Here is one of my hand-made Christmas gifts that turned out to be an unexpected hit:  two sets of six beanbags (actually they are filled ...

Advent is always marked by a flurry of Christmas crafting around here!  I have been furiously knitting since October, and for the las...

Another three-tiered skirt for Una.  She loves the first one I made some time ago, and I thought I'd make her another.  I think I...

This time of year is crazy.  I am trying to "finish" this school year (I school pretty much year round, but our umbrella school re...

Finally--the Top Secret Birthday Project is revealed!  Of course, his birthday isn't officially until Sunday, and we are celebratin...

We had our first snow this morning, just little flurries drifting, and I couldn't capture them with the camera.  We are enjoying hot tea...

We found some pretty fabric on sale in the craft section of Wal-Mart, and Una thought it would make a nice skirt.  We purchased two ya...

I love knitting, crafting and sewing, and I have the best of intentions, but typically I purchase materials for my "making" passi...

Better late than never posting this one.  The nice thing about this year's post is that my daughter, Una, was able to make a few gifts. ...

OHMIGOSH!  Are we really only a week from Christmas Eve?  I am only just over half done with my baking, and I haven't wrapped a single t...

It has been a bit of a whirlwind week, what with a wedding last Saturday, the first Sunday of Advent, Gabriel's birthday, our Goddaughte...

Well, I bit off more than I could chew with the paper mache lanterns for Michaelmas.  They will have to wait around for All Hallow's Eve...

Nothing fancy, just my very first attempt at sewing up a pattern.  I forgot to put on the brown satin sash before taking the photos, but no ...