This is a joint giveaway with Living Peacefully with Children and Natural Parents Network. You may enter at one site only. Please find the section marked "Win it!" for the mandatory entry and optional bonus entries. Crafting Connections is offering three of our readers a one-year subscription to Crafting Connections Magazine. One reader will receive a... Continue Reading →
I found Jean Haner's book, The Wisdom of Your Child's Face: Discover Your Child's True Nature with Chinese Face Reading, to be extremely well written. Her stance on understanding your child and their perspective is one which readily fits with consensually living philosophies. However, I just couldn't take the book seriously. Chinese face reading seems... Continue Reading →
When my oldest was a toddler, I purchased quite a few playsilks from Dharma Trading Company. At the time, I used Kool-Aid to dye them. The colors were never spectacular, but they worked well enough. Years of use and some washing had the playsilks looking faded and shabby. I decided to try my hand at... Continue Reading →
My children have several dolls, all of which have been made by me. I hadn't planned on making more dolls for the holidays, but I was inspired by the tumbleberry dolls. The fun, funky hair was more than I could resist. Considering that I had almost all of the supplies to make the dolls, I set... Continue Reading →
Every little child who loves horses needs a stick horse. When I was a small child, my stick horse was an old broom handle my grandfather found in his garage, complete with the hole and leather throng still attached from where it used to hang on the wall. Stick horses have gotten a bit more... Continue Reading →
My younger son loves horses, so when I happened across this lovely little pattern for felt horses, I knew I wanted to make them for his upcoming birthday. The fact that I had all of the supplies was an added bonus. Upon receiving the pattern, I realized it called for wire in order to shape... Continue Reading →
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