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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Twelve
Working with the Harlequin Pattern This is a fun pattern to work up, especially with highly contrasting fabrics. It is using the same mosaic technique as the previous few blocks so there really isn’t anything new…
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Mini Recycled Rain Stick
As part of our updated Puddles and Ponds summer unit, we made these mini rain sticks using recycled materials. For this project we wanted to come up with a kid-friendly way of making a rain…
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Flamingo Coloring Page
BUT NO FLAMINGOS by Kimara Wise We have many varieties of birds in our yard, Woodpeckers and swallows and blue-jays that guard. We have juncos and grackles and plenty of finch, And spotting a hawk…
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Cat and Mouse Knit Patterns
NOTE: The direct links to all the individual photos can be found in this post. The other day someone asked me if I knew of a cute pattern for a knit mouse. Well, as you…
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The Face of An Artist
What does an artist look like? She looks like this and this and this. Pixie sculpted her own bird after seeing my Paper Clay Totem. May we always endeavor to see the artist in all of…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Eleven
Working with the Miniature Mosaic Pattern When I went over my notes for this block the only thing I had written down was, “took forever.” LOL. I made this block back in May so I can’t…
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Back to School :: Crayon and Pencil Storage
In Michigan, kids do not go back to school until after Labor Day so we still have a full month of vacation left, although as homeschoolers we do start up a bit earlier so that we…
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Painted Rock Turtles
Before beginning this project make sure you check out some real turtles. If you are lucky enough to spy one on a nature walk, make sure to get a photo if the wee creature is willing…
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Hibiscus Applique
Better gardeners than I can get hardy hibiscus flowers to grow in Michigan. I have yet to have one successfully winter. Since I adore them, I tend to think of them as annuals and always…
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Preview :: Gnome Home Tutorial
For years I have been promising our readers a tutorial for making our Gnome Home. Last Christmas Tim and I made two, and I’m finally getting around to writing up the directions. It’s not that…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Ten
Working with the Diagonal Chain Pattern The diagonal chain is another fun mosaic pattern. The main tip I want to share is be sure to slip as if to purl unless a pattern says otherwise. This is true…
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Tissue Paper Stained Glass Raindrops
I am a fan of rain. I can honestly say there have only been a handful of days in my life when I felt like rain ruined the day for me. I love the sound…
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Leapin’ Lizard Coloring Page
When my children were young, actually before I even had my third, my parents owned a condo in Florida and would spend several months there each winter. It was lovely going down there for a…
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August Appliques
To me August is the most “summery” month of the year. Traditionally, our temperatures are the highest, we get the least amount of rain, and we always try to get in a couple “long weekends”…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Nine
Working with Mosaic Knitting Patterns The Horizontal Chain Pattern is the first block in the mosaic pattern section. Mosaic knitting is an easy way to use multiple colors in a pattern because you are only working…
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Stormy Sky Landscape Painting
My kids have always enjoyed mixing crayons or oil pastels with watercolor painting. This is a project we have done a couple different times over the years. Check out bird painting and autumn sky. We…
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Clouds
One of my favorite things to do when I was a little girl was to lie on my back and look up at the sky. When I laid very still and looked up, I thought…
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Bushel of Apples Coloring Page
THE APPLE TREE by Kimara Wise My garden’s full of many plants, I have a favorite, I can’t recant. The apple tree, above the rest, Brings greatest pleasure, I must attest. As a child I’d…
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Learn to Knit Afghan :: Block Eight
Working with the Rose Fabric Pattern After a couple of rows, the rose pattern becomes easy to see. You can see that you need to purl on the vertical stripe of the opposite color. Just remember…
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Gnomes on Wee Folk Art
We started Wee Folk Art back in July of 2008, so we are celebrating 7 years of sharing our passions here on the blog. Every once in a while I love to flip around through…
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Apple Applique
Oh, to sing the praises of the apple. Not only are they yummy to eat and a healthy choice for a snack, they are down right cute! My very first research paper back in…
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Clothespin Fairies
I can remember as a young girl spending hours in the summer creating outfits for a family of trolls I had. I would loved to have been given the supplies to make a family of…
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Work in Progress :: Website Maintence
It has been a busy, crazy summer here filled with both the wondrous and the sad… but definitely full. Slowly I’ve been working on my summer knitting project, the Agave Tank.I haven’t had the chance…
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Cherry Party Dress Coloring Page
Being raised with three brothers and no sisters there wasn’t much room in my life for fussy dresses. I needed to run, jump, hang upside down from monkey bars and generally do things that dresses…
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