Category: My Handmade Home

Current obsession: our DIY kitchen stools

Posted on November 23, 2015 by

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I’m starting to figure out that for each season of parenthood, there is a piece of furniture you will toss and later regret. When our son was a baby, we scrapped our glass (potentially deadly) coffee table. When he turned one, we realized we… Continue Reading “Current obsession: our DIY kitchen stools”

Category: Decor, DIY, House of Dreams, My Handmade Home

Three ways to DIY a lettered canvas

Posted on November 2, 2015 by

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Here are three different ways (and different price-points) to put words on your wall — without needing a stencil, a paintbrush or a steady hand.

Category: Craftiness, DIY, My Handmade Home

DIY wall art from baby shoes

Posted on October 30, 2015 by

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DIY wall art from baby shoes {Heather's Handmade Life}

When our son was a baby, he pretty much had one pairs of shoes at any given time. They were all bland combinations of navy blue, light blue, and grey — and when he outgrew a pair, we bought a larger pair that looked… Continue Reading “DIY wall art from baby shoes”

Category: Baby Girl, Craftiness, Decor, My Handmade Home, Our Daughter

Upholstered DIY headboard

Posted on October 27, 2015 by

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Upholstered DIY headboard {Heather's Handmade Life}

We decided to make an extra-tall, super-plush DIY headboard covered in textured charcoal grey fabric.

Category: Craftiness, Decor, DIY, My Handmade Home, Sewing

DIY Disaster Diary: The two-toned deck

Posted on October 12, 2015 by

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Halloween is coming up, so this weekend I shared my version of a DIY horror story: the two-toned deck. Like all horror stories, it starts off cheerfully, but then there’s a lot of screaming and crying and it ends on kind of a dark… Continue Reading “DIY Disaster Diary: The two-toned deck”

Category: DIY, House of Dreams, Marriage, My Handmade Home

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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