Category: Talking

Talking to kids about death

Posted on March 15, 2016 by

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Our three-year-old daughter has an eerie new catch phrase. She wraps her arms around me, squeezes me tightly and says, “Mommy, I love you so much. I’m never gonna let you die.” I’m sorry, WHAT? I have no idea where she got it. She…

Category: Parenting, Talking

Sharing + oversharing every night at the dinner table

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

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We’re usually halfway to the table, carrying the dinner plates or the glasses of milk and water, when our three-year-old begs to go first. “Please can I talk about my day now?” When we sit down and agree that she can kick things off,…

Category: Parenting, Talking, The Mom Scene

Horrifying entries from my Grade 2 journal

Posted on February 19, 2015 by

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We’ve been helping my mom sort through 23+ years of “stuff,” which means we’ve spent a lot of time going through boxes and finding fun bits of memorabilia: photos, old school papers, and cards we wrote her in wobbly, little-kid writing. My favourite thing…

Category: Funny, Kiddos, School, Talking

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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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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