I thought about getting a Learning Tower for a long time. It looked like such a practical piece of kid furniture, and like it would help us out a lot - but I was nervous about the expensive price…
We finally got one a few weeks ago – ordered it through the wonderful local shop Happy [...]
We are participating in the Little People Care Package swap, organized by Meg and Mag… I ran across a mention of it on the Camp Creek Press blog, which is great, and decided to join in. We could use some extra fun this month! And I have some ideas for a “theme” but we’ll have [...]
Miri and I had a great time dying playsilks. It was an easy project, although somewhat involved and with long intervals in which she couldn’t help, so we interspersed it with other projects and playing. She remained interested, though, and was beginning to get the routine down by the last couple of scarves.
We [...]
The beginning of a new semester is perhaps not the time to be thinking of craft projects… but I can’t help it. Here are some I would like to do:
Make a terrarium, of course.
Make these crocheted heart valentines.
Make playsilks for Miriam’s birthday; I would actually like to order some larger ones, I have some [...]
My sister is a big tea drinker, and she’s recently moved to a place where we are able to see her much more often. And when we see her she’s usually drinking tea! Trying out some of the delicious kinds she has, along with talking about tea with a couple friends recently, got me thinking [...]