Exploring Life In The Grit Of The Earth
Posted in Do It Yourself, Mothering, Pets on Dec 26th, 2009
Kaia and I crafted felt doughnuts, stuffed with polyfill and catnip, for some of our favorite feline friends! There are all different icing and sprinkle types, for your cat’s specific tastes. We gave the first one, a raspberry icing with chocolate sprinkles, to our cats as an early gift. As you can see, they are [...]
Posted in Knitting on Dec 23rd, 2009
I’ve put up my pattern for Leif’s Mossy Mittens And if you are looking for a fast gift, here is my pattern for Paper Clip Ice Skates
Posted in Do It Yourself, Knitting, Mothering on Dec 21st, 2009
We have had such a wonderful last few days. Being snowed in has been a great adventure for all of us. The power was out for 24 hours, but we enjoyed the peace it brought and we kept ourselves fully entertained! There was tent building: There was lots of snow play (sledding, snow men, snow [...]
Posted in Mothering, Sustainable Living on Dec 18th, 2009
Well, it looks like we will be hanging out on our land for a few days, possibly weeks We are getting more snow that I’ve seen in 16 years! It’s a beautiful winter wonderland here, and Kaia is having the time of her life! She’s been in and out all day, coming in just [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself, Home Schooling on Dec 15th, 2009
We’ve had the crafting spirit in our home lately! This weekend Kaia and I made some santa ornaments after seeing them at Write-It-Down. We just happened to have everything we needed and couldn’t resist the cute little guys. Then we had a few friends over for more crafting. We made beeswax ornaments with beeswax from [...]
Posted in Mothering on Dec 12th, 2009
There is a fantastic giveaway going on over at GardenMama today for a set of hand knit gnomes from Natural Earth Farm that are just adorable! A lot of time and love went into these sweet toys, so definitely go check them out!!
Posted in Holistic Medicine, Mothering on Dec 8th, 2009
OK, I’ve been hearing about this board game for a while now and, I have to admit, I have been very resistant to it! I’m not totally sure why, but I think it has to do with the feeling that if I’m a good herbalist, I shouldn’t need the aid of a board game to [...]
Posted in Home Schooling on Dec 8th, 2009
I always love seeing kite paper stars in the windows. They are so bright and happy. They fancy-up any house! With the winter coming on and it being a gray, gloomy day, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to make some of these! A Toy Garden and Nova Natural Toys have nice selections [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself, Home Schooling on Dec 5th, 2009
Creating our holiday cards…
Posted in Mothering on Dec 5th, 2009
“I am totally the cutest baby ever! No one can compare! Even with a dog bowl on my head, I’m cute!” “WHAT DID YOU SAY? You said I’m NOT the CUTEST BABY EVER??!!” “Get down here and say it to my face!” “WAIT! I didn’t mean it! Let me out of here! Hey… Hey you… [...]
Posted in Do It Yourself, Knitting, Mothering on Dec 4th, 2009
Here it is! Kaia’s Flower Fairy/Pearly Mermaid/ Blingy Princess skirt! It is a holiday gift for her and I can’t wait to give it to her! I’ve published the pattern, for free (yay!) in the links at the top of my blog! Enjoy!!