This Valentine’s Day, instead of giving away hearts and candy, we’re gifting fortunes. I love the tradition of giving our friends sweet messages and tiny handmade tokens in the depth of winter. If you live in the northeast, you know how much we are all looking forward to something that will distract us from the…
From me to you: Four Valentine’s Day Heart Projects
With February just around the corner, it is time to start thinking about bright colors, quirky little hearts, and sweet scribbled messages. In New England, where everything is frozen and white, the bright colors of Valentine’s Day is a nice thing to look forward to. These are four of my favorite heart projects that I’ve…
holiday treats
Frothy chai made with our fancy new milk frother. I still like using my hand pump one that was handed down to us last year by my Aunt. This does make the milk hot, though, as Tom likes to remind me. And, it is really fun to watch it happen as my friend Lea likes…
a royal birthday
Chick turned six, and she wanted to have a royal celebration where a few of her friends came dressed as queens, kings, princesses or princes (or anything royal-ish). One of her friends came dressed as a woodland messenger of sorts. The children made crowns, listened while I read from some royal story books, and then…
* treasured * Each Wednesday I post about some sort of treasure I found during the past week. It might be thrifted or found on a walk or whispered in my ear or discovered on a dark shelf in the basement. Something. Anything that makes me feel lucky and thankful. It doesn’t necessarily have to…
kid rocks!
Here is a little sneak peak at our Valentine making festivities today. Chick made 22 (+ 3 for her three classroom teachers) love rocks, and Mouse made two for both of her teachers (plus a bunch of extras to use for her “rock show”). And by festivities, I mean two peppy kids happily gluing hearts…
conversation Love Rocks!
Love rocks! Just in time for Valentine’s day. These conversation Love Rocks! have a heart on the front and a witty (or just plain sweet) message stamped on the back. Make your hearts skinny or bubbly or teeny tiny or really big – each rock ends up with its own little personality. I used both…
rings and things :: a valentine’s day tutorial
We are making rings and things for Valentine’s Day this year: heart button rings, wool felt heart rings, heart button hair ties, and some bracelets too. A pile of little wooden hearts with a fresh coat of paint. Chick is partial to the wooden button heart ring. Mouse loves the soft, wool felt ring. This…
w e e k e n d
I do actually have some crafty things to post about. There is the back to school (a little late, I know) story stone series that I have been plugging away at since the summer, and a little felt necklace that I have been scheming up. But, lately, all I seem to want to post about…
fancy father’s day breakie plans
We plan on making the papa in our house a special, fancy Father’s Day breakfast tomorrow morning. The girls and I are thinking that dark coffee with cream, ham and cheese omelettes, crispy toast with jam, and a big bowl of sweet strawberries from our CSA farm will make a nice menu. We gave him…
tissue paper candle holder : remake
Those dried flower candle holders from a few days ago really are beautiful when lit up at night, but they didn’t satisfy my need for the candlelight and bright color combination I was originally aiming for. So, I tried it again, only this time I used Mod Podge with tissue paper and bits of paper…
heart strings
We made heart strings for Valentine’s Day. It all began with Trader Joe’s paper bags that had pretty red designs on the back and my love for sewing things that are not fabric. I cut the paper bags so they were flat, mixed up some pink, purple, and red paints, and set Chick to work…