A Handmade Life

We've been working everyday at the market garden trying to get things ready,  I've been busy in the field and greenhouse, and my f...

It's been a bit of a frazzled week around here - restoration workers (still!) in the basement, dental issues, sickness - but there was a...

Last week I finally picked up the needles to finish this shawl  that I had started back in November to use up a bunch of odds and ends out o...

I was going to patienty wait a month for my peppermint soap to cure before starting to use it for making laundry soap , but then I was looki...

Sometime ago a friend told us about a special drink her son had made - a fizzy, lemon drink.  I knew E would be interested because he loves ...

I've been wanting to make a batch of soap for my husband. He likes citrus-y smells so I thought it would be fun to use some dried and gr...

We've been busy making lemonade out of lemons here lately.  A flood in the basement kick-started my Spring cleaning a little earlier tha...

Slipper clogs made from felted sweaters...as opposed to the Felted Slipper Clogs I usually make .  I've been making the Fibre Trends Fe...

We have a tradition of giving the boys one small handmade gift at Solstice.  This year when I was wondering what I could possibly make for m...