meet sky!

Posted on February 21, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | Leave a Comment

Sky likes flying, eating blueberries and cotton candy, and brushing her long white hair (it’s made of clouds, or so I hear). Welcome to the family, Sky.

Design & name by Luc. Backdrop & photography by Sophie. Grunt work (embroidery, wrapping, etc) by Maya. Oh, and also transport. I have become the official Fairy and Fairy [...]

happy valentine’s day!

Posted on February 14, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 1 Comment

Someone set off a Valentine Bomb on our dining table!
  
We’d clean it up, but we’re too busy eating chocolate hearts. Maybe later.

okay, you’re probably getting sick of these by now…

Posted on January 20, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 3 Comments

Take away message:
Play is an awesome creative power when you just get out of the way of the fun.
Okay. Now, let me introduce the most recent addition to our flower fairy family….

(And because I can’t help myself, here is one more, a fairy our cousin Tracie made. I love the apron.)
  
But here’s the next leveling-up [...]

evolution of the flower fairies

Posted on January 9, 2010 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 1 Comment

Is she not the cutest thing EVER?
  
That’s right, I embroidered those tiny stitches, I sewed on those tiny silver buttons, I did that. They are coming to take my Bitter Card any minute now. I don’t care. Okay, I care a little. But can you see her tiny purple boots? Or her green legs? That’s [...]

flower fairy invasion

Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | 3 Comments

First it was the bears. But now we have a new infestation.
Fairies.

Flower fairies to be exact!

Yes, Santa brought Sophie a kit on making little flower fairies and we have all gotten totally hooked on making these tiny, pretty people.

Coincidentally, our cousin gave Sophie exactly the same kit—could have been a present disaster, but no!—it’s a [...]

you deserve a medal

Posted on October 16, 2009 - Filed Under making things, mayalife | 1 Comment

Someone I used to know had the annoying habit of saying, in lieu of ‘thank you’ or some other appreciative feedback for a job well done, “You want a medal or a chest to pin it on?”
Criminy.
But one day, in a particularly foul mood, I found myself repeating this phrase to Paul who was announcing [...]

more found art

Posted on September 25, 2009 - Filed Under kiddo life, making things | Leave a Comment

I found this little critter while cleaning up the other day.
  
I’m pretty sure it’s made out of chewing gum.

ghosts of tiny sweaters past

Posted on February 27, 2009 - Filed Under making things | Leave a Comment

I’ve been clearing things out. And now that Sophie is five, I’m having to face that she is no longer my little baby. Sob! So, imagine my nostalgia when I ran across a box of the tiny sweaters I knitted when I was pregnant with her! I mean, when I was REALLY pregnant, so pregnant [...]

cool felt picture fun for kiddos

Posted on February 19, 2009 - Filed Under making things | 1 Comment

Kids dig crafts. Want to hear that engrossed silence of kids making stuff? Here’s a quick and dirty project:
Get a stack of felt squares from a craft store and a bunch of scissors. Designate a few of the felts ‘backgrounds.’ You might be able to get a few stiff pieces for this. Set the kids [...]

knitted purple furry monster felted ipod bag

Posted on February 14, 2009 - Filed Under making things | Leave a Comment

Okay, it’s really more of a purse that can also carry an ipod. But it’s more than that, too. It’s the bag I’m making instead of getting an expensive, spiffy, 2nd gen ipod touch. Like those periodic episodes in a woman’s life when a rush to have a baby (hormonal?) becomes oddly intense…and instead she [...]