Tag: crafting

Over the past few weeks I've been slightly more crafty than usual. I think it was the holidays that gave me a little creative jump-start. It probably doesn't hurt that it's so cold out that we are pretty much confined to the indoors, too. I'm even knitting a hat...

Ha! Did I say I'd post every day? Hmm… Okay, but twice in 3 days is pretty good, right? 

I never did talk about Solstice/Xmas crafting, so here goes. 

We kept it relatively simple this year. So much going on, and we didn't want to be up all night before family...

Our house has been getting insulated for the past two days (our walls were empty!)- and so the kids and I have been stuck in the house for the most part while the guys work. Just as well, really, as it’s been bitter cold and icy. We did go...

If there’s anything that you’ll hear me say about the process of natural birth, it’s that it is loaded with glimpses into the nature of life- the intimate and impermeable relationship between so many things, often things that we pretend are very separate from each other. Pain and pleasure,...

I’ve had time lately to tie up lots of loose ends. The one thing I wanted to do that I was having trouble getting around to was that "big sister" doll I wanted to make for Vera. I planned on doing it all in the evenings, but once evening...

Vera’s 2nd birthday was this past Thursday! We celebrated just as a family on the day, but had a big party with both sides of the extended family yesterday. It’s hard to believe it’s already been two years, but then again, it’s hard to imagine her being any different...

Winter is full of opportunity, if you think about it. It’s a chance to do all sorts of things that you couldn’t make time to do in the warmer months- time to craft, time to rest, time to learn, time to play games and watch movies, time to organize...