Island painting
Having an extra day off makes all the difference, and I pulled out a bunch of canvasses and started working on them. The kids were inspired and spent a few hours painting yesterday too…they took over my art table at … Continued
Homemade pizza
My husband has been enjoying making bread from scratch this year. Our bread machine has taken up residence in a storage container as Curtis kneads, experiments and rests. Most of this goes on while I’m at work, so I cannot … Continued
New painting
2013 has been a slow painting year for me. I’m not even sure where to begin with excuses…we listed our house last month, so we were trying to keep it spotless for awhile, and my art table became our … Continued
Our new garden
Some of you may remember that last summer we started a .25 acre garden, which my husband was hoping to develop into a CSA garden box program (community supported agriculture). The land we were using was about a 5-10 minute … Continued
Revenge of the finger paint
Over winter I have been on a bit of a painting hiatus, but this weekend we had a burst of summer-like weather, complete with actual sunshine, and it inspired me to pull out all kinds of canvases and make some … Continued
Wild and precious life
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?†― Mary Oliver Before I even had children, I used to admire the blog of SouleMama. I was so inspired by her creative life, … Continued
Learning the art of spool knitting
Recently I started teaching my daughter to knit. We ended up in a bit of a stubborn lesson on trying to tie a slip knot, the first stitch required in casting on. That is as far as we got. I … Continued
paper angels
Paper monsters, paper angels, paper We were inspired by Little House on Plum Creek to make some paper dolls on the weekend. The monsters at the top were decorated by my three-year-old, I did the angels, and my 5-year-old made … Continued
Kindergarten mobile
One of the only projects I worked on when my babies were young was making mobiles for them – you can read about it here. So it was particularly fun to help my five-year-old with her first real school project … Continued