31 December 2011
Portable Easel and Sketchbox
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I had this idea, of Spud owning his own portable easel that housed a sketch box, for a couple of months. I searched high and low for one loc...
25 December 2011
Santa Ornament 2011
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I recently posted about Santa's habit of adding an ornament to our tree. Look! He did it again ... that's one cute Robo-Santa! ...
Happy Holidays!
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More cards, from our Christmas's past, here and here .
24 December 2011
Living Room Sleep Over By the Tree
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Spud: "This is the best morning, ever!" Wish this could be a Christmas tradition: a family sleepover on the living room flo...
23 December 2011
Makes Me Happy: Holiday Lights
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This year we did 2 light tours! Just can't get enough of driving around, as a family, with cocoa, Christmas tunes, and of course a pr...
14 December 2011
Makes Me Happy: Fall Hike at Lighthouse Park
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Lighthouse Park , West Vancouver, BC. I love how green our part of the world is. Makes me very happy.
09 December 2011
Classic Paper Chain Garland
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This is such a classic decorating project and very well suited to little hands, I can't believe I've waited this long to do th...
30 November 2011
Makes Me Happy: Advent Calendar Eve
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The drawers are stuffed with goodies, ready to go for tomorrow's big day.
29 November 2011
DIY Felt Angry Bird Charms
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The inspiration for these came from Kids' Crafternoon: Felting . Scroll down to those incredibly cute zombies . Spud liked the idea o...
28 November 2011
Kids' Crafternoon: Robot Stuffie
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I had an opportunity to review these 2 great books, on Ohdeedoh today. Kids' Crafternoon: Felting and Beading edited by Kathreen Ri...
25 November 2011
Wee Science: Investigating Acids and Alkalis
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For the past couple of weeks Spud's class has been involved in presenting science experiments. Each student has been given a unique exp...
21 November 2011
"The Robot Dress"
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Just got the sweetest note from the incredibly talented Naomi, of Teacup Dinosaur , who made this simply adorable dress for her simply a...
17 November 2011
Top 10 in Tea Towel Contest
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What does this mean? Spoonflower makes the top 10 winning designs available for sale ! To see all 10 click here . I love the winning one a l...
Floating City Art Project
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Spud was home last week from school and we kept busy with all sorts of projects. Here's one we found on Art Projects for Kids . It was a...
16 November 2011
Makes Me Happy: Giant Trees
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We took some time to appreciate the towering trees at Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island this past weekend. This one, the tallest of the...
14 November 2011
Granny Square Blanket Done!
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I have to say I'm digging how the colour scheme turned out! And I've found it a good home ... baby Lukas who recently reached hi...
11 November 2011
3 Dozen Date Night Questions
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I've done it. I've put together a list of 3 dozen date night questions inspired by a post I did on ohdeedoh . I included a bunch of ...
10 November 2011
Spoonflower 2012 Calendar Tea Towel Contest
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Here it is. My latest project I was talking about here . And it's entered in a Spoonflower contest this week. You should see all the ...
07 November 2011
Floss Wrapped Twigs
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Having fun crafting with sticks and stones and hey, why not? And I'm sharing a little trick I learned below ... So, where di...
06 November 2011
Painted Stones
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A few painted stones we keep in the bathroom. Acrylic paints give them a nice matte finish I think. I like the idea of painting the undersid...
31 October 2011
Spooky Lunch
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Ghosts and mummies are on the menu today! I'm pretty smitten with this mummy juice box wrapped in white party streamers. I got the ...
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