With the end of summer upon us, I thought it would be fun for the girls to press some of the flowers from our garden before the cold weather scares them away! We harvested some pretty blooms and arranged them on artist quality paper. I paced wax paper over the top and them put them […]
Maya came to me and said “I want to sew Mummy”. It had been a while since she had said this, and so I said “Ok”. We went to the craft cuppboard and I dragged out the scrap felt box. “What would you like to make?” I asked. Maya started rummaging throught the small pieces […]
While I said in my previous post that on Sunday I did nothing…this really is not true. I did quite a few things, one of which was to start Maya’s Halloween costume…..So here it is, my new project, Maya’s “Midnight Fairy” costume for Halloween. Maya has been talking about being a Midnight fairy for a […]
I have a journal that I use for designing things I want to make. I use the pages to jot notes, paste inspiration and as a place for process. It is bound hard black cover art book with many pages. Since moving to Ditmas Park Maya has claimed “The black book” as her own. Often […]
This weekend I made an old skirt into a decorative pillow to go on Maya’s bed. A beloved skirt of mine that I bought about 15 years ago, and wore and wore, and wore. So much so that the seams at the sides were frayed and the seat was wearing thin. The front of the […]
I have added a new cake too our felt baked goods. It has been a while since I have sewn something from felt and despite it being the middle of summer, I could not resist creating this pretty pinkalicous cake! It has been too hot to turn on the oven and bake real cakes cookies […]
Goop glorious goop! Struck by a moment of Mummy magic, I selected a few bowls from the kitchen cupboards, then filled each bowl with a small amount of ingredients, flour, sugar, lentils, rice. I then found a selection of utensils and set up a table in the yard. I placed a large bucket of water […]
A few months ago I came across and image of a home made cake stand. I filed it way in my creative memory thinking it would be great to make such a thing for Maya’s Birthday. So along with moving house (and a heap of other things) the last two week, I have also been […]
Maya, Maya, quite contrary how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockrel shells and pretty maids all in a row…. This week we added a bell, colorful buttons, shells and wooden beads to our fairy garden. We made button borders and bead totems and added shells all around…
Here is the Fairy House…..and garden! What happy Fairies we must have! Maya calls it the Fairy Botanical Gardens. We have also planted seeds which to our delight we are watching grow daily.
Yesterday we started working on a fairy house in the garden. I built this basic structure using twigs stuck into the soil and then I wove old ivy tendrils through the sticks. I have a feeling this will be an ongoing project that will span the warm days, into months of creativity. I will document […]
I have made a few piñatas over the years, and always value the symbolism of them at a celebration. The piñata represents faith, hope and charity. Traditionally participants would be blindfolded while trying to hit the piñata and so would have to (Fe) have faith that they are hitting in the right direction. With the piñata hanging above […]
Here is the making of Maya’s Birthday piñata, a rainbow piñata of course! We all worked together to make it, such a fun family project. I am really excited to see the children enjoy it. There will be a special surprise for them when they hit it beyond candy and treats. I have filled the […]
The next step in preparing Maya’s fourth Birthday party is to make the invitations! Today I was able to find the time to hand draw and paint rainbows on the invitation cards. After doing numerous, I felt that painting rainbows is cathartic….healing and harmonious! Now I need to add the Maya Girl and some sparkle….and […]
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I always seem to have little pieces of felt laying around and I am often inspired to make things from them. The latest creation is this rainbow circle garland. A very quick easy project. It really is a simple outcome, by cutting freehand circles, in a variety of sizes and colours and then machine sew them […]
Last night we had our second parent education meeting at Maya’s Waldorf Playgroup. This time along with the (parenting) book discussion we did craft, and made these wee flower faeries! Such cute little folk that have enchanted my girls. I enjoyed making them very much, and whipped up three in no time! I returned from […]
I am really enjoying the preparations for Maya’s 4th Birthday Party, as you may have seen in the Party Preview post. I love organising the Girls parties. Hosting a party, to me it is a wonderful chance to combine my love of food, art and craft and decorating. I start thinking about the Girls parties […]
Since becoming a mother I have realised that I can still get things done, it just takes me twice as long. I like to give myself plenty of time to do things…and so this often means starting creative projects months before necessary. Maya turns four in about 7 weeks, which is plenty of time to […]
Picket fences and fluffy pink clouds is the title of this Art work. This is an installation I started and completed in 2005. It is a handmade paper site specific installation. It was constructed with hundreds of single sheets of handmade cotton paper, each one unique. I made each piece of paper from recycling t-shirts, […]