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How to know what your kids want for Christmas

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How to know what your kids want for Christmas {Heather's Handmade Life}

The messages were beeping in, one after another, until I clicked over to the Facebook thread between me and a few friends to see what the panic was. It was not an emergency. It was that no one had any idea what to get…

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Our family’s simple Christmas gift system

Posted on November 19, 2015 by

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Our family's simple Christmas gift system {Heather's Handmade Life}

I don’t know what I’d do without our Christmas gift system. Seriously. I know some people love spending a lot of time and money shopping for their kids’ Christmas gifts, but the trouble is it tends to snowball every year as the kids get…

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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.

@HFXHeather on Instagram
Love is love ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #pride Hiiiiiiiii. I’m Heather. I’m 35 (soon to be 36) and I’m a writer. I have two awesome kids, a sweet husband, and a very good dog. I also have depression and anxiety, and being creative helps me immensely. 🙋🏻‍♀️ . . . Sometimes my mental health is solid, and other times it’s hot garbage. And you know what? I’ll talk about it whenever, to anyone, because talking about mental health is ALWAYS a good idea. ❤️ . . . I’m super honoured to have been interviewed by @cmhatruro for a new mental health Advocate series, so please hit up their page to watch my interview. . . . #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth #creating #creativity #sicknotweak #fightforyourlife #creative #cmha #trurons Our @annabellenessa got to meet her baby brother today! (they’re also aunt and nephew, as is the case in dog families apparently) . . . Thank you @sammadore for bringing over sweet little Bert! It was so fun to watch them love on each other. . . . CC: @tracylangille ❤️ . . . #bostonterriers #bostonlife #chocolatebostonterrier #bostonterrier #bostonterrierpuppy Pure wonder ☀️ Today’s post is the perfect hack for people 🙋🏻‍♀️ who suck at keeping plants alive. . . . We live in a super windy area and wind is apparently just as hard on plants as too much sun — it dries them out like crazy. . . . So I bought fake greenery on Amazon + built wooden baskets! 🌿🌿🌿 . . . Pop over to the blog (HeathersHandmadeLife.com) for the full tutorial. Breakdown is about $25 per basket including the plants, which is on par (or cheaper) than the real thing. . . . #diy #handmade #porch #curbappeal #woodworking #plants #blackthumb #craftsman #fusionmineralpaint #linkinbio Might LOOK like cooking but it’s actually @mmsmilkpaint! 😂 . . . C’mon now. Of course it’s paint! (Cooking sucks. At least, mine does.) . . . #DIY #sneakpeek #milkpaint #missmustardseed #missmustardseedmilkpaint #yellow #paintlife
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