Category: Parenting

A tale of two family rings

Posted on March 26, 2019 by

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A tale of two family rings: Why I gave them to my children now instead of waiting. {Heather's Handmade Life}

We assumed she’d lost the ring at school, as she’d admitted to taking it off. I wondered if I should have just left it safely in my jewelry box.

Category: Life lessons, Our Daughter, Our Son, Parenting, The Mom Scene

Momo Challenge a wake-up call for parents

Posted on March 12, 2019 by

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When I was in my second year of university, I made the mistake of watching The Ring. I’d watched plenty of horror movies before and wasn’t bothered — well, except for that one traumatizing viewing of Candyman when I was eight. I can’t say…

Category: Parenting, Parenting mistakes, The Mom Scene

Letting kids stay home alone

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

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Letting kids stay home alone: What do they need to know? Heather's Handmade Life}

Through a few frantic texts, we decided we only had one solution that made sense. We left our eight-year-old son home alone.

Category: Milestones, Our Son, Parenting, The Mom Scene

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.

@HFXHeather on Instagram
My baby girl is SEVEN today!!! She woke us up just after midnight to see if it was time to get up and open presents 😂 She is the most enthusiastic person I’ve ever known — always ready to dive into things headfirst and have the BEST time, even if it’s just helping me clean up. She has a new obsession with @avrillavigne (yayyyy!!!) and doesn’t go a day without singing and dancing. She’s everything 🎀 . . . The fabric “Happy Birthday” banner behind her? I made it before D’s first birthday and we faithfully hang it up at least 4X a year. . . . #birthdaygirl #sweetbirthdaybaby #thisisseven #happybirthday 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
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