I made this harvest basket for Rhythm of the Home, a beautiful website with wonderful sense of seasonal play, warmth, connection and celebration. There are lots of nurturing, loving and mindful activities to enjoy.

Click here to see the full tutorial.

Happy September!

Today was the first day of school.  They were both so excited to start the new year. My little guy did so well. It makes my heart swell and ache at the same time. He is so brave and little and I just hope I never forget these moments. My little forth grader immediately flocked to his buddies to catch up on summer events and  my little guy bravely explored his new stomping grounds.  I love this school. The teachers, the environment and kindness everywhere makes me feel so confident that they are in the right place.

I made this special little bookmarker for my constant reader and owl lover.  He has read the entire Harry Potter series 5 times!  He amazes me.

We are trying to get him interested in other books.  He flies right through them and goes right back to Harry. Nothing compares, he tells me.

So far he’s read the Guardians of Ga’hoole (which he actually loved and is excitedly awaiting the movie),the Percy Jackson series, Whimpy Kid,  and almost all the ‘boy’ books mentioned HERE.  Now we are trying the Hobbit and then next on the list is Hoot–it looks promising with the owls and all.  We shall see…

I had to share this funny picture of my guys.  It totally cracks me up. They wanted me to take a picture of their lego creation (a constant around here) and we chanced upon this funny head eating lego creature. Now we are on a mission to do more trick photography.  We tried a few in Oregon that I will share later.

I’ve also been working on a project that involves a bit of embroidery.  A nice meditative project to do after a busy vacation.

A certain, extremely cute and amazing little guy turned 9 on our last day in Oregon. So we did what he wanted to do. Went to the park, played, bought candy, and ate his favorite foods. It was a great way to spend our last day in Oregon.

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We are home now. We loved Oregon with all it’s greenness, water and shady trees. I miss my sister and her cute little Ruby already! All the excitement of visiting and traveling through Oregon has caught up with us and I am hoping to sink into my home–do a little sewing and painting before I have to work again.

Went to the Mississippi street fair (any Portlanders know who this music band is?)…

and the Saturday market – played in the fountain.

A great time was had– wishing we could have stayed longer.

We had a wonderful day at the beach, despite the chill and fog. The kids didn’t mind one bit~no shirts, knees deep in icy cold water.

Looking at the Three Sister while driving between Sisters and Bend, Oregon. The drive was just beautiful!

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Asparagus, tomato, basil pizza with white cream sauce (vegan)

from the Pizza Research Institute. Check out their hand painted to go box. I love it!

Eddo Burger : amazing vegetarian burgers and sweet potato chips. YUM!

bottle cap fence

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Big THANK YOU to Sew Mama Sew for featuring my skirt on their blog and to

Craftzine for sharing my Pillowcase Pajama Shorts.