks to the checkout area of JoAnns and the newspaper arriving with toy catalogs. I bought fabric … Continue reading
Photo a Day
I’m generally terrible at these projects, but I’m going to attempt the November Fat Mum Slim photo a day project. You can see it on her Facebook page. Today’s prompt was colour, and while I’ve photographed this fiber/yarn before, it was the first thing I thought of when I saw it. I’m also playing with … Continue reading
Costumes!
I went back and forth for a long time trying to decide what Carson would be for Halloween. At first, C1 wanted to be Batman, so C2 would be Robin, but C1 fell in love with the orange ninja turtle costume (Michelangelo) at the store, so that went out the window. It was his first … Continue reading
Halloween Crafting
We did quite a bit of Halloween crafting this year, so I thought I’d post it before the holiday escapes us tomorrow. The kid was all about carving a pumpkin this year. I don’t really remember carving pumpkins, and this was definitely the first time I carved one in my adult life. I had no … Continue reading
A New Quilt
As much as I hate hand stitching, I really love seing how a quilt looks once you blind stitch that binding on. You can imagine how it looks, but seeing it come together at the end is kind of magical. I finished a quilt for my friend’s baby this weekend. She picked the fabrics, as … Continue reading
A Party for a Little Monster
Now that the baby’s party is over, I’m kind of at a loss as to what to do next. I guess I could go clean the kitchen, but I’d rather write about the fun stuff, instead! It all started with the invitation, which was perfect, as I wanted an invitation that incorporated cute monsters and … Continue reading
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