Category: Baby fever

Not Me Monday: Pink fever edition

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

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I have not been experiencing EXTREME baby girl pangs lately I don’t dream of little leggings and tights and Mary Janes — I can take them or leave them, really The idea of sewing tiny dresses with ruffles and buttons? Doesn’t appeal to me… Continue Reading “Not Me Monday: Pink fever edition”

Category: Baby fever, Baby Girl

The sparkly Mary-Janes

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

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I saw these baby shoes in a store the other day. They are sparkly. They are metallic. They are Mary-Janes (my favourite shoe style for, like, my entire 27 years on this planet). I didn’t buy them, even though it just about killed me. It… Continue Reading “The sparkly Mary-Janes”

Category: Baby fever, Baby Girl, Clothes, Darling Husband

Two years later …

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

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I can’t believe it was exactly two years ago — January 1, 2009 — that I wrote my very first post on this blog. I was obsessed — OBSESSED! — with getting pregnant and starting a family. I started this blog, in fact, because I desperately… Continue Reading “Two years later …”

Category: Baby fever, Preggo-ness, Second time around, Trying to conceive

Songs about trying to conceive, pregnancy and babies

Posted on September 19, 2009 by

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Over the past few months, I’ve started “collecting” songs about trying to conceive, pregnancy, and babies. Sometimes when you can’t stop thinking about something, it helps to listen to songs by people who are going through the same thing. Here’s a list of what… Continue Reading “Songs about trying to conceive, pregnancy and babies”

Category: Baby fever, Lyrics, Trying to conceive, Week 3

Sweet shower

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

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Had a great time at C‘s baby shower this afternoon. We played some really cute games — including Nursery Rhyme Trivia, in which I totally kicked ass — and I got to ooh and ahh over baby outfits and blankies and hooded bath towels.… Continue Reading “Sweet shower”

Category: Baby fever, Week 2

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 12-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

I have depression and anxiety, and I fight like hell every day to keep them from taking over my life. Creating things helps.

Whether I’m writing novels, decorating a room, busting out my power tools to build furniture, getting muddy in the pottery studio, sewing clothes, or cross-stitching a swear word, I’m all about using my creativity to craft a life I love.

I’ve been writing this blog since 2009, so if you dig deep into the archives, you’ll meet a bright-eyed 25-year-old newlywed who was basically obsessed with having kids, buying a cozy house, and supporting herself full-time with her writing. (Spoiler alert: she got exactly what she wanted.)

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