I made the mistake of showing Georgia Pinterest on my iPad. She has a list of projects a mile long for us to do together. It’s a good thing school starts next week. First up was making our own paint. She loves to paint. The recipe/instructions were so easy how Read more…
One of my favourite products has to be my French Lavender Organic Sugar Scrub from Rocky Mountain Soap Company. Actually, they make a lot of my favourite products. Needless to say when I happened upon a recipe for sugar scrub on Inhabitots and saw that it was a fairly easy Read more…
Rain, rain go away … So far, we haven’t had much of a summer. Georgia and I kept busy for a couple of hours today making pet rocks. Here we have a ‘mom-made’ panda on the left and a ‘kid-made’ panda on the right. Lizzy and Sam came home and Read more…
Georgia and I just spent a lazy morning crafting bookmarks for Father’s Day. They were inspired by the FedEx Out of Office blog. From gift and craft ideas to spring cleaning and party planning tips, the blog provides innovative projects that anyone can tackle. With Father’s Day and the summer Read more…
Georgia loves wee plastic animals. She’s an animal nut in general. The Easter Bunny brought her a tube of plastic farm animals (the rabbits getting cheaper and cheaper) and with it was a small plastic play mat. She loved it and call it her map. Unfortunately, it lasted about 2 Read more…
**EDIT: Lizzy’s Costume has been chosen as a finalist in the Inhabitat Contest: Can you vote for this one? http://greenhalloween.inhabitat.com/finalist/ and in this contest ScanDigital Halloween Photo Contest — to vote you just have to click on the ‘like’ link under the photo (it’s on facebook, so if you are Read more…
This post has been inspired by ProBlogger and Flexible Dreams. ProBlogger, has inspired me to write a list post. Flexible Dreams inspired the content. 10 Tutorials I am Dying to Try (… just, please don’t let me die trying). 1. I’m a wee bit worried I don’t have the sewing Read more…
I am totally losing it! ME! The one who said, “crafts schmafts“. I made these panties for Georgia out of Sam’s old t-hirt. For some reason this made Sam, scream and blush. The boy is just too easy to embarrass. I guess the thought of his old t-shirt wrapped around Read more…
After all my whining and complaining about sewing, I thought I’d share with you the results. Ta-da! Ignore the model, in her world camera = scowl! I made the skirt from a thrift-shop lambswool sweater that I felted. I used the same felted wool to applique the puppy on to Read more…
Photography 12/365 / OWP Hope 5/28 – Vintage buttons from my grandma’s stash. I like the colors. (Hope may have been the wrong word for me! I’m not quite that sappy on a daily basis. What this image has to do with hope, has me stumped. Ummm … I hope Read more…