Handmade
Yarn
January 18, 2008
I'd like to become proficient at crochet and eventually knitting so I can justify buying beautiful yarns. I'm like a kid in a candy shop when I'm around farm grown and homespun wools. After seeing the mounds of wool at the farm in December I needed to come up with ...
making lotion
January 11, 2008
My latest attempt at making beautiful and natural skincare products is body lotion. I literally whipped up a batch this afternoon. It looks and smells good enough to eat, which you could without any harm. No toxins, anti-bacterials, preservatives or unpronouncables. This is a new experiment for me and I ...
Guess who's sewing contest!
November 16, 2007
A member of our family has just taken up a new craft/hobby. The first person to guess correctly who made Celine's new fleece pants wins a bar of Cinnamon Orange soap made by Light Living Soapworks (me).
A finished project
April 20, 2006
I'm finally finished the girl's bedroom curtains and bedcovers. The bedcovers have been done for months and half the curtain has been hanging up for a couple weeks. Today Celine's best friend came over to play and the children all played with each other for hours. I basically only had ...
Crafty Mama
November 24, 2005
Well, it's that time of year again - cooler weather, indoors more. Time to get crafty. This morning my friend Casey came over and taught me how to crochet past the basic chain. Yeah, I'm learning something. So, I've started my first skull-cap type winter hat. Don't tell Brienne and ...
