Posted in Religion, blogging, books, cleaning, coffee, crafts, creativity, design, fabric, faith, franciscan, friends, holiday, home, homekeeping, lent, life, love, magic, monastic, seasons, vintage on February 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So quickly the year has passed and it’s already time for another “Heather with ashes on her forehead” picture.
Every year at Lent I try really hard to think of what I should fast from. Traditionally, folks do meat… or some other foodie thing they should consume less of. Since I’m already a vegetarian, and started [...]
Posted in Edjimication, art, blogging, children, crafts, design, fabric, family, franciscan, friends, home, homeschooling, just because, kids, life, monastic, seasons, sewing, vineyard, wedding, work on October 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I haven’t written in a while. I got a little scared off and a lot pissed off.
See, it seems that my blog was referenced in court a few months ago by someone who’s got an ax to grind with me. Seems’ that I’m too lax of an educator… all because of one post about the [...]
Posted in Birthday, Chinese, Kater, Party, blogging, children, crafts, creativity, design, fabric, family, gentle parenting, holiday, home, just because, kids, lent, life, love, photography, seasons, sewing on March 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
OK, so it’s not the best picture…
the kids broke my dressmaking dummy a couple months ago,
making it kind of hard to show off clothing without the kids wearing it.
But all that aside, this is Kater’s 8th Birthday Dress.
I even did a zipper, and I don’t like to do zippers.
The print includes little Mandarin jackets, [...]
Posted in blogging, children, crafts, creativity, design, etsy, fabric, family, home, just because, kids, lent, life, love, magic, photography, sewing, work on March 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I forgot to post a picture last night…
I was high on paint fumes, and mad at my MIL who insisted that we all have dinner, that she’d pay if we just ordered the food, and then bailed without even bothering to call – after we’d spent $55 on the food she told us to order [...]
Posted in art, blogging, crafts, fabric, family, kids, life, love, magic on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
X marks the spot!
Kater loves Peter Pan. I’m not talking about a passing “oh yea, that was a fun Disney movie” – I’m talking the child is enthralled with the boy! She has a copy of the complete book that she reads in bed every night… and I just found the unabridged story on CD [...]
Posted in art, blogging, crafts, fabric, family, life, sewing on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Junk.
We seriously have too much stuff.
I seriously have too much stuff!
I’ve spent the past 2 days sorting my crafting & sewing junk… boy-oh-boy is there a lot!
See, I wanted to have the house looking nice for Thanksgiving. Little did I know what I was getting into when I started this project. No. Never-mind. I did. [...]
