Category Archives: Handmade

MOA : the baskets

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Those that know me, you probably guessed (and maybe even secretly hoping) that I would devote a whole post on baskets. So here I leave you with amazing First Nations of Canada basket making and weaving. (not the best photo, … Continue reading →

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[ making + tutorial : baseball t-shirts ]

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Like last year, I’m making our baseball fan’s t-shirts.  Lucas’s team is called The Red Whipper Dogs.  After some talking with the team members, and asking them how they came up with the name, I did some research online. As you … Continue reading →

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clay day

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

The other day we got the library’s Children’s Museum pass, and decided to go to their clay  studio. And we spent the whole morning there, playing and making.   Now we are waiting for some of these pieces to get … Continue reading →

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[ making : floor rags ]

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

We have some friends visiting from out of town (overseas actually) so we cleaned up our art studio and made it into a guest space. With the bathroom all filled with wool, and other craft supplies, we moved things around … Continue reading →

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at home

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

We’ve been busy lately.  With sports, play dates, practices, learning and spring… you know how spring some times makes you feel that your days are full.  At least it does to me.  Full of fun and many things. Glendie found … Continue reading →

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celebrating overseas

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

We have very special guests. Our friends, Mac and Ros from England that we met when we were living in India.  I know.  Strangers in a strangers land. They are so special to us.  We met them within the first … Continue reading →

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[ making : leather moccasins ]

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

While studying The Plains Indians, we decided to make leather moccasins.  I’ve never worked with leather before, so I was a little worried on how we were going to do this, and what would be the easiest pattern and design … Continue reading →

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[ making : placemats for my dad ]

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

My dad had his birthday last month, and living in Chile and all, it seems that I’m always late sending him our present. But I believe, that this way, we spread out his celebration, right? I had that bird fabric … Continue reading →

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:: Native Americans : Plains Indians ::

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

The Native American book History Pockets we are using as a springboard for our studies, has this map in the beginning where we glue the symbol for the tribe studied, when we are done.  It is exciting to see so many … Continue reading →

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a spring walk for cottonwoods

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

The other day we went for a walk in search of cottonwood buds to make infused oil. We saw other plants too. Indian Plum. Last year we missed the buds, we went too late. But this year we were right on … Continue reading →

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