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Needle and Nest Design
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One home-maker/art-maker's musings, d.i.y projects, inspirations and confessions.
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thrifty & nifty threads: upcycled fashion. #3.

 Happy Friday friends, and heres my latest upcycling stitchery adventure!Now dont gasp in amazement quite yet.. I did NOT do all that embroidery:This gorgeous old tapestry did the detail work fo...

17 h ago

my mini.me...

 Well go figure... this daughter of mine seems addicted to painting!Its not even like I tried to force her to enjoy the arts... but ever since her first introduction to painting she just begs.wh...

1 day ago

picture lined walls...

Well, its been almost a year since weve toured the hall.wall of fame memories at our nest.I thought it would be fun to show you the progress here... This is our stairway wall... and I love the idea o...

2 days ago

seeing double delight!

Oh.my.goodness.gracious... are you seeing this?!Hudson was wearing one of Azriels hand-me-down shirts this past weekend (since the pink tie matched my outfit.. ha!). I took some shots.. and then...

3 days ago

mess.clean.repeat .

Life is messy isnt it?Clean up all the toys... and two seconds later theyre helter-skelter across the floor again.Get the laundry washed.folded.sorted... and then discover a new mountain of dirty clo...

4 days ago

slide.show.sunday . take 41.

Sweating. Sewing. Wedding. Glowing.Heres what this weekend looked like:  These hot. sticky days often send us to the cool bookstore... where this mama got a new book (with patterns) to sew ...

5 days ago

lock up your daughters...

 ...theres a new man in town,and hes already wooed this mamas heart.  I just had to show you how handsome our lil BIG fella Hudson is getting!At three and a half months now... hes wearing t...

25 may 12

mussel man love.

 Now this isnt normally a blog about food... but this tasty dish just begs a feature!::steamed mussels with fennel::Ben whipped this one up for our dinner last night.Its a main course of rich go...

24 may 12

confessions [of an artist] part. 8.

What do you see?An ordinary walnut shell, yes?No!Its a creative portal for me to jump into... a tiny treasure to transform into something special.  Like, a miniature robins egg nest: I know, Im ...

23 may 12

D.I.Y: framed cork board

Since were all addicted to pinning things online... how abouts we make a pin board for our real world?!Todays edition is yet another super fast.stupid easy do.it.yourself project.A framed cork board....

22 may 12

slide.show.sunday . take 40 (b)

Annnnnd, heres the final roundup of shots from a fun-filled birthday weekend!Thanks for enduring me, friends. ;o) Sunday afternoon we had a fun play date with Andrea and Jen (a.k.a Hudson got Lucky!)...

22 may 12

slide.show.sunday . take 40 (a).

Hello friends! Heres the belated weekend photo-dump:  The lilacs we had picked... and painting fun. Summer sun = clothes out on the line, with Azriel as my little helper. A trip t...

22 may 12

colour me: rainbow wool & balloons!

Colour me happy... look at this beauty ball of wool!Its got every hue of the rainbow in it, and I just cant stop spinning it around in my hands.  I think this just may convince me try and learn ...

20 may 12

Vlog #1 (Q & A).

Thanks friends, that wasnt as painful as I thought it would be!Next time Ill try to not be so distracted by the cat(s) mauling me for affection......if you missed that post about a usual day in our n...

17 may 12

Vlog day (the teaser edition)!

This is what well call the "Introductions" vlog... just a wee teaser for the real edition later today! ------------------ ------------------------------ -----------------Ok, and just anoth...

17 may 12

the re-do: red doo!

Heres the latest version of my mop-chop! Yes, that last wild red colour had all but disappeared into bleached blonde head... so it was time to re-do the red (I wanted the tips to stay blonde this tim...

16 may 12

photo tour: a day in our nest...

Sooooo, the last time I showed you what an average day in our nest looked like...Hudson hadnt joined our crew yet!  Heres a recent compilation of our normal routine:::6:00 - 7:30 AM::Awake(?!) d...

16 may 12

sit it out... or, dance.

My daughter and I were having another dance party in the living room.But then she stopped and said:"I wanna sit on my chair and watch you dance".She walked over to her play corner... dragged ...

15 may 12

recent hatchings from the nest:

Happy Monday friends, just thought Id show yall some recent custom creations Ive been stitching here lately.This is a custom lil hoot that I had fun making:  a stuffed door.stop owl!  I lov...

14 may 12

slide.show.sunday . take 39.

Phew!  Now that was a whirl-wind wonder of a weekend!This is one blissfully exhausted mama...heres the recap:  Road trip!  (It only takes Azriel two minutes to look like a Nutella...

14 may 12

thrifty & nifty threads: upcycled fashion. 2.

 Yello friends, heres the second edition of my new blog feature: taking something old and sewing it into something new.Lets get lacy! So, Ill admit I thrifted these banana-yellow-Grandma-sh...

11 may 12

I want to remember... or forget:

Azriel, my two and a half year old + wild wonder.Theres so much I want to remember about her at this stage:How she nuzzles in to me in the morning, staring up at me with her big blue eyes, and I say ...

10 may 12

to vlog, or not to vlog...

...Im going to need your help with this one friends.Getting behind the microphone is scarier than getting in front of the camera for this mama.Ive been meaning to make a vlog (video.blog) for months ...

09 may 12

Making Home: (Intentional Community).

Grab a cup of tea, friends... this may just be a biiiig post.Ive been wanting to write about our living arrangement for quite a while now.  To tell you how we took a home, smashed it in two...

08 may 12

D.I.Y: cork magnets (mushrooms too!).

 Hi again!Heres the sequel to the magnet board we made earlier... now well make some simple. fun. do.it. yourself magnets:  Supplies Needed:Magnets (even the Dollar Store variety)Corks (ple...

07 may 12

D.I.Y: magnet board

Do you find your fridge is over-cluttered with cute photos, memos and to-do-lists?Yeah, me too, so lets make a fun magnet board for extra space!As usual, this is a super fast.stupid easy. do.it.yours...

07 may 12

slide.show.sunday . take 38.

What a beautiful weekend!Heres a bit of what we got up to...  A family hike in our favourite park/woods (Bens teaching Azriel to forage for edible bugs.....kidding!) Butter flys were flutter...

06 may 12

thank.God.its.fri day... (a love note)

My dear Ben,Did you know that youre my favourite sight each day?That when your car pulls into the driveway, I breathe a sigh of relief.Friday is my favourite.This is when we get to have you home for ...

04 may 12

colour me: [sew crazy!]

This here,... this was going to be a do.it.yourself jersey t-shirt tutorial.I was going to say: "take a large folded square of jersey/stretch cotton, fold it lengthwise and cut out a neck hole......

03 may 12

doily.head.

 Well friends, I did it again.Remember that post about being predictable when Im out shopping?  Heres the proof - I totally had to buy this toque.Once again, I caved to my doily/lace o...

03 may 12

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