One of our favorite holiday traditions with friends and family is to get together and create May Day baskets with flowers and greenery from our yards. The kids LOVE to deliver these to neighbors door steps, ring the bell and run! An easy and fun way to deliver a little hope of spring.
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Creepy Creation
November 16, 2011
This post is well past Halloween for which it was intended. Alas! But better late than never! I saw this cocoon in a window of a shop in McMinnville (sorry that I don’t remember the name) and decided I needed one for my front porch to set the mood. It is sort of a cross [...]
Birthday Banner
October 6, 2011
My youngest turned six this weekend. He is becoming more particular in his wants and more observant in general. For instance, he recently asked me “why does my big brother have a birthday banner and I don’t?” Huh, (pause, searching my brain, realization, parent foul) Do you mean the banner we made your brother two [...]
We all ride in a tippy canoe . . .
August 6, 2011
Whistle the tune to the Beattle’s song Yellow Submarine here . . . In July we went canoeing for a week with my husbands family at Ross Lake National Recreation Area in Washington. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “I need a vacation from my vacation” and in our case it is true. But perhaps for different [...]
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Welcome to my blog about creating a manual for a sustainable DIY lifestyle. I will share ideas in art, design, family traditions, house-holding, travels and upcycled style. My goal is to learn about a sustainable lifestyle as I go. Thanks for stopping by and I hope together we can "create a habit of seeing deeply into the beauty of everyday things".
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