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DIY Harry Potter quilt

Posted on January 21, 2020 by

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DIY Harry Potter quilt {Heather's Handmade Life}

Ah, that feeling when you’ve spent $300 — and countless hours of your time — sewing your child a one-of-a-kind Harry Potter quilt … and they quickly toss it aside for the next Christmas gift. Ouch. Let’s back up, though. I decided back in… Continue Reading “DIY Harry Potter quilt”

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DIY Harry Potter costumes

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

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DIY Harry Potter costumes | DIY Quidditch broom craft | Hermione Granger costume | Rita Skeeter costume | {Heather's Handmade Life}

And so, after spending a year feeling guilty about dropping waaaaay too much money in the stupid Halloween store — and coming to the conclusion that DIY costumes aren’t always cheaper — I present to you … our sorta-bought, sorta-DIY Harry Potter costumes …… Continue Reading “DIY Harry Potter costumes”

Category: Annabelle, Craftiness, Holidays, Our Daughter, Our Son, Sewing

Our summer of Harry Potter

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

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Our summer of Harry Potter {Heather's Handmade Life}

It was funny to admit that, at 34, I had never even attempted to read one of the Harry Potter books. It’s sort of like how I’ve only ever seen one of the Star Wars movies. (I call it “Star Wars” but people tell… Continue Reading “Our summer of Harry Potter”

Category: Activities, Our Son, The Mom Scene

The end of an era

Posted on October 7, 2021 by

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My children have grown up smiling through the pages of newspapers across Atlantic Canada, and now they have a thick scrapbook of brightly coloured newspaper clippings to look back on — a storybook of their younger kids, captured forever on newsprint. 

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Christmas gifts for tween boys are NOT EASY

Posted on November 13, 2019 by

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Christmas gifts for tween boys {Heather's Handmade Life}

Our son is almost exactly nine and a half years old. He’s very much entering TWEEN territory which means, apparently, that it is much, much harder to buy him Christmas gifts.

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I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 15-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

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