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paper cardinal ornament

By On January 11, 2011 · 2 Comments

Winter break + snow day = a very long time away from nature school. The kids will be studying the Northern Cardinal when they finally return and had homework over the holidays: choose either the male or female to study and make an ornament for the class tree. My daughter chose the [...]

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little sweater ornaments

By On December 18, 2010 · 6 Comments

I’ve wanted to make these ornaments for a long time. The pattern is from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. The inspiration for the Husker “N” came from my friend Christy, who has made a gazillion of these. The pattern suggests making a hanger out of a pipe cleaner and I think it’s [...]

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tiny crochet ornament bookmark pattern

By On December 3, 2010 · 10 Comments

I’m sorry my pictures aren’t the greatest for this post. The sun went down too early today. I can’t wait for the winter solstice. I just can’t get my photo-taking act together before dinnertime. I might try and retake the photos over the weekend.

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my daughter’s creative space

By On December 1, 2010 · 3 Comments

I think my daughter is officially in love with painting pottery. In the past few weeks, we’ve been to Paint Yourself Silly twice. Her first time she had fun, but didn’t really know what to expect. The second time she painted like a pro and once she saw her first project [...]

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what’s better than giving handmade gifts?

By On December 17, 2009 · 1 Comment

Receiving them!

When I pick up my daughter from preschool I always ask about her day. Did you learn a new song? Did you paint? Color? Draw? Did you sit still for story time? For the past few weeks she’s been telling me about her tree. “Today we painted our tree.” “Today we put [...]

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thrifty finds: advent calendar

By On December 4, 2009 · 3 Comments

What a busy week! I’ve been overwhelmed by all of the nice comments and entries on my giveaway. Y’all are so sweet. Thanks!

I’ve also been kicking it into high gear for the holidays. Unfortunately, that means it’s hard to show you work-in-progress pictures. I’ve knitted quite a few gifts over the past year [...]

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mini santa hat pattern!

By On April 12, 2009 · 4 Comments

from the julie-bird.com archives

Last year I tried knitting a little stocking for our knitting group’s ornament exchange and it turned out really wonky. The night before the exchange, I whipped up this little Santa hat instead.

For this year’s exchange, I knit the stocking from Last Minute Knitted Gifts [...]

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