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The Case for Taking Pictures with Our Kids

Sarah White October 11, 2011 Baby / Kids / LifeLeave a comment

Yesterday was our monthly MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting, and this month our speaker was a professional photographer and mom who specializes in taking pictures of kids and families. She was there to tell us how to take better pictures of our kids, but she was also there to give …

How We Do Art in My House

Sarah White July 21, 2011 Baby / Crafts / Creative Every Day / Kid Crafts and ActivitiesOne Comment

I like to think of myself as a creative person, and when my little girl came along I hoped that I could pass that on to her. She’s a very avid colorer and she enjoys painting, too. A few of the moms I know were interested in how we go …

Work Expands

Sarah White April 15, 2011 Baby / LifeOne Comment

For some reason I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Parkinson’s Law, which says that work expands to fill the time you have for it. I think we can all relate to that. Though my work tends to expand to the point of overflow, my ideas expand well beyond my …

30 Minute Crafts: Shadowboxing

Sarah White January 20, 2011 Baby / CraftsLeave a comment

This is a golden-oldie of a craft that I never managed to get posted, but it’s from my daughter’s birthday back in September. I had a bunch of cute baby stuff, like her hat from the hospital (or, even cuter, the first hat I knit for her tiny preemie head), …

30 Minute Crafts: Play Dough

Sarah White January 11, 2011 Baby / CraftsLeave a comment

This one is another bit of crafty plagiarism, thanks to a mom in my playgroup who recently shared a recipe for play dough that’s really crazy easy. Of course it doesn’t take anywhere near 30 minutes, unless you count the time it takes the dough to cool down so you …

Simple Shaker

Sarah White May 6, 2010 Baby / CraftsOne Comment

I’ve long wanted to do a website or write a column for a publication that’s all about 30 minute crafts: things you can do when you have almost no time, like I have right now. It occurs to me that that’s a fine addition to this site, so here is …

Starting and Finishing

Sarah White August 17, 2009 Baby / Crafts / Creative Every DayLeave a comment

Back when I said that this month was going to be about finishing, I intended to actually finish a few projects before I started anything new. But then I found a coupld oe super quick and easy projects that I just couldn’t resist. First there was Zodiac, a pattern from …