projects

During the last week of March, we surprised the girls with a ‘Mommy and me’ trip to Disneyland. MJP can never get away during March, so I decided it was time to see if I could survive a trip on my own with the girls. In part, this was ticking a box, as we had […]

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We have been in our house for over 4 years, and I have loathed the vertical blinds in our bedroom from day 1. There are many things that we have wanted to change about our house, but unfortunately with a 17 year old house, the last few years have been about replacing the laundry appliances, […]

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This year there was a special request for the Easter Outfits to be comfortable – I am a bit sad that I may be losing the ability to dress my almost 9 year old in fancy clothes, but am happy to support her personal choices! We turned to the 4/2012 Ottobre design magazine and found […]

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Our daughter’s grade 3 class is studying traditional Inuit culture, and for her project, she wanted to act out harpooning of seals (?). She is our meat lover, so has clearly reconciled the omnivore’s dilemma. (Sadly), our local Fabricland is closing its doors, but this allowed me to pick up faux ‘sealskin’, faux suede, fur […]

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I’m happy to report that I was able to finish quilting and binding these for the girls on the weekend. I started them a year ago and with Ava having just turned 8, I realized that I needed to finish them before they became too grown up for fairy tales! The girls wanted one quilt […]

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