When I have a stuffy cold, I like to eat soup even if the weather is warm and sunny. It does help a little if the early evening sun shines directly on my soup. This is a simple chicken base vegetable barley soup with carrots, barley, parsley, celery (and celery greens), onions, and green beans…
thank you and a flower power ring
Flower power ring. In an earlier post, I think I mentioned that I made rings with flowers as well as with the felt and wooden hearts. I found a pack of paper flowers at the craft shop, and I sewed them on with needle and thread – just like I did with the heart rings….
conversation Love Rocks!
Love rocks! Just in time for Valentine’s day. These conversation Love Rocks! have a heart on the front and a witty (or just plain sweet) message stamped on the back. Make your hearts skinny or bubbly or teeny tiny or really big – each rock ends up with its own little personality. I used both…
conversation Love Rocks!
Love rocks! Just in time for Valentine’s day. These conversation Love Rocks! have a heart on the front and a witty (or just plain sweet) message stamped on the back. Make your hearts skinny or bubbly or teeny tiny or really big – each rock ends up with its own little personality. I used both…
rings and things :: a valentine’s day tutorial
We are making rings and things for Valentine’s Day this year: heart button rings, wool felt heart rings, heart button hair ties, and some bracelets too. A pile of little wooden hearts with a fresh coat of paint. Chick is partial to the wooden button heart ring. Mouse loves the soft, wool felt ring. This…
small and big things
Life has felt unsettled and surreal over the past week as we care for my very sick Nanny. I’ve been sitting a lot. Holding my Nanny’s hand. Singing with her. Reading the same page in the same book. Remembering. Pacing. Taking small bites. And, now I’m back home in Massachusetts feeling a bit distant from…
mouse in the house
Recently, I’ve had customers ask me to list some Story Stones in my shop. So, there I was, a few hours ago, at my desk, quietly updating my shop when I felt something tug at the tip of my sock. Thinking it was my cat, I kept typing. But then I felt little, unfamiliar feet…
Washington D.C.
The Lincoln Memorial This past weekend, in Western Massachusetts, the weather was a bit crisp and the leaves turned brighter shades of red, but we weren’t around to experience it. We were down south where the air was 89 degrees and flowers were being planted on the streets (and they weren’t mums!). We traveled seven…
regular old things
I’ve been thinking about storiesand paintingand simplicityand color. I left the Squam Workshops inspired to challenge my artistic self and to be less inhibited, which has led to much thinking and writing and a few diagrams. All of these thoughts and notes keep taking me back to the same thing that led me to make…
n e s t
These are a few of the little people story stones that I made as part of the collection for the Brooklyn Lyceum Food and Craft Market . Tom found this glorious little bird’s nest snug in the corner of the ceiling in our wood shed. I can’t get over the layer of moss on the…
this week
a little apple hook board for a dear friend magnolia blossoms a field of tiny violets in our own backyard a meandering walk in the woods some pink sparkly wine my love home after nine days away a flock of wee story stones sandbox kisses And, a huge thanks to everyone who offered such lovely,…
m a r k e t
I’m honored and thrilled to be a vendor at the Brooklyn Lyceum Food and Craft Market on May 1 & 2. I’ve been perusing the shops and blogs of all of the vendors who will be there, and it makes me giddy. Oh! My! The next month will be filled with cutting old barn boards,…
t o g e t h e r
Here are some Story Stones from the Play series that I spent much of July and August working on. There are many more little children and play things in the series, and I plan to slowly share them on the blog in the coming months. Recently, I was honored to be asked to sell my…
ferry
This past Saturday we went on an adventure to Greenport, NY. After waking up bright and early, we drove two hours south to New London, CT where we met up with my parents and took a ferry boat across the Long Island Sound to Greenport, NY. There, we visited family and played at a private…
small places :: story telling in a jar
I’ve been spending some of my evening time developing new story stones that belong to different groups and series. I’ve already posted about the fairy tale series, which has made me beyond happy and, at the same time, feeling sort of creepy since most of the old fashioned fairy tales are mostly about being eaten…
