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Continue reading →: quilted fabric ornaments
Well it certainly has been a while since I’ve been here to blog or talk about anything! As many of you who already know me know, I’ve always got my hands working on some sort of craft related project. Over the past year, I’ve taken on making quilted fabric ornaments…
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Continue reading →: recipe: lemon mochi cake
I was introduced to sweet rice flour about ten years ago when my high school friend, Azusa of Humble Bean, shared a recipe for matcha mochi cupcakes. The rice flour that I’ve been using is the Koda Farms brand and I have found it at Asian markets as well as…
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Continue reading →: 3-D paper town
With the current stay at home situation it can be difficult to find new, different, or interesting things to keep kids busy. I stumbled across a set of printable 3-D house templates and tried them out with our daughter. It was an immediate hit and before I knew it, we…
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Continue reading →: Photosensitive Paper Art
Have you tried working with photosensitive sunprint paper? We had one very sunny day this week and collected some pretty flowers during our walk. I showed our daughter how to use the special paper and now we’re trying to come up with more abstract items to use next time. Here…
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Continue reading →: Watercolor Wednesday
During this time of social distancing and no school, we’ve developed a schedule for our 8-year-old daughter to have a little bit of structure. She misses school, her teachers, and especially the extracurricular classes – art most of all. So we’ve allotted an hour and a half each day specifically…
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Continue reading →: 8 Fun Places to Take Kids (Within an Hour of Boston)
There’s really no argument about it: Boston is a fun city for all ages. But if you live around here you know that busy tourist seasons can mean that the usual institutions for family outings can get very crowded. If you’re looking for somewhere fun to take the kids but…
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Continue reading →: crafting :: pysanky eggs 2018
Around this time last year I learned about the art of Pysanky eggs. It’s a really fun craft of decorating eggs using melted wax and dyes. I was so intrigued by it’s complexity that I bought a kit in hopes of making more at home. Well, I think Easter came sooner…
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Continue reading →: the new discovery museum
If you haven’t already heard, the construction of the new building at the Discovery Museum in Acton, Massachusetts has been completed and will open its doors with a celebration weekend, March 3rd – 4th, 2018. We got a sneak peek during a members preview day and were blown away by…
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card making :: one stamp, many colors
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Continue reading →: card making :: one stamp, many colorsI was struggling to come up with a card design after a friend texted and asked for some valentines, and it didn’t help that it’s just a couple of days from now! I have a lot of stamps in my creative stash and sometimes that becomes more of a hindrance…
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crafting :: toilet paper roll crayons
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Continue reading →: crafting :: toilet paper roll crayonsThe Concord Museum in Concord, Massachusetts has a special exhibit during November and December called “Family Trees: A Celebration of Children’s Literature“. During the holiday season, the museum is filled with about 30 or so trees that are decorated by original ornaments based on children’s storybooks. Volunteer decorators use their…
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I’m Candice
I’m always busy working on some sort of crafting project whether it is knitting, card making, or scrapbooking. I’m a dog mom that loves to bake, take pictures, and read really good mystery novels. Thanks for checking out my creations and reviews – let’s get crafty!
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