Tag: Holidays

Simplified Christmas gift system

Posted on November 26, 2021 by

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Our family's Christmas Gift System {Heather's Handmade Life}

Without this Christmas gift system, I really feel like it would be difficult to know where to stop. I’d probably keep picking things up because they were cute, or fun, or a good price, etc. until I had way too much.

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Muddling through a COVID Christmas in Atlantic Canada

Posted on November 26, 2020 by

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And so, counting active cases instead of counting sugarplums, here are a few ways our family will be preparing for our very first (and hopefully only) COVID Christmas …

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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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HEATHER’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Gifts for parents + in-laws

Posted on November 27, 2017 by

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HEATHER’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Gifts for kids {Heather's Handmade Life}

The following holiday gift guide (Gifts for parents + in-laws) contains affiliate links. If you purchase a product from one of these links, I may receive a small commission from the supplier. As always, all opinions and dowdy nightwear preferences are my own.  ***********************************… Continue Reading “HEATHER’S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: Gifts for parents + in-laws”

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How to know what your kids want for Christmas

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

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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… Continue Reading “How to know what your kids want for Christmas”

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I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 12-year-old son and a 10-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 them from taking over my life. Creating things helps.

Whether I’m writing novels, decorating a room, busting out my power tools to build furniture, getting muddy in the pottery studio, sewing clothes, or cross-stitching a swear word, I’m all about using my creativity to craft a life I love.

I’ve been writing this blog since 2009, so if you dig deep into the archives, you’ll meet a bright-eyed 25-year-old newlywed who was basically obsessed with having kids, buying a cozy house, and supporting herself full-time with her writing. (Spoiler alert: she got exactly what she wanted.)

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