Clothes pin dolls
It’s spring break in British Columbia, and after a couple days spent around home, my daughter spent some extra time looking up at her Kindergarten Mobile we made last year. After work, I came home to find that she had … Continued
Multicolour
I love colour, which I’ve photographed already a lot this month. By the time I got to multicolour in the instagram #artsydefined series, I turned to my little helpers for ideas. Anyone who lives with or works with children know … 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
Reaching back to our farming roots
Recently my father-in-law passed along a few treasures from his father’s farm in Manitoba. These insulators caught my eye, and I started looking for an idea tonight to use them. There are lots of great DIY projects out there, such … Continued
Crafty necklace
I was inspired by another blog post to try a quick craft tonight. I love scarves so I thought this would be great for me. (Check out the link to see a good example). I used a t-shirt that was … Continued
More art with children
A few weeks ago, I was making some birthday cards using collaged images, and my daughter so desperately wanted to put her own image choices into the mix. Short on time and patience, I banished them to watching a video … Continued
Sunshine, and lovebugs all over the place
I haven’t posted much lately, because I haven’t been feeling very well, and as a result, I haven’t been making art really since I finished the painting streak right before the art show. Today was different, dare I say “springlike” … Continued
The day our children delighted in rags
As a career mom, I don’t often get the chance to just hang around home for more than two days at a time. This week, due to a mix of circumstances, I was home for five days straight, mainly with … Continued
Making things: bean bags
For my daughter’s upcoming 4th birthday, she asked if we could have a carnival, inspired by the one her aunt recently organized for the kids at our family reunion. What a simple, fun party that would be. Her favourite games … Continued