I’m so not done playing with felt and yarn and beads. I was laughing at myself this morning because I really needed to fold more laundry (still folding) and meet some deadlines, but I straight up didn’t want to clean up my beads. I paused, recognized that it really is so hard to stop in…
winter thrifting
I drifted into our local thrift store yesterday to score a cheap double boiler (success = $1.49) for some gifties we are going to whip up this weekend. Of course, after I wandered through the kitchen supply aisle, I couldn’t help but wander through the rest of the store. I found some cozy pajama pants…
winter trees
This wee tee is the newest addition to my shop. It is kickin’ it with a few other friends like the truckin’ and the soaring bird shirts. I’m feeling happy about a quiet, cozy weekend with a visit from two of our closest friends. I think we’ll bring a tree home, put up some twinkle…
deer shirt
Hello dear ones – Or, should I have said, “Hello deer ones ?” Har, har, har. But, seriously. This perky deer is one of the designs in my new line of kids shirts, and you can find it here. Each deer is hand printed onto a square of high quality 100% cotton muslin, and then…
red bird ornament
I was feeling cozy and crafty in my snug house yesterday, and so in the midst of thinking of the season of lights and trees, I got to cutting and sewing, and designed this simple red bird ornament. It was made from everything I already had in the house – a little bit of repurposed…
The Winter Fair
This is a picture of the Red Bird Crafts booth at our local Waldorf school’s Winter Fair. My family has been going to the fair for the past four years. Eating grilled cheese around the bon fire, decorating gingerbread cookies, dipping beeswax candles, and making sweet woodland holders for the candles has become tradition. Oh,…
Finished macaroni necklaces. As promised.
Whew. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of chocolate cake, city sidewalks, warm & steamy meals, fizzy drinks, a craft fair, laundry, wool sweaters, rain boots, walks to school, wood fires, and colorful macaroni. Seriously. I feel like if I were to make an image cloud made up the most frequented events of…
macaroni necklaces
Mouse turns three in ten days, so this Sunday we are having a brunchy celebration with a few of her little friends. As requested, there will be chocolate cupcakes with “brown frosting and rainbow sprinkles,” which, according to Mouse, should be referred to as “fairy cakes” from this point forward. Mouse could string and string…
the happy garland
In the midst of doing all that I do, I’ve been practicing being mindful and present in whatever moment I find myself in. This practice isn’t so much about apple juice spills on the floor being viewed as splendid play as it is about focusing on all that I have rather than on all that…
wee birdie shirts
My today consisted of playing with Mouse and sewing shirts for the craft fair season, which, for me, begins next weekend. I’ll be selling my wares at The Hartsbrook Fair on *11.20 and at The Crafty Rumpus on 12.4. Hoorah! In the next week or so, I’ll be stocking my shop with some of these…
a tiny pumpkin
I baked a pumpkin pie for my family this weekend, and here is what I have to report: 1. The crust was flaky, light, crisp, and rich. Perfect.2. The pumpkin filling didn’t set, so it was, literally, a flop. We decided it was a sort of fall pudding in a crust dessert, so we piled…
truckin’
I’m really excited to be participating in two wonderful local craft fairs in late fall – The Hartsbrook Winter Fair and The Greenfield Center School Rumpus. And, I’m super excited to release my new line of kids tees, which feature 100% natural muslin, hand carved print designs, and bright colored thread. I’ll be sharing more…
apple cinnamon granola
Have you ever had one of those colds that seems to go away completely, and then it suddenly comes back in a new and equally as aggravating way? I thought I was in the clear yesterday, but just as I was crawling into bed last night, I grumbled because I had a brand new cough….
carrot cake
This was such a typical mid-autumn weekend at our house. Saturday was blustery and gray with clouds zooming by with bits of patchy blue skies making an occasional appearance. And, then Sunday was the kind of bright and sunny fall day where it is crisp in the morning, but by the afternoon you can almost…
a u t u m n
These are some photographs from my annual fall getaway with two dear friends. We realized that we have been friends for 15 years, which was the perfect excuse to clink glasses of ginger ale and gin over our plates of roasted vegetables and lemony, brothy, creamy coated pasta. That’s me on the left, Stephanie in…
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