this morning i felt like i needed a little comforting connection from flash so when i came down from my sleeping in i chose to sit on his lap. within two second the pea had toddled her cute bum over and insisted that we pick her up so she could join us. she [...]
Posts Tagged ‘crafts’
pig pile and other minutia
Posted in my life, parenting, tagged breastfeeding, crafts, flash on 12/17/2009 | 4 Comments »
take a step back
Posted in parenting, woowoo, tagged crafts on 12/04/2009 | 1 Comment »
when i was a little glitter loving hippie youth, i listened to a lot of grateful dead bootlegs. one of my favorite things to hear was when they would sing out this little tune encouraging the spectators to stop crowding towards the stage which was smooshing people in the front. ”take a step back! take [...]
unexpected.
Posted in my life, parenting, woowoo, tagged crafts, sneaky universe on 11/08/2009 | 2 Comments »
a few days ago this guy moved into our house. he stayed on that light switch for days. days! at first i was pretty put off. i am not terribly fearful of bugs but i don’t need a big one on the light switch panel right by my front door. [...]
a picture post
Posted in my life, tagged bean, crafts on 11/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
yesterday when i was done with my post the bean came over and noticed the picture of him and chickpea in my banner. he told me he wanted me to take that picture again. he was insistent that we try and little ms. pea was having nothing to do with it:
eventually she managed [...]
on sewing
Posted in my life, tagged crafts on 11/05/2009 | 12 Comments »
i am just starting to fall a little bit in love with sewing. i have my lovely long term loan singer here with me and i am starting to catch myself glancing at her and thinking she is pretty.
my first “real” project has been working up a baby blanket as a gift copying the design [...]
working on it
Posted in my life, tagged crafts on 10/29/2009 | 4 Comments »
i’ve been trying to find time for more crafting. right now i am part way through sewing up a blanket for a friend’s baby boy:
a hat for the bean’s preschool teacher’s new baby girl:
and i recently acquired some yarn to make myself something with:
we really keep our christmas gifting to a minimum around here but [...]
ripping it out
Posted in my life, tagged crafts on 10/19/2009 | 1 Comment »
in my crafting i am trying to learn how to follow patterns. i spend time on ravelry looking for patterns that are simple enough for me to knit up. i am a novice who is prone to knitting accidents and issues. i scroll the internet and my parenting book collections for simple sewing [...]
hats and faces
Posted in parenting, tagged bean, chickpea, crafts, photo on 10/16/2009 | 5 Comments »
tangible
Posted in my life, tagged crafts on 10/04/2009 | 1 Comment »
i also believe in what i see.
on friday i happily received a long term loan sewing machine! (i am thoroughly enjoying reading the entire user manual before i even turn the machine on. it is a quirk of mine.)
on saturday morning i followed this origami cube tutorial and we made one cube out of construction [...]
finding creative selves
Posted in my life, parenting, tagged crafts, preschool, rhythm on 09/11/2009 | 3 Comments »
shortly before my hard drive failed i finished reading amanda soule’s first book “the creative family.” i was inspired to create more space in our daily life for creativity. not space that requires that all creating end in something that looks “good” but that i instill in my children a sense of the joy of [...]
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