Category: Healthy-ho

Why (and how) I bring my kids to my Zumba classes

Posted on October 17, 2017 by

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I sit through taekwondo and ballet every week for them, so why shouldn’t they come to Zumba with me? Shouldn’t Mom get a turn to exercise to keep her body healthy, too?

Category: Happiness, Healthy-ho, Mommy time, Parenting, Stuff we do, The Mom Scene

My complicated relationship with bread

Posted on June 28, 2017 by

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The following is a sponsored conversation with River Road Bakehouse. All opinions and carb-crazy anecdotes are my own. When you are trying to eat low-carb, the last thing you want is to be contacted by a bread company who wants to send you delicious…

Category: Healthy-ho, It's all about me, Sponsored

The day I missed Zumba

Posted on February 3, 2016 by

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I missed Zumba on Monday, but not because I didn’t want to go. I really, really wanted to go. I even got dressed in my Zumba zwag at 6 a.m. (for my 5:30 p.m. class) Who wouldn’t want to wear this shiz ALL OF…

Category: Balancing act, Career, Healthy-ho, It's all about me, Mommy confession, WAHM, Zumba

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m journalist and blogger in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have an 8-year-old son and a 6-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 it from taking over my life. Making things isn’t just a hobby — it’s part of what keeps me alive.

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

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Remember when I individually bagged and wrapped allllllll the tiny things for C’s Christmas gift? Well, the miniature crap trend is still going strong, so I’ll be doing this again for her birthday later this week. More about this today on the blog! . . . #parenting #toys #toytrends #fads #tinystuff #miniatures #momlife #dadlife Not a very humane zoo, but it’s certainly effective 🐶🐱🐻🐼 . . . Full tutorial for our stuffed animal zoo is on the blog today! . . . #handmade #DIY #woodworking #organization #kidsrooms #toys #toystorage #ecmmedia 🔅 H A P P Y E A S T E R 🔅 . . . #easter #feltbanner #handmade #pennantbanner #feltcrafts Our kids LOVED the hanging bars at their elementary school playground, so we added two of our own — at exactly the same heights as the school ones — to the monkey bars we’d built the summer before 🐵 . . . For the full tutorial — and breakdown of how it only cost 70 bucks for these two hanging bars — pop over to HeathersHandmadeLife.com and search “bars.” . . . #DIY #woodworking #backyard #backyard_dreams #playground #diyplayground #kids #summerfun #getthemoutdoors Busy Thursday vibes ☝️ . . . Cross-stitch pattern @stephxstitch . Frame @walmartcanada . Travel mug turned pencil cup @shopbando . . . Let’s DO THIS! . . . #selfemployedlife #freelancelife #homeoffice #bosslife Cutting a big piece of wood and your mitre saw blade can’t quite get it all in one go? No biggie. Just flip ‘er around and line up the blade with the first cut. 👌 . . . Working on a fun new @craftsmanca project for you guys. It’s super functional and I’ve been using the first couple of versions all over the house. . . . #woodworking #DIY #handmade #sneakpeek #womenwithpowertools #ecmmedia
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