Category: Holidays

Simplified Christmas gift system

Posted on November 26, 2021 by

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Our family's Christmas Gift System {Heather's Handmade Life}

Without this Christmas gift system, I really feel like it would be difficult to know where to stop. I’d probably keep picking things up because they were cute, or fun, or a good price, etc. until I had way too much.

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Muddling through a COVID Christmas in Atlantic Canada

Posted on November 26, 2020 by

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And so, counting active cases instead of counting sugarplums, here are a few ways our family will be preparing for our very first (and hopefully only) COVID Christmas …

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The (7th Annual) Freelancer Christmas Party

Posted on December 20, 2019 by

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I’ve been freelancing for nine years now, but I started throwing myself a holiday party seven years ago after feeling sad that I no longer got to attend an office Christmas party.

Category: Freelance, Holidays, It's all about me, Solo Christmas parties

Many moms struggle with guilt, comparison at Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2019 by

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They say comparison is the thief of joy, and no one understands that more than a mother at Christmastime. Moms with less money might compare themselves to moms with more money, and feel guilty their children won’t be getting the same big-ticket items under… Continue Reading “Many moms struggle with guilt, comparison at Christmas”

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DIY felt Christmas tree ornaments

Posted on December 19, 2019 by

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Are you ready to get crafty and create something with your hands? Here’s how to make your very own felt Christmas tree ornaments.

Category: Craftiness, Holidays, Sewing

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 13-year-old son and an 11-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

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