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Happy Valentine’s Day my beautiful friends! I hope your day if filled with love and happiness and special kisses. This morning, Kitty and Teddy went off to school, each with a basket of valentines for their classmates. Kitty had made little heart shaped mice for each of her friends. Teddy… his Valentine’s will be receivingIf you want to read more…click here
Being a mom… what a gift it is! There are so many heart-melting moments. I am in the middle of a 6 week Simplicity Parenting class and what a gift this has been too! It has reminded me to slow down, be present in all the little things that happen each day and see themIf you want to read more…click here
There are a few things we ALWAYS have on hand for spontaneous crafting … one of them is peg dolls. If I see them in the craft store ~ I’m sure to grab a bunch. We have the large 3 inch kind, the medium 2 inch ones and, of course, the tiny 1 inch guys.If you want to read more…click here
It’s fun to eat dinner in the dark. In the summer time, Teddy and Kitty have to go to sleep when it’s still light outside. But, in the winter time, it gets dark at around 5 and we can enjoy a lighted candle or luminary on the dinner table. We had fun today, making aIf you want to read more…click here
Kitty’s handmade Nativity set is coming along wonderfully. Click here to see how she made her Baby Jesus and here to see how she made Mary and Joseph. Today she added the Three Kings and the Shepherd… and an acorn cow (yes… he’s made from an acorn from one of my magnificent Bur Oak acorns).If you want to read more…click here
A few months ago, the most delightful lady purchased a set of felted acorns from Fairyfolk. She loved her acorns and wrote to say that she had a gift for me. A few days later, a package arrived in the mail and, inside, I found the hugest acorn caps I had ever seen. They areIf you want to read more…click here
We are making a Nativity Set as we talk about the Christmas Story. Last week we made Baby Jesus (click here to see how we made him in his cute little walnut shell). Today we made Mother Mary and Joseph to look after him. We needed : * two wood peg people * wool feltIf you want to read more…click here
Teddy and Kitty found a little slip of paper in their advent calendar this morning that read, ‘Let’s make Baby Jesus!‘ They also found a walnut shell, some burlap and a little wooden round. Oooooo!! They were so excited to get started … look at the sweet little Baby Jesus they made together… Here areIf you want to read more…click here
Kitty was the one who spotted this wonderful apothecary jar at a recent garage sale. We snapped it up and Kitty has had big winter wonderland plans for it every since. Here is our Winter Wonderland terrarium. It adds magic to our snow-less Southern Californian Christmas.
If I had to give our family a symbol, I think it would have to be the acorn. My business Fairyfolk started with a small collection of felted acorns. Our new home, the Sunny House, has an oak tree next to the drive and we love to hear the ‘plonk’ as acorns drop onto theIf you want to read more…click here
