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Mock Sopapillas
In the book, The Legend of the Poinsettia, by Tomie dePaola..."At home Lucida helped Mama clean their casita-their little house-and pat out the tortillas for their meals."We did not make our own...
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Poinsettia Coloring Page
Print out our Poinsettia Coloring Page on regular or water color paper. Instructions for water coloring can be find HERE. The Poinsettia Coloring Page can be found HERE. Enjoy! Check out our complete...
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Advent Week 3 - Christmas in the Big Woods
WEEK 3 - Celebrating With Family The book: Christmas in the Big Woods The craft: A Gingerbread House The recipe: Pancake men The applique: a log cabinOver the years I’ve made this observation… the way...
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Pancake Men
Every family has their favorite traditional foods they make for Christmas. In Michelle's house, Christmas breakfast always includes a birthday cake for Baby Jesus. Although pancake men are not a part...
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Log Cabin Applique Block
Whether you live in an apartment, condo, or house, the place we call "home" is often an alias for "family". Our home is where we gather with our family at the end of the day. Our home is where we keep...
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Log Cabin Coloring Page
Here's another coloring page for the wee ones. Print out our Log Cabin Coloring Page on regular or water color paper. Instructions for water coloring can be find HERE. The Log Cabin Coloring Page can...
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Advent Week 4 - Room for a Little One
WEEK 4 - Birth of Baby Jesus The book: Room for A Little One The craft: Nativity with Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus (using 2 large people bodies and 1 boy peg with assorted fabric scraps) The recipe:...
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Christmas Blessings
Luckily for us our holiday visitors came early. We picked up our son Adam at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning and Drew, Meghan and the Little Lady, joined us at noon on Wednesday. Needless to say, any of our...
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Simplicity and Libations for the Holidays
We are trying something new this year... and I must admit I'm a little bit nervous. As a family, we decided that we wanted to simplify Christmas and focus on the joy of being together. So, for the...
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Cardinal Applique Block
Several weeks ago a reader asked me for a applique block for a cardinal. I finally got it done :) Although we have cardinals in our backyard year round, they look their loveliest in the winter world....
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Christmas Crafts
Today marks the first Sunday of Advent. It seems that no matter how far away Christmas may seem throughout the year, those last 4 weeks fly by. Although I'm sure all of you know that we keep a...
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Little Lady's Christmas Gifts
I have been busy finishing up Christmas gifts for the wee ones. I thought I might spend some time this week sharing their gifts, plus a tutorial on the drawstring bags I made for the Little Lady and...
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Bug's Christmas Gifts
Back in early November, I had my idea for Bug's Christmas gift. He LOVES to draw, and I thought it was high time he had his own supplies. So, I got him a sketch book, a couple of "how to draw" books,...
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Felt Ningago Keychain
I woke up at 6:00 Monday morning with an idea. I must dream in crafts, because I often wake up with some scathingly brilliant or totally lame idea... my dreams don't always transfer well to...
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Fairy's Christmas Gift
A couple of weeks ago, I came upon a really neat project at Leaf Cutter Designs. It is called a Sky Scarf. Basically, every day you knit 2 rows of the scarf in colors to match the sky that day. You do...
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Last, But Not Lest... Pixie's Christmas Gift
Pixie is a sorter. Actually, she was born a sorter. Seems like from the minute she could collect a stash of toys around herself, she was dividing things into piles. Sometimes the categorizations were...
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Kahlua and Butterscotch Liqueur... Ready for Delivery
Last month I shared a recipe for Kahlua and Butterscotch Liqueur. It has aged for a whopping 30 days and is ready for drinking, I mean gift giving :) Must admit we tried both. Can't very likely give...
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Colorful Crocheted Christmas Balls
A few days ago I was poking around in Etsy, when I came upon this awesome shop, ATERGcrochet, owned by Greta Tulner, from Netherlands. It is one of the most colorful shops in Etsy World, and I...
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Warm Holiday Wishes for Everyone!
It is now time to focus on our family's wondrous holiday events, so we will be tucking Wee Folk Art in until January 2, 2012. No matter how you celebrate the season, we hope you are surrounded by...
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Awesome Christmas Surprise
There is just no way I can write this blog without making your jealous. Seriously. But I was so touched that I can't not share it either. (Don't you hate double negatives?) So here goes. A couple of...
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