Category: Week 2

Sweet shower

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

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Had a great time at C‘s baby shower this afternoon. We played some really cute games — including Nursery Rhyme Trivia, in which I totally kicked ass — and I got to ooh and ahh over baby outfits and blankies and hooded bath towels….

Category: Baby fever, Week 2

Apparently parents-to-be love the mall

Posted on September 12, 2009 by

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It’s official … again: everyone in the world is pregnant but me. Let me back up: I had a very surreal experience this morning. Darling Husband and I were just at the mall, picking up a baby shower gift for C‘s soon-to-arrive little one….

Category: Baby fever, Trying to conceive, Week 2

My Husband Rocks

Posted on September 11, 2009 by

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Dear Darling Husband, Yesterday you e-mailed me a funny Jon Gosselin video, and I replied that I just told our general manager I was going to jump out the window. You didn’t reply, but (rightfully) got the picture that my workday was going, uh,…

Category: Letters to my husband, Week 2

I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m journalist and blogger in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have an 9-year-old son and a 7-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 nutty Nutcracker babe 💕 . . . #dancer #ballerina #dancemom #bunhead #daughter #thisisseven It’s been a couple of years since I took a pottery class and, oh, how I miss it! . . I never would have stopped, except it was getting too difficult to get all of my work done since the classes were 3+ hours long — in the middle of the school day — but I know I’ll be back again someday. Hmm, am I Frosty the Snowman? 🤔 . . Quick little “handmade mug tour” is up in my InstaStories (and in the “Pottery” highlight bubble) if you’re curious what kind of (hilariously wonky) pieces a beginner can make. . . #pottery #potter #potterywheel #potterymug #potterymug #handmade #hobby #creativityeveryday NEW POST over on the blog that’s all about the hell of shopping for non-screen-related Christmas gifts for TWEEN BOYS! . . SWIPE to see my sweet boy on his very first Christmas when he got a red sports car! . . Now he’s nine and a half. And seriously, this is a hard age to shop for! If it’s not video games, video game consoles, gift cards, or cash, they’re likely not going to think to ask for it! . . Of course, that doesn’t mean they won’t LIKE something else. I’ve rounded up a bunch of gift ideas in today’s post, and most of them aren’t anything to do with screens. . . HeathersHandmadeLife.com . . #parenting #christmas #giftguide #tweens #tweenboys #giftsfortweens #giftsforteens #giftsforkids #newpost #linkinbio NEW BLOG POST today about exactly how I save my fabric scraps in order to make the most amazing, EASY patchwork blocks using two sneaky secret: sewable iron-on interfacing ... and cardboard! . . HeathersHandmadeLife.com . . #newpost #quilting #sewing #quilt #quiltersofinstagram #sewingproject #scrapquilt #fabricscraps Handmade + heavenly 😍 . . While I REALLY wish I cared more about being a decent good, I do like that I’m a good baker. . . Happy Sunday! . . #baking #brownies #homemadebrownies #mms #bakingfromscratch #chocolate #darkchocolate #frosting My little dancer is getting headshots taken today for her first BIG production — a.k.a. not just the annual spring recital that everyone gets to dance in — so I’m thinkin’ we’re going to need more photo ledges soon! . . . #dancer #dancemom #photoledges #DIY #livingroom #homedecor #everyphotoismyfavourite
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