Posted in Brittany, tagged Creativity, dollmaking, dolls, motherhood, sewing, writing on July 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The other day I was going through some old boxes, when I found these:
I have no idea how old I was when I made these, but it was probably during elementary school. I would guess second or third grade. During that time, my great-grandmother babysat me in the afternoons after school. She spent her afternoons [...]
Posted in Miranda, tagged daughters, motherhood, sewing on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last week I posted that my friend Jane found sewing inspiration in a Mothering Magazine article on creative mothers. Bored with store-bought offerings, Jane and her daughter spent a rainy Sunday sewing this dress together — and Jane’s daughter hasn’t taken it off since.
Mommy time AND a new dress? That is one fashion-satisfied little girl, [...]
Posted in Miranda, tagged blogging, crafts, mothering, sewing on June 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Thanks to my friend Jane for pointing out the cover article “Five Crafty Mamas” in the May-June 2009 issue of Mothering Magazine. The article was written by Jean Van’t Hul, featured on this blog in a previous Breakfast interview. In the article, Jean features five creative mothers you may already be familiar with:
Sally Shim
Amanda [...]
Posted in weekly contest, tagged book binding, oil painting, painting, photography, poetry, sewing, spring equinox on March 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“Spring equinox” seems like a fitting contest prompt, seeing as we’ll be taking a little hiatus from the weekly contest: change and renewal. Beautiful entries this week — enjoy!
Our winner is Rebecca Coll. Rebecca writes: “As soon as saw what the prompt was for this week, I knew exactly what I was going to do… [...]
Posted in breakfast, tagged art, breakfast, clothing design, Creativity, motherhood, sewing on February 27, 2009 | 10 Comments »
So glad that you stopped by for our latest Breakfast installment! And you’re going to be glad too: Meet Nina Johnson, clothing designer, blogger, and single mom of two. Nina’s commitment to her creative life — and her ability to make it happen — are a huge inspiration. So whip up a fruit smoothie and [...]
Posted in Brittany, tagged dolls, motherhood, sewing, writing on February 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Once upon a time I made dolls. It started when I was little, maybe even before elementary school. My great-grandmother, a seamstress, often babysat me and her house was a treasure trove of fabric scraps, spare yarn, and mismatched buttons. One day I asked her if I could make a doll. She showed me how [...]
Posted in weekly contest, tagged design, photography, poetry, sewing, weekly contest on February 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
It probably wasn’t too difficult to figure out where the “box” prompt came from in this week’s creativity contest. (For anyone not in the know, I just moved!) This week’s winner is Brittany Vandeputte. Brittany writes: “I was inspired for this week’s contest when my brother-in-law finally proposed to his girlfriend yesterday (it wasn’t soon [...]
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