Here is a closer look at some of the needle felted decorations I have been making. An angel tree topper and some very cute little toadstools, made from %100 sheep wool roving. I am really enjoying needle felting, so glad to have a new skill. I love the earthy handmade quality and plan to work on […]
Last night was the Winter Spiral at Maya’s Playgroup. The Winter Spiral was made of Winter greens, which are fir branches bound together with wire and string to form a continuous rope of pine needles. The Greens are used to decorate at Christmas time. You will see them on patios, fence, around doors and on […]
Giving a special gift, something thoughtful and handmade means a lot to me. This time of year when you can easily spend a fortune on junk, I am pleased to come up with a cute, useful, educational gift, that has my personal touch! Our Niece Sami, whom I am easily inspired by (you might recall this […]
We have a few traditions this time of year as all do, and while many of us have similar traditions, within each family Holiday time is unique. One of the things we do in December is make paper snowflakes…in a bid to manifest real snow! Isn’t it fascinating that no two snowflakes are alike? Just […]
Here is the tree skirt that I made for the Girl’s Christmas tree. Some of you may recall I actually made the majority of the tree skirt last Christmas…then this week when I dragged out the Christmas boxes I was inspired to work on it further. We have a felt dot garland that floats around the […]
Thanksgiving weekend is the perfect time to start making Christmas cards. Christmas cards are a thing that I love to do, but if I do not get them made in the first two weeks of December, then it wont happen and I rush out and spending an uninspired $20 on store bought cards. I have […]
Last night I made this festive little felt cake for the daughter of my dear friend Larissa. I know they have a red play kitchen and thought these colours would look great with it. We will be putting it under our Christmas tree and giving it to Jazzie when she comes to stay in December. […]
Last night a friend held a needle felting workshop that I attended. I have admired needle felting for some time, and really enjoyed learning the new skills. We started a simple project of making a needle felted doll/angel or king. I had intentions all along of making an angel tree topper and so I worked […]
Sadly we missed out on Halloween and did not get to dress up, so I suggested to Maya that she put on her Midnight Fairy costume anyway, and we go in search of a haunted house. This idea appealed to Elle too and so out the door we headed, looking for the spookiest looking house […]
One of the wonderful things about cooler days is that we spend hours inside that become creative bubbles. Maya and Elle draw a lot on any given day, but now that the colder temperatures are descending we seem to be having epic draw-a-thons. Our kitchen table is used predominantly for drawing and is strewn with […]
Here is another lantern option beside the paper lantern variety I have been making. We made these today with glass jars, tissue paper and glue. They are a lovely colourful, very simple lantern to make, especially simple for children. The tissue paper can be cut or torn and then applied with glue to the bottle. […]
For Elle’s Birthday party I made these little ornaments as a thank you gift for our guests. With Christmas around the corner I thought they would be cute on the Christmas tree. Butterflies, dragonflies and owls…
I am a fan of flags, banners and bunting and really enjoy making them in all the diverse forms one can! In the past I have made flags from cotton fabric, felt, and now today….paper! I found an image of butterflies I liked on-line which I had Cam colour change, enlarge and print out on […]
With a little over a week until Halloween, it is time to get sewing! I started this project six weeks ago and have done little since I first posted about the deconstruction of the dress I picked up at salvation Army. Today, bright and early while still in our PJ’s, Maya, Elle and I were […]
We are counting down the days to Elle’s Birthday…nine days to go! The day after her actually Birthday we are having a Birthday Dinner Party. Today Elle and I made her invitations….very simple….nothing fancy….hand cut out butterflies on blue card. (I am feeling like my creative well is dry!) With saying this though, no matter […]
With a few pumpkins sitting around the house, this weekend I made an attempt at carving them. As I recall, I have only ever carved a pumpkin one before, and it was a long time ago…so I set to work as a novice. I do happen to own some tools that are perfect for carving […]
Grandma and Grandpop arrived on Monday from Australia. On a big walk through the park with them this week we collected a bunch of Autumnal treasures. With these treasures I was inspired to make these leaf crowns. A really easy project, that is nothing other than tape, paper and leaves. Such a wonderful use for […]
This weekend I started making lanterns. I made this style lantern for the Lantern Parade at Maya’s Playgroup last Winter. I held a workshop for parents and siblings to come along and make lanterns to carry in the parade. I enjoyed it so much that I always knew it was only a matter of time […]
This time next week it will be the Birthday of my Niece Sami. While we can not be in Australia to celebrate with her in person we are there in spirit. I very much enjoy having a niece to spoil and each year put lots of thought into a gift for her. This year I […]
We decided that we would send our pressed flowers to Aunt Heidi for her Birthday and so we put them all on one piece of paper to make this picture. The flowers still really need another week of drying out, but I figured the postal travel time will provide that. Here is our pressed flower […]