I haven’t been home very much these last weeks, so my time for making has been minimal, but I do have one project I’ve been working on. I can’t tell you much about it though, because while I don’t think the recipient it’s intended for reads my blog, I don’t want to take any chances on spoiling the surprise. Let’s… Read More »Making a Secret
(If you follow me on Instagram, you read most of these words last night, but I wanted to share them here as well, and I’ve edited them a bit.) God’s artwork. A soothing and peaceful gift at the end of a day that was a lot harder emotionally than I expected. I watched the dawn arrive yesterday as I sat… Read More »Breathing Peace
With the heat of the summer moving behind us, Husband The Amazing spent some time working on wrapping up the outside of the kitchen addition. He doesn’t love working with vinyl siding, and while it has its benefits – namely easy maintenance – it is lacking a bit in the “character” department. Part of what we’ve always loved about old… Read More »Board and Batten and Fairy Houses
Is it possible that he was born only five short years ago? I feel like we’ve known him forever, always a part of us and our family. It’s like that for me with all our children. That feeling that once they arrived, they had always been here. And yet it doesn’t seem possible that five full years have gone by… Read More »And Then He was Five
It’s been, as usual, a very busy month for us. My Middles are both taking Driver’s Ed, which in Maine means 3 weeks of class plus driving time with the instructor. And this month the only class available was in town – 30 minutes away. So I’m spending a lot of time driving them back and forth now so that… Read More »Visiting
About 12 years ago, our family was looking into adopting a dog. We had previously lived with Golden Retrievers and loved the breed, so we thought we’d try to find one, and while we wanted a puppy, we also wanted to adopt a rescue dog from a shelter. I spent a lot of time online looking for the perfect Golden… Read More »Saying Goodbye
We built our new mud room/laundry room a year ago. We hadn’t planned on waiting a year to paint, but once construction was done winter set in and the space was used to hold all the winter gear that is required for a family living in Maine. While summer is traditionally a season for getting outside and enjoying the time… Read More »Finishing touches
It looks like this is turning into a doll blog. I didn’t mean for it to do that, but dollmaking is what’s happening in my life right now, so doll posts are what you’re going to get. 🙂 I just finished making this one. I never really plan how they’ll look, the dolls just sort of take on appearance as… Read More »Ever After Cottage Cinderella Doll
Facebook told me the other day that I made my first doll one year ago. That first doll was rather primitive, but I was determined to try to make one of the dolls that I imagine. After many trials and tests and pattern changes and samples and stitching and unstitching and stuffing and taking it back out again, I am… Read More »Opening Shop
It took many weeks of working – a bit here, a little there – but these two very special dolls were finally finished. Some of the delay was due to me, the maker, wanting so very much for them to be as perfect as could be, as these sisters were meant for two very special sisters – my Granddaughters, Ali… Read More »Sister Dolls