Handmade
Natural Makeup For my Girls
July 18, 2011
Brienne is our girlie girl. I never was much of a girlie girl. My mom even wrote about that in one of our family memoirs. (PS. I love this family memoir my mom wrote and I'm so glad she took the time to write parts of my childhood story.) But ...
The Boy Has a Blog ~ Introducing Pictograph
July 12, 2011
It was a busy weekend. Yet again. (pst... slow weekend do come visit some time). Sunday we went hiking and visited Damien's cousin's family. Saturday was decidedly not outdoors, but a day spent on our computers busy launching a little family project. Or rather, Damien spent a lot of time ...
Savoring Summer ~ Calendula
June 29, 2011
Calendula is one of my many favorite flowers. As much as I love blossoms of interesting shapes - lady slippers, foxgloves, and lupins for example, I love the familiar daisy shape of sunflowers, calendula and rudbeckia. These calendulas came from the farmers market. Mom's flower beds are still in their ...
House Renovations Tour ~ The Bedrooms
May 2, 2011
What we loved when we bought this house was the original wood, all the bedrooms walls needed was some TLC to give the rooms the look and feel we wanted.
Improvements to Our "Water Closet"
April 29, 2011
We didn't buy our house because of its bathroom but there are certain features about it we like.
Pinky the Stuffed Cat
April 21, 2011
A couple months ago I saw the book Sock and Glove: Creating Charming Softy Friends from Cast-Off Socks and Gloves featured on a blog sidebar. I honestly don't recall the blog or I'd give credit where credit is due. I knew my kids would love that book and I was ...
The Door That Damien Built ~ A Change in Housing Priorities
April 17, 2011
Realizing that you only get to raise kids once we decided to invest more in building family than renovating a house. (Truth be told: we'd rather do other things with our time.)
