Just pondering. If I gave my very new 4 year old, a big cardboard box for his birthday, would he actually want anything more? Maybe some paint. He loved his gifts, but ended the day with the box that I had used to carry them in. As happy as a […]
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Happy 6th Birthday
It was the birthday of my middling. She makes me want to be six. She was excited to find this fungus, calling it a fairytale toadstool. For her a walk through the woods is full of magic and wonder. When she showed me the contents of her collecting bag, she […]
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It was AJ’s birthday. My first born is eight years old now. From tiny baby to loving, inspiring, live-wire in eight years. We have had a count down to her birthday for weeks. Hugely excited. She has been dropping heavy hints that she would like one of my dollhouse dolls. […]
Read moreCrafting presents and cards
I know, it is yet another pencil roll, in fact two more, but I think this fabric just makes them so cute. I was concerned that the pattern was too big, but I think it works. I tried to line up the heads of the cats carefully for the pockets, […]
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