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Welcome! I’m Erin, mama to two little kids. I’m a woman of many hats- mother, teacher, toy maker, author, gardener, & crafter, among many other things. Our family lives in Indiana, where we try to make the most of life, which means things can be a bit chaotic at times. Our days are filled with homeschooling, weeding, naps in the striped hammock, and pie baking, of course!-
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Party Poms Tutorial
My newest favorite party decoration are tissue paper poms. I first saw them on Etsy and was able to track down instructions on how to make them on Martha Stewart. Since then I’ve made a bunch for different parties and they’ve been a huge hit! So much so that the four I made for Stella’s [...]
Posted in DIY Project, Tutorial 10 Comments
Sunrise, sunset
It has been an exciting last few weeks around here. From the first green beans from our garden to the 1000th sale in our Etsy shop, the big launch of our blog and new home page to the arrival of summer, things have been busy from sun up to sun down! To celebrate we are [...]
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{this moment} beans
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link here to your moment and join in at Soulemama. Enjoy your weekend!
Posted in Children, Garden, {this moment} 7 Comments
Summer flowers
I guess one of the plus sides to all the rain we have had recently, 13.25 inches already this month to be exact, the average is usually 4 inches for the whole month, are the beautiful flowers that are blooming everywhere. There were beautiful and colorful flowers everywhere we went it seemed. Lots of purple [...]
Posted in Garden 3 Comments
Our newish patio table
While cleaning up and putting everything from the fairy tea party life decided to give us some lemons. The glass top on the patio table exploded sending bits of glass everywhere while Nick was putting the umbrella back in place. What a mess! We thought about replacing the whole table but seemed awfully wasteful since [...]
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A Fairy Tea Party
The highlight of our week was last Friday when we hosted our very first fairy tea party. We happened to have perfect weather for the party, the sun was shining and it wasn’t too terribly hot. Early in the morning we went decorated the backyard with lots of play silks and some tissue paper poms. [...]
Posted in Children 11 Comments
From the garden…
As summer arrives (Happy Summer Solstice!) here in Indiana all the beautiful red sails and butter crisp lettuce in the garden is getting ready to bolt, so this week we ate lots of salads in hopes of keeping any lettuce from going to waste. I always think its a shame that lettuce season is over [...]
Posted in Garden, Recipes 5 Comments
Butterfly, butterfly…
There is something truly magical about butterflies, particularly for children. They are colorful; they dance around in the sky- all the things magic is made of. This year for Stella’s 5th birthday she wanted a “butterfly garden” more than anything. A butterfly garden is one of those kits where you send away for caterpillars and [...]
Ohdeeoh!!!
I’m super duper excited to announce that Imagination Kids Toys was featured on on Ohdeeoh yesterday! What an honor! You can check out our feature here and then browse around at Apartment Therapy, their awesome home design blog.
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