Dinner at Rudi’s

My neighbor watched the boys so that Drew and I could have dinner with his parents in town. Drew drove to the restaurant from work so I got to walk into town. It is a nice 30 minute walk. This is a view from the Memorial Bridge between Kittery and Portsmouth. [...]

I call them power balls

The women who created them calls them – “no-bake almond oat energy bites”. Her name is Holly Mell. Her recipe won 3rd place in a Vegetarian Times magazine recipe contest. Douglas starts first grade next week so I need to stock up on snacks. The boys helped of course. Doug ground [...]

Neighborhood Beach Day

Look at this beach! I am continually surprised at how many gorgeous hideaway beaches there are in southern Maine. This beach is at Fort Foster in Kittery, Maine.
My neighbors and I all went to the beach together. School starts next Wednesday so this might be our last beach day together.
We saw [...]

I turned an apron into a bag

I found this hable construction apron at Goodwill for $2.99. I love the sweat pea design on the pocket. The apron is made of a very heavy duty canvas. I already have an apron that I wear regularly so I turned this apron into a bag. I sewed the bottom into [...]

Felt Garland

Every once in a while I browse through Etsy to get crafting ideas. I saw this felt necklace and decided to try to make a felt garland for the holidays. The necklace is made by Pagano Designworks. If this works out alright I might try to make a multi-colored garland too. [...]

Neck Tube Thingy

Look here. I made a neck-tube-sweater thingy. I love it. I can wear it as a hat too. I made it out of a vintage sweater. It was kind of an ugly sweater with no shape but it is this great vintage lime green color that I can’t get enough [...]

WORKSPACE

I am so excited about a new feature in the New York Times Arts & Leisure section called WORKSPACE. It is a full page spread of pictures of an artist’s workspace. This first one featured Donald Hall, the poet laureate who lives in New Hampshire. Here are some pictures of his home. You can see [...]

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Manon Gignoux

I was introduced to the work of Manon Gignoux through a blog I read regularly. I am so inspired by her work. I was thrift shopping a while back and came across a glass jar similar to the one above. I tried to imitate Gignoux’s work. See below. Something got [...]

More on Book Traps

I’ve discovered a few more benefits to book traps. First of all you can sometimes get an unscheduled nap if you set out a comfy book trap.
Secondly, you can use book traps to divert your children to different parts of the house. I needed to clean the boy’s room [...]