Today TF and I had unexpected time on our hands, so out came the paints. Continuing our current obsession/preoccupation with Totoro, we plumped for painting a Totoro. I’m no artist. I can doodle rough images, which my children enjoy. I know that although Totoro is a fairly easy shape, it […]
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Totoro crafting (the beginning)
A few years ago, my sister gave me a copy of My Neighbour Totoro [DVD] and there was no looking back. We have become fans of anything directed by Hayao Miyazaki and from the Studio Ghibli. We’d be little help in a pub quiz, but we love watching the DVDs. […]
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Quiet success on a Sunday
Sometimes it is a collection of minor successes that make a day feel quietly good. Like ticking items off your to-do list that need to be done. We picked up all the fallen apples in the orchard. I now have a crate of apples ready for processing. Tick. Bought school […]
Read moreCrafting in miniature
“Would you like to paint?” always gets the same answer. Today, I had no trouble persuading them that they would like to paint story stones. Not a new idea, variations on the theme can be found throughout blogland (my way of saying, I can’t remember where I saw this first. […]
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