I think Pi was two the year we first broke a homemade piñata on Christmas Eve. Why a piñata? I don’t know. We were new parents trying to drum up a kid-friendly activity. All she dared do was lightly tap it with the stick from a safe distance, and even that took some prodding, gentle [...]
Archive for the ‘crafty’ Category
Christmas catch up part 2: Whack-a-Pig
Posted in crafty, family, kid fun, tagged Christmas eve traditions, homemade piñata, paper maché on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pi’s dragons
Posted in crafty, domestic bliss, kid fun, tagged sculpey on October 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
My mind, it is a thousand feathers and a blow dryer, but I am not resigned.
I rage against the blow dryer! (I believe it stayed clean for nearly 3.7 minutes.)
Okay, by popular demand (one person) here are some fabulous sculpey-instead-of-homework creations by Pi herself, the self-proclaimed “Master of Puny Sculptures”.
A year or so ago [...]
mei tai
Posted in crafty, kid fun, tagged babywearing, mei tai, sewing on October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I have had a little blog break this week. Too many stupid, garbagey, stressful things that I hate, which is so unfair because everyone knows blog breaks are supposed to be for vacationing in Europe. (My winning, can-do character always shines through during times of stress.) It’s at times like these that sometimes little, puny [...]
scarecrows among us
Posted in crafty, family, tagged sewing on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was absorbed in an article last night, so I only half-heard Isp walk up and ask, “Mommy?” I glanced up absently…
Oh, he got me! An impromptu scarecrow! Funny guy. I’m going to tuck that into my “emergency Halloween costume” file for sure. Actually, my latest little sewing project would be good [...]
more sheet
Posted in crafty, family, food on August 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I think maybe I should learn to sew the right way after all. I made the pattern for this little dress, fully lined, but didn’t have enough wits to sew it together in the right order. Which meant it was very fiddly and involved using the seam ripper just a tad more than the actual [...]
None dare call it sewing
Posted in crafty, domestic bliss, family on August 13, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Reading crafty-mommy blogs puts me in the mood to sew, although the truth is I am the sloppiest shortcut-taker at the sewing machine that any home ec teacher’s nightmare ever was. So the other day, because it was my birthday, I dragged out my cheap-o sewing machine and began making a little pair of drawstring [...]
Mrs. Potato Head
Posted in crafty, family, kid fun on August 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
When I began this blog a few weeks ago I also set up an account on Flickr to host the photos. I didn’t expect anyone to be looking at my photos on Flickr, and for the most part nobody has. However, those professional-looking portraits of my feet, so generously included the the previous post, have [...]
Potter
Posted in crafty, family on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You know what I have been up to, because it is the same thing you have been doing. The whole world seems to be quietly reading Harry Potter. I won’t be a spoiler and blab my favorite parts, but I will say what a satisfying ending to all the years. Yay, finally!
Deep summer: my favorite [...]
bag lady
Posted in crafty on July 18, 2007 | 6 Comments »
My first post!
I needed a bag to tote books/music in. Googling for a pattern, I stumbled upon this gem at tiny happy. Oh, oh, oh!!
I was so inspired by tiny happy, I actually went to the DI and found an old (dare I say vintage?) table cloth and some bed sheets to construct it. All [...]
