Making Time for Playdough

In the midst of end-of-term busy-ness and much freelance work (which is a good thing, I’m not complaining!) last week, I dug out my mum’s good old recipe for homemade playdough, and Keats and I made some. He especially enjoyed dumping the flour into the big bowl and stirring it. Play Dough Recipe: 1 cup [...]

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Binge Crafting

Okay, so needless to say I’ve been away for a while. A long while. More than six weeks, in fact. While I’ve been away, and life has carried on, a few notable things have happened that I would like to share with you. In the last few weeks I’ve: – Started another baby quilt, for [...]

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The Right Amount of Busy

For the first time in a very long time, I feel like I’ve got the perfect amount of busy going on in my life. A balance between activity and rest, nights out and nights in. It’s the amount of busy that I’ve been hoping for and trying for for so long, but just never achieved. [...]

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Zee Quilt, She is Done!

So, the baby quilt that I’ve been telling you about for, oh, about three months now is finally finished, in all its imperfect, uneven, slightly tattered glory. I may look slightly bleary-eyed here because because I pressed it, topstitched it, pinned it and then tied it all in one sitting (quite a bit to handle [...]

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My Su-Su-Studioooooo

I really don’t know why I attempted a lame Phil Collins reference there. Oh well. Moving right along, you can see what falls off of my productivity chart once I start trying to go to bed at a decent hour. Yes indeed, clearly blog posts were something that was part of my late-night creative output [...]

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My First Baby Quilt

Well, it’s my first quilt, period. Actually, I think my grandma may helped me make a doll quilt when I was about eight, but the details are a bit fuzzy.  It’s for a dear friend, whose baby was (key word: was – about to be explained in the next paragraph) due December 22nd. It’s inspired [...]

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Sewing & Stuff, Recently Completed.

Okay, so let’s get back to basics. I originally started this blog to chart my progress as I learn how to do various crafty things while I’m on maternity leave. I’ve veered off from that somewhat (I’ve never been very good at sticking to one thing), but for today’s post I’m going to bring it [...]

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Recipe Thursday: Oatmeal Cake with Penuche Frosting

Before we get to the recipe… I’ll be away from this space until next Wednesday, as I’ll be vacationing with my sisters, dad and stepmum, et. al.. Yippee skippy, I am looking forward to eating, drinking, fishing, swimming (or maybe it’ll be too cold) in the mountains and forests of our fair province. June is [...]

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Latest Crafty Attempts (Key Word: “Attempts”)

Between Keaton’s teething and ear infection (poor little gaffer!) and some recent, stressful BGUDs (Big, Grown-Up Decisions – more on that in a post-to-come this week), the ol’ craft pile has been languishing a bit. I had my little ironing board, cotton stuffing and some fabric out in an attempt to cut pieces to sew [...]

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Midnight Knitting

As you may already know, I do all my best work during my Golden Hours, from about 10pm to 2 or 3 am. This includes learning something new, like knitting. As I mentioned before I went on my Okanagan vacation, I’ve been learning how to knit, thanks to my best friend Heather, the excellent site [...]

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