Category: It’s all about me

The trouble with school pictures

The trouble with school pictures {Heather's Handmade Life}

Photographers who take school pictures, why do you hate us? Parents, I mean. I understand taking school pictures probably isn’t easy — and that you have a lot of sticky children to usher through your lineup, probably on a tight timeline in between lunch… Continue Reading “The trouble with school pictures”

What I’ve been making in pottery class

I dropped it in the bucket of chemicals and needed to go fishing around for it with my hands, and then pulled it out to reveal a soppy mess, and THEN accidentally wiped the glaze off in sections because it was too thick.

My home smells like a clean-shaven dentist

All right, ladies and gentlemen! ARE YOU READY TO SNIFF STUFF?* (*and then get a twinge of a headache?) By popular demand (possibly?), we’re back with another exciting edition of “What do the Scentsy fragrances REALLY smell like?” with your sniffy host, Heather Laura… Continue Reading “My home smells like a clean-shaven dentist”

The girl in the clay-coloured apron

I started off thinking I’d make a mug, but then it got away from me and now I think it’s a bowl. Likely for potato chips. 

First day of school = a very happy mommy

A very happy mommy on the first day of school {Heather's Handmade Life}

The day we’d been waiting for — for what felt like FOREVER — arrived yesterday, right on schedule. The first day of school a.k.a. NO KIDS AT HOME FOR SIX HOURS EACH WEEKDAY OMGGGG. It was a huge milestone for C, going off to Primary,… Continue Reading “First day of school = a very happy mommy”