Category Archives: Crafts

Advent Day 20

Bill and I woke up naturally and had time to ease into the day.  We went out early to walk the fingers before the day’s responsibilities took over.  It started out grey but then the sun came out.  Many houses were festively decorated.  When we returned, Bill kindly wiped down the entire fridge and freezer […]

Set Work

Have I mentioned there is a play in the works?  That we have an actor again in our home?  The Spring play is Peter Pan and our Walker is playing the role of Jonathan.  Today was a work day for parents and students.  While I consider myself a creative person, this kind of art was […]

A Blank Canvas

Among friends and with a good teacher, I transformed a blank canvas into something I am pretty proud of.  While I have done paint by numbers and used finger paints, I have never painted like this before.  This was real painting with a teacher in a studio.  I was out of my comfort zone for […]

Surprise Inside!

I must have deep roots in the Depression or I have drunk too much of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle punch.  Maybe I just have vision and see possibilities.  It think that is what happened here.  I had all these leftover pieces of brown bag from something or another and a bag of random wrapped candy […]

Stocking the Santa Shop

Every year the PTSA hosts an annual shopping boutique stocked with affordable items that the students can buy for family, friends and, in many cases, themselves. The shop is stocked by a school gift/fundraising company and supplemented with good deals that the coordinators find throughout the year.  There are always a few outside vendors who […]

Creating

Before Mason left for camp, I noticed he had printed out a pattern or two of the tenth Doctor Who character. He was planning ahead for handicrafts.  I didn’t think much of it, but it was clever since he remembered that using Perler beads was one of the options last year.  There are lots of […]

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