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This is the wedding dress - the one I was busy making early this month. The one I didn't take any pictures of. The one that Eden d...

So glad my friend was clever enough to have a baby girl because it gave me a sweet excuse to make these perfect little shoes. The moment ...

For a long time I pretended to myself each Christmas that next year I would get my presents wrapped earlier - earlier than Christ...

I have a passion for black licorice. And caramel. The two together are simply brilliant. I know that not everyone shares my passi...

One of the very best things that my wonderful Japanese neighbours taught me was how to make fried rice. It is a super meal for busy night...

The summer that Eden was a year old (go ahead, do the math, and yes it was a long time ago) I saw a pattern for an advent calendar in t...

The last day of November! Tomorrow the Christmas fun begins in earnest - and toward that end I present my version of the 'el...

My grandmother used to have an old cast iron skillet. Certainly not very noteworthy  - I expect almost everyone's grandmother h...

"Rickety Uncle"  might very well have a long-lost British cousin. Here in North America 'flapjack' is simply another ...

Eden reminisced last week that her all-time favourite costume was the dinosaur costume I made when she was five. I think that was ju...

The approach of every season is exciting to me for reasons that are unique and specific to that season. Fall beckons with warm colours ...

Sorry - I have been trying to resist this but I just really can't  don't want to. I have been working on flower girl dresses for Ma...

Apparently some people have a bias against carrot cake. I was shocked (and saddened) to be made aware of that but there you go ... as they ...

Babies grow so fast and Ysa has outgrown the pretty little quilts that Merin made with such love and anticipation - which gave me the oppor...