Archive for May, 2011

covered wagon

Posted on May 17th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

This sweet project comes from one of my favorite blogs. Zia loves anything to do with living a wild, risky, outdoorsy and adventurous life, so a prairie schooner was right up her alley. I didn’t take pics of the whole process, but it was super simple and finished well within the attention span of a 3 […]



the garden: breaking ground

Posted on May 15th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Whew! Gardening in Colorado is tougher than I expected! For the first time ever, we have become part of a community garden. They call it an urban garden, but actually, it is more like a village garden. As you can see, the setting is not exactly urban. Yesterday was the first “work day”, where everyone […]



made for madeline

Posted on May 5th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

When I found out my sister was pregnant, I began creating a few things for our eensy-weensy cousin on the way…with Zia’s help, of course. This little pair of black and white hand puppets were knitted up from Susan B. Anderson’s book Itty Bitty Toys. Zia had a ball with them, and just to make sure […]