Posted on March 31st, 2012 by mountain girl | 4 Comments »
This week I’ve been keeping a very bored little girl busy during her brother’s spring break to NM. When she got tired of painting and drawing and reading books and watching nature movies, she asked to try finger knitting, then crocheting with a hook, and finally needlepoint on plastic canvas. After that she chopped up […]
Posted on March 25th, 2012 by mountain girl | 5 Comments »
And it’s not my bottom. Not that mine is that small, these days. These are some little woolen diaper covers I made for the baby, just to try them and see how they work. You pull them over cloth diapers in place of rubber pants. I know it seems funny that wool would be waterproof, […]
Posted on March 20th, 2012 by mountain girl | 1 Comment »
Zia was really excited when I picked up this little birdhouse for her at Michael’s Crafts. She told Caleb it was going to be their special project together, which of course brought groans of delight from him. She did manage to get him to draw a face on the front. She colored the little house […]
Posted on March 13th, 2012 by mountain girl | 1 Comment »
Lately I haven’t been terribly creative with my food. I guess I’ve just been too busy…eating. For two. But today I have not one but two amazing recipes for you. At least, I think they’re amazing. You, on the other hand, might think they are just a little strange. Recipe#1: Green Smoothie. This was my […]
Posted on February 26th, 2012 by mountain girl | 6 Comments »
Zia and I sewed this up a month or so ago. It’s a cozy little batiked baby blanket in hues any good hippie would die for. (Tie-dye for, at least.) Being in the mountains, we’re surrounded by hippies, so I want my baby to have a fighting chance. And nothing gives you a leg up […]