The arrival of December marks the beginning of our advent calendar! No, I didn’t make one this year 🙂 I kept my eyes peeled for several weeks before I decided on one. This one was my absolute favorite. I found it at Barnes and Noble. I love all the details! The design […]
Creative Projects
Acorn Tea Set
Here is our tiny tea set made from acorn caps, inspired by one of our family’s favorite children’s books, “Miss Suzy” by Miriam Young. We took it out into the garden to take some pictures… We thought it looked best perched atop a flowering plant, for you never know when some fairies […]
Acorn Tea Cups
One of my daughter’s favorite picture books is Miss Suzy by Miriam Young. It’s a sweet story about a little girl squirrel who lives high up in a cozy tree-home. One of the cute things this squirrel has in her tree-house kitchen is acorn cups to drink from. I recently decided to try […]
Vaughan Oil Painting Class
Last Saturday I had the priviledge of attending an all day oil painting class. The class was hosted by Dee Day, director of the PACT team at Hill County Bible Church. Once again, she demonstrated her love of art and her love for people. When we arrived, there were tasty […]
“Autumn Story” by Jill Barklem
Some of our favorite picture books are the Brambly Hedge series by British author and illustrator Jill Barklem. The illustrations in these books are as sweet as any I’ve ever seen. Every page is full of cute little woodland critters donning 19th century attire and going about their lives in quaint rural fashion. The […]
“Mice and Berries” after Jill Barklem
First Colors of Fall
Autumn Foliage Paper Doll Dresses
There are so many inexpensive ways to use magazines for arts and crafts! Recently, my Grandmother gave me all of her magazines from Sept. and Oct. I ripped out several sheets that had full-page pictures of fall foliage. I used the same technique mentioned in my Thou Art a Sea post […]