Long over due update.

Summer is already keeping us busy!  Our Summer Solstice Feast was a hit, I wish I had taken after pictures, I had forgotten how quickly a heard of toddlers could dismatle a house.  I've been reading about Lifeways Daycares, and giving serious thought in enrolling in their training.  Does anyone have any feedback on their program?  I am still working on learning to knit, so far I have two 2 legged lambs (I read the instructions wrong) one 4 legged lamb, 2 pigs, 3 chickens and a ton of dish towels. I am having a rough time on the knit two purl two pattern it is hard for me to see which stitches I am supposed to be going under or over.  But I'll keep at it.  I hope Eoghan learns to love his band of misfit farm creatures.

Busy Busy Bee

I've been very busy getting ready for our Summer Solstice Party this Saturday and learning to knit, sorry for the lapse in posts but here are some pictures of what I have been up to.

Water colored suns in the dining room windows.

Little summer garland, and I knitted those sheep and painted the trees (a little early for fall trees but wishful thinking on my part)

A felted bumble bee mobile to hang above the dinner table I am making a beehive out of bread for our celebration Saturday served with some local honey and Amish butter.

Our Summer Nature Table

A Summer Ball

A little pig 

And some Hens to join us for breakfast in our kitchen

and 6 fire stackers that will be gifts for all the wee guests on Saturday.

All of the knitting patterns have come from "A First Book of Knitting" by Bonnie Gosse and Jill Allerton.  I took a knitting class with my daughter a few years ago, but never really learned anything more than how to cast on and off and knit and purl stitch, this is a great book for anyone looking to learn how to knit on their own.  

Look What I Won!!!

Wee Waldorf  hosted this awesome giveaway from Stemellina Supplies and I won 10 of these adorable needle felted toadstools:

and these great little felt beads:

I think I know what I am going to make with the toadstools but I am torn on the beads, I was thinking of adding them to mobiles or using them for a necklace they are just too cute its hard to decide.

More crafts for our Summer Solstice Celebration

Here's a picture of a little wreath  of bees I created last night. The wreath will hang over a bee hive made from bread served with local honey butter.

Wings of Spring Craft Exchange

I participated in We Bloom Here's Wings of Spring craft exchange and wanted to share the beautiful feather friends we received:

First came this adorable sea gull from an island in Rhode Island, he brought with him some sand from his beach that sits on our nature table so he would not get too homesick living in the city.

Then this adorable little Mallard came a knocking, he had traveled from New Jersey and has now made a home on our book shelf.  He's a very smart little fellow.

Then came this beautiful Peacock all the way from California.

This was the first craft exchange I have took part in, and it was a great joy to see everyone's creations. To see more, go to the  Gallery of Birds on Wee Bloom Here's Blog.  I cannot wait to participate in another craft exchange.

The Golden Sun is Shining

Here's a babe who needs a nap

lie him in his mama's lap

cover him up so he doesn't peep

and off he goes to sleep.

The golden sun is shining

up in the sky so blue.

Good morning, happy morning

good morning Sun to you!

The dining room has been transformed into a golden sun making factory.  The whole family has been helping to water color and cut out suns for our upcoming Summer Solstice Celebration on the 24th.  I cannot wait to see the dining room decorated in all of its summer glory.  I'll be sure to post some pictures we will be crafting decorations for a month and everyone has some really fun ideas!

Saturday Night Crafting

I am so excited I discovered this Etsy shop.  It was recommended to me on the Chocolate Eyes blog. I decided to order the Fire Element Stacker for our Summer Nature Table, the stacker and some other items I ordered arrived two days after I placed my oreder.   I sanded and water colored the stacker this evening and could not be happier with the way it turned out.

Here's a picture with a peg person for scale:

I had been buying the Grimm's Spiel and Holz elemental stackers which are wonderful but as you can see these are much larger and much less expensive and I really enjoyed painting it.  I also order the Fortress Gate and Wall set as well as the Royalty Cutouts I am going to finish those and give them to Eoghan for his first Birthday.  I think they will make a wonderful gift that will grow with him.  I usually wouldn't use my blog to advertise a shop but Clickty Clack is just too wonderful of a shop to keep secret I had to share them with you.

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Giveaway Opportunity

Check out this awesome Giveaway for Stemellina Supplies hosted by Wee Waldorf.  I love the toadstools!  I am so obsessed with toadstools right now, I even bought some plates that were displayed with 4th of July items that were Red and White Polkadots preparing for Eoghan's first birthday (9 months away) just because I was afraid I wouldn't find any come February.

On the Wings of Spring

With glee, with glee, we goblin gnomes
Are leaving moss and mountain homes.
With little hammers bright
We work with all our might
To free the Flower Queen.

From deepest earth to light and air
We make way for the lady fair.
With little hammers bright
We work with all our might
To free the Flower Queen.

Our hammers work ding dong, ding dong,
We dig and dig with axes strong.
The hard earth breaks away
And happily this day
We greet the Flower Queen.

(From "Spring: Poems, Songs and Stories" by Wynstones Press)

The Flower Queen has been freed by gnome.
She greets you on this Spring Day with the gift of a magical baby bird.
Won't you welcome him to your home?
Love is sure to fill the space where he is flown.

Thanks to a fun filled day, sharing a picnic with friends, a worn out baby,

Enabled me to complete these:

For a Spring Craft Exchange hosted byWe Bloom Here the theme was birds.  This is my very first craft exchange, I had a lot of fun crafting these spring maidens and weaving a story to include the birds, I hope my swap partners enjoy them as well.

Many Thanks!

I recently entered a giveaway for a spot in a felting ecourse on the While Tangerine Dreams blog and won!
This course is offered by Lebenkuenstler in Australia and looks amazing.  Check out the plant dyed wool her Mother makes in her Etsy shop too!  I cannot wait to receive mine.  I am really excited about taking this course because I love working with felt but have not had much instruction, I learned to wet felt a pumpkin at a parent handwork night at Maddie's school and then learned to needle felt little gnomes at one of the Waldorf instructor's homes for their Annual Holiday Bizarre.  I have taken the little bit I learned and played with it a bit to create some fun things for Eoghan and our nature table but really want to learn more, Lebenkuenstler's blog is so inspiring!   I am so thankful to both Kathy of While Tangerine Dreams and Nichole of Lebenkuenstler for this wonderful opportunity.  Thank you ladies!

Green Day

What do infants do?  Today Eoghan ate the carrot....

Then his silky...

Then his baby!!!

Happy Freya's Day, green day, may it be full of love and light.

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Thor's Day (really orange day)

Okay so today is really orange day, Yesterday was yellow day which is really funny because shortly after I took his "Orange Day" picture he threw up and leaked onto his orange outfit and spent the rest of the day in yellow (which was really the color of the day) It's kinda funny that when we mess up our rhythm the universe helps set it right.

Here's the progress on Eoghan's felt fruit and veggies.  I like the way they are turning out so far, and figure they are toys that will grow with him, and first they are fun teether, textile toys, then a good way to teach colors and foods and eventually will make fun play foods for a play kitchen.

Wednesday's Work in Progress and Orange Day

This is going to be a very long work in progress (about 3 years), but I have started felting Eoghan some fruit and veggies.  When he gets older I want to buy him a play kitchen and I figured it's never too early to start a love for veggies.  The very first one I made was an eggplant (aubergine) because the night he was born I had eaten eggplant, desperate to deliver this baby, I had tried every wive's tale and home remedy to induce labor,  and I'm not sure if the eggplant actually helped or if it was just Eoghan's time to come, but the eggplant will always be a special reminder of that beautiful evening/morning that Eoghan joined our family.

And here he is wearing his Orange for Orange day, this ourfit only lasted about 5 minutes after this picture was taken, apparently he was not feeling orange day so he peed and spit up all over his orange clothes.

Toadstools are Taking Over

What to do why the baby naps?  Felt a few more toadstools of course!   My fifteen year-old daughter (who attended a Waldorf School but now that she is in high school is too cool for school)  calls me a Wal-dork.   Well Wal-dork or not, I thought these little guys were cute and they felted up super quick, perfect craft to complete while the baby naps.

Tuesday, Mars Day, Red Day!

Happy Red Day,  Eoghan is three months old today!  Sometimes it feels like he has been apart of our family forever and other times it feels like just yesterday he joined us.  I cannot believe three months have passed already.

At three months we are working on longer tummy times, still mastering holding up that big ol' Irish head, and in a torrid love affair with our hands, if only that thumb would stop hidding.

Saturday, Saturn's Day, or Washing Day is Blue Day

In an effort to go ahead and establish a rhythm in our home, I have started trying to incorporate Steiner’s colors associated with the days of the week into our lives, rather it be in choosing what color diaper cover, what clothes, what playsilk, to use or what color flowers or candle to use to warm our home.  Today is Blue day so here are some photos of Eoghan sporting some baby blues:

Here is the list of Steiner’s days of the week and the planet, color and grain he associates with them:

Monday, moon, violet, rice


Tuesday, mars, red, barley


Wednesday, mercury, yellow, millet


Thursday, jupiter, orange, rye


Friday, venus, green, oats


Saturday, saturn, blue, corn


Sunday, sun, white, wheat

This Moment

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Wednesday's Work in Progress

I have seen other bloggers post pictures of projects they are working on, I am currently crafting a needle felted mama Phoenix, a nest and a hatchling to accompany a story I wrote for Eoghan.  Here's a photo of Mama Phoenix so far.

Here's a couple of photos of my little man sporting his Phoenix colors:

I am very drawn to orange and red right now.  It must be the early stirrings of summer.

I am also working on crafting 3 birds for my first craft swap I am participating in, I just received the names of the crafters I am to exchange birds with today.  I will post pictures of my projects once the recipients receive their little birdies.