Now that my little one’s pre-school has ended for the year, we’ve been spending lots of sunny mornings playing at the park. This little friend hopped onto a brown paper bag last week, and once she was noticed, we found ourselves amazed at our luck to have met such a beautiful creature. My daughter pointed…
Alphabet Glue Giveaway!
Heads-up, lovely people! If you haven’t stumbled upon Annie Riechmann’s Alphabet Glue yet, I highly recommend spending some time with one (or all) of the volumes! It is a clever downloadable e-magazine filled with projects and activities for children and their families, and it is a wonderful way to thread imaginative exploration into your day. …
L A K E S I D E
We spent the long weekend swimming and boating at the family lake house in New York. As soon as the children land there, shoes are off, bathing suits are stretched on, sunscreen is caked on, and I really only spend time with them at meals and bed time. It is a true child’s extravaganza! I…
Crafty Flashback :: Nest & Eggs Tutorial
I posted this Nest & Eggs building tutorial in March of last year, and I thought I would share it with you again today. I remember that weaving the round, soft nest made me feel like a mama bird for a short while. Tweet! There are new, little beaks in our birdhouse. Let the baby…
w e e k e n d
My Saturday is making me happy. I hope you are finding some pockets of joy today. xo e
workshopping :: spring lanterns
This week in workshop, we made spring lanterns – the kind meant for garden parties, outside dinners, and damp, cool nights. Thankfully, the rain has come to our valley in Massachusetts, and our ground is now muddy and squishy — as it should be in early May. With the rain, comes days where the gray…
n o t e s
This beautiful little pile of shavings is from Monday’s workshop. Have I raved lately about my students’ creative energy and amazing, amazing artwork and wordwork? Oh my! They are truly incredible and I love my afternoons with them. I’ll share some more of their work in the coming days. In the meantime, some notes…
a birthday hike
A spring breeze swooped in for my birthday, and Tom took the day off of work (best gift of all) so we could have a family frolic and mountain climb in the nearby woods. This particular wee range is practically in our backyard and for my birthday I wanted to climb to the top of…
out my window
s u n n y s n o w s h o w e r s
p h o t o g r a p h s
I’m sort of in love with instagr.am and the way it has me thinking in 2″ x 2″ squares. It is whole new way for me to capture and share a moment. This is all new for me, and I’d love for you to join me. You can find me at redbirdcrafts. It is…
good stuff! (give-away)
The ever talented and sweet Maeg of Edison Rex has offered a little package of joy for me to give away. Maeg’s work is a lovely blend of sweet and mysterious with some adventure to boot. And, you guys — her work goes like hot cakes when she sells at the TWIST fair in Northampton,…
DIY Soap Pump (from a vintage jar)
We made soap pumps for holiday gifties! I was inspired by this project from Country Living, which I saw pinned on the wall at the local The Clawfoot Tub. I filled our jar with natural dish soap, and it really, really does make me a bit more happy about washing dishes. We slid a little…
happy
My new slippers make me forget how to walk the regular way.I shuffle and glide and puff by like I’m on a cloud.It is a good way to enter 2012, I think. A little light, a little heavy, and shuffling around my kitchen. Glue and markers strewn about, the children in regal costumes, frothy chai drips…
a new chair. a new month.
Since I last wrote:Another new/old chair found its way into my home. (Total thrifting score!)I finished all of my finished projects for the photoshoot for my book.Over a foot of snow fell. We lost an apple tree and maybe my beloved magnolia.The snow melted.Our electricity returned after 3 days (some were out for over a…
tweet tweet
I joined Twitter. You can follow me here: @redbirdcrafts (I’d love it if you would!) Other that that, it is such a typical Saturday night. I’m folding laundry and writing. Thinking. Pausing. Folding more laundry (where does it all come from?) Looking at dust puffs floating around the room. Thinking about vacuuming, but still sitting….
