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Oil Pastel :: Zentangle Cows
Wisconsin is known for being America’s Dairyland and we chose to highlight the cows this week. The kids had fun creating these silly cows and I love how each picture took on its own personality.…
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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 6 Great Lakes States
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 6 Great Lakes States. It is the fifth week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to…
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Postcards :: Spring Break 2014
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Old Time Automobile Drawings
The automobile industry has been an integral part of the Great Lakes region economy since the early 1900s. This week, the girls and I worked on Old Time Automobile drawings. My original intent was to…
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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 5 Great Lakes States
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 5 Great Lakes States. It is the fifth week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to…
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Master Suite Addition Update
Although my plan was to do a weekly update on the progress of the addition of the master suite, I soon learned that construction crews don’t care diddly squat about my desire to blog. Mainly…
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Delicate Embroidered Circle
Yesterday, I shared photos of the embroidered piece I was working on… Little Girl Wearing A Hat… a bear hat, no less! I purchased this pattern from LiliPopo. You can find the original post, with…
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Three Girls In Hats Embroidery Project
Early in March, I happened upon these adorable embroidery patterns from LiliPopo. The girls and I promptly fell in love, and I purchased the PDF download from LiliPopo’s Etsy Shop. As soon as I gathered…
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Flower Fairies in the Garden
<img alt=”” src=”http://weefolkart.com/wp-content/uploads/spring2014/flowerfairies-frontwm.jpg” style=”height:363px; width:545px” /><br /> <br /> <em>It's spring… that means it's time to revisit our Flower Fairies. Welcome back Flower Fairies!</em><br /> <br /> If Fairy Dust is sprinkled on a flower…
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Postcards :: Hand in Hand
Little Lady Leading Little Guy Thank you, Meghan, for keeping Gammy supplied with lots of adorable pics! Helps, a little, with all the missing I feel 🙂
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Converting Our Hedgehog Applique into a Hedgehog Embroidery
Recently, Pixie, Fairy and their friend Sprite have been learning embroidery. It reminded me of how much I enjoy needlework. Right now they are learning the back stitch and French knots using an embroidery pattern…
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Light Box :: Tracing Box
For years I've wanted a light box… not the kind for taking photographs, but rather for tracing designs. As a designer, I am always tracing, while putting together a finished product. I don't like using…
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Barn Stars / Hex Signs
Creative Commons Photo available here Throughout the Pennsylvania countryside, you will notice round designs painted on the sides of barns. These Barn Stars or Hex Signs became popular as paint became more affordable in the…
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Tube Vase and Felt Flowers
A couple of weeks ago, I posted this entry on Facebook: “I would like to say I’m taking all this building chaos in stride. Really… I would like to say that… but since I can’t,…
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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 4 Mid-Atlantic
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 4 Mid-Atlantic States. It is the fourth week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to learn…
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Loving the Journal
I am so glad I finally cracked open a journal and started painting last night, because today I wasn't feeling well, and spent most of the day curled up on the couch, surrounded by pups, watching Tim…
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Faux Salt Glazed Pottery
This week as part of our State Studies Unit, our art project was to recreate the salt glazed pottery, commonly found in the New England and Mid-Atlantic states. More on that in a moment. When…
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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 3 Mid-Atlantic
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 3 Mid-Atlantic States. It is the third week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit 1 Overview to learn…
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Jelly Roll Race Quilt :: Changing the Quilt Size & Determining Number of Strips
Welcome to the third part of our Jelly Roll Race Quilt series. Be sure to read part 1, Jelly Roll Race Quilt :: Make a Quilt in an Hour?! and part 2, Jelly Roll…
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Painting Cork Buoys
This is a relatively easy project to complete with your kids. While reading Going Lobstering, my girls made sort of a game out of finding the right buoy in the pictures. The idea that…
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State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 2 New England
This is an outline of our State Studies Unit 1 :: Week 2 New England States. It is the second week of a 9 week homeschool unit. Read the State Studies Unit Overview to learn…
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Jelly Roll Race Quilt :: Directions & Notes
Ok, so you may be asking… what is a Jelly Roll Race Quilt and how do you make a Jelly Roll Race Quilt in an hour, or so ;)? This is part 2 of our…
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Mixed Media Sailboats
While learning about the New England states, we completed this fun mixed-media sailboat painting. It combines one of our favorite activities, wet on wet watercolor painting, with recycling easily found papers. I love how playful and…
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Postcards :: Yummy Yogurt
From our latest trip to see Little Lady and Little Guy. Thanks for the photos, Megs!
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