The reisenthel market basket is fun to carry to the Farmer’s Market or food co-op, and it’s pretty enough to sit out in my kitchen and hold all the bags and containers I intend to re-use on my next market trip. With this slung over my arm, I get compliments each time I go shopping. [...]
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Here are the books I read to the kids while they were working on their fiber arts badge for Earth Scouts.
Best for the younger kids:
Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie dePaola. When Charlie notices that his old cloak is getting pretty ragged, he sets out to make a new one. He has to shear his [...]
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The kids and I made books as gifts for grandparents this year. I printed pictures of the kids on cardstock, and then they added artwork to the pages. Then we used my binding machine to comb bind them. Carbon got excited about taping little flaps into them, that you have to lift up to find [...]
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It’s getting cheerful around here.
The kids and I made wreaths, using foam frames, those big twist ties you get on your produce (that I’ve been saving – sure they would be useful for something!), and cedar branches out of our yard. Then we decorated them with ribbon and a few silk wreath bits we bought [...]
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I just love felt. It is so easy to work with, and you can create so many simple things out of it. There are so many possibilities for making felt playboards, either with all felt or using a variety of other materials at the same time.
This felt jungle at Plumpudding was very inspiring.
And I had [...]
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I’ve always wanted to try this art project, which I’ve seen in many preschool art books, but never had the guts to try at home. So our Earth Scouts meeting this week seemed like a good time to set it up at church. The scouts (Carbon and one other little girl – small group so [...]
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I used to really shy away from any kind of art, and in grad school I wouldn’t even draw a simple cartoon on the board in front of anyone. This last couple of years I have been coming out of my shell creatively, starting in the safe areas of sewing and scrapbooking, and gradually starting [...]
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I bought this fabric and pattern at the beginning of the summer, and this weekend I finally stitched it up. It’s New Look 6797, and I wasn’t actually impressed with it. The pattern ended up fitting her around the belly and being way too big around the neckline. I had to take in two big [...]
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I’ve had the idea for this lazy susan organizer for a long time, and last week I finally finished it. I bought the lazy susan at a big box store, and collected cans for a while. We don’t eat very much food from cans, so it took me a long time to actually get enough cans [...]
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I’m going to get around to posting about books, and plants, and homeschool routines, and deep thoughts I’ve been thinking.
But first, here’s the distraction that came up this week! Carbon decided he didn’t have enough play food, and that I should fix that problem immediately! Felt food, made to order! I’m a short-order felt food [...]
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