On the Third day of Christmas
On the Third day of Christmas my true love made for me…. Teacher Toques When I go out Christmas shopping I always see things that I love too. Often ...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Eighth day of Christmas
On the Eighth day of Christmas my true love made for me… Fingerless Gloves We got hit with a nasty storm today. I walked to a restaurant for lunch t...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Sixth day of Christmas
On the Sixth day of Christmas my true loves made with me… Glowing Trees As you can see sometimes I rope the whole family into my crafting adventures...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Eleventh day of Christmas
On the Eleventh day of Christmas my true love made for me… Baked Brie This is a very easy appetizer. It only requires three ingredients, Brie, a pac...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Fourth day of Christmas
On the Fourth day of Christmas my true love made for me… Quilted Fabric Ornaments Many, many years ago my Nana used to make these quilted fabric orn...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Ninth day of Christmas
On the Ninth day of Christmas my true love made for me…. Needle Felted Ornaments I decided to try a new craft. I haven’t ever needle felted and sa...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Second day of Christmas
On the Second day of Christmas my true love made for me…. Star Ornaments I took the day off of work today to spend the day in my oldest son’s clas...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Seventh day of Christmas
On the Seventh day of Christmas my true love made for me… Paper Stars When I moved across the country 11 years ago, we were broke. We had just moved...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Fifth day of Christmas
On the Fifth day of Christmas my true love made for me… Cousin Hats This project started with a trip to Michaels’s with my six year old shadow. He...
26-02-2019 22:21
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On the Tenth day of Christmas
On the Tenth day of Christmas my true love made me…. Christmas Popcorn Today was the first day of Christmas vacation for our family. We spent it wat...
26-02-2019 22:21
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3rd Crain-iversary
August 7th is the third anniversary of my brain surgery. On August 7th 2015 I had a crainiotomy to remove a meningioma tumour. I blogged all about my...
07-08-2018 22:23
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Cold blooded
Hi! It’s been a while. I started a new job in January and then another new job in June. My days have been blurring together meeting new people and l...
27-06-2018 22:19
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Brain Update
It’s been 3 years since the day that I was diagnosed with a meningioma brain tumour. March 18th holds a special place in my life, it’s a day that ...
19-03-2018 22:24
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Thailand – Elephant Hills
The very best day that we spent in Thailand was at Elephant Hills. It happened to be my husband’s birthday. Even thought he took me to Thailand for ...
05-01-2018 22:16
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Christmas Crafts – Day 11
It’s the 12th day of Christmas today, or maybe even day 13 but if you are like me then perhaps you have lost track of the days. My oldest saw kids m...
26-12-2017 22:19
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Christmas Crafts – Day 12
Wow, I made it. We crafted through the 12 days of Christmas once again. I had a little help this year from the elves. This final project was made for...
26-12-2017 22:19
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Christmas Crafts -Day 9
The kids and I usually make a gingerbread house from a kit around Christmas. The goal isn’t about the baking, it’s about the decorating and spendi...
24-12-2017 22:10
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Christmas Crafts – Day 8
Wow, today was a day. I’m on an emotional roller coaster and I’m exhausted. Whose with me" I’m ready for that long winter nap I’ve heard so mu...
22-12-2017 22:10
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Christmas Crafts – Day 7
Our Christmas tree is decorated in ornaments that were given to me when I was a child, some were made and some were bought. Each year I received at le...
21-12-2017 22:12
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Christmas Crafts – Day 5
Every once and a while I get the opportunity to use my crafting skills to help others. Crafting skills don’t really come in handy that often so I te...
20-12-2017 22:13
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Christmas Crafts – Day 6
I was making a craft today when my five year old asked if he could have a clear ornament ball which I was planning on using for my project. He was ver...
20-12-2017 22:13
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Christmas Crafts – Day 4
At this rate I might have to change the title to New Years Crafts. It’s only 8 days to Christmas day and I am on day 4 of Christmas Crafts. We will ...
18-12-2017 22:38
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Christmas Crafts – Day 3
On the first day of Christmas my true love made for me?an ornament wreath. On the second day of Christmas my true loves made with me…mugs. We have t...
14-12-2017 22:07
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Christmas Crafts – Day 2
At Halloween we took the kids to a local craft shop to make Halloween bowls. While we were there the kids saw posters for holiday mugs, and they decid...
13-12-2017 22:12
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Christmas Crafts – Day 1
This blog began as a 12 days of Christmas Crafting blog, which has morphed over the years to incorporate whatever was going on in my life. I have kept...
13-12-2017 22:12
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Sampran Riverside Village
As a maker I am interested in crafts so the Sampran Riverside Village was right up my alley. We learned about and tried our hand at some traditional T...
05-12-2017 22:06
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Floating Market
In addition to temples, and tuk tuks there are many markets in Thailand. The Damnoen Saduak floating market was about an hour and a half out of Bangko...
05-12-2017 22:06
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Railway Market
I think that I love to be surprised, but I am not good at accepting surprises. The truth is that I love the idea of being surprised. When we go on vac...
01-12-2017 22:11
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One Night in Bangkok
Today is my 40th birthday. It’s a big deal. Every birthday is a big deal because I am still alive, and that’s worth celebrating (at least in my mi...
30-11-2017 22:10
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Cuddle + Kind
If you have signed up for any retail emails you have probably been bombarded in the last few days. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, 50% off, buy one get on...
29-11-2017 22:17
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Family Crafting
Wow, that was quite the crafting/blogging break. It has been 3 months since I last posted, perhaps that suits my two readers just fine (thanks mom). W...
15-10-2017 21:23
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Canada 150
Canada is having a big birthday tomorrow! 150 years young. We celebrate Canada Day every year but this is a special year so I made special shirts. I c...
30-06-2017 21:27
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