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This is post number four in the series on my daughters' birthdays. This one has some cheery photos of handmade details from my four year old's tea party.As an artist, I pay attention to visual details. I love color and so do kids. My daughter Quin's (read full article)
My sweet little houses...Rain, rain... not that the grass and I are complaining, but it can be hard on the kiddos. Here is another painted rock project that came from the recycled art class I taught this month. These are great for kids of all ages to (read full article)
I have been wanting to get to this project for, oh, a couple of years now. My eldest daughter turned four this week. She has had this table and chairs since she was old enough to sit on a chair by herself. It is a simple wooden table and chairs, unfi (read full article)
On Wednesday we held a fundraiser for the Banff Community Greenhouse. I am on the committee and this fundraiser was the culmination of many meetings and lots of effort. And it was flawless! It was held at the Banff Legion. The weather was AMAZING and (read full article)
It has been a whirl wind week of crafting fun. Today I joined kids 6-10 at the Banff Public Library for an Earth Day craft and story time. I decided to do a bottle cap craft because it uses a readily available resource that is most often thrown away. (read full article)
I enjoy the time I spend with my elders at the local senior's residence, Mount Edith House. I visit them from time to time to teach crafts with the Banff Senior Support Coordinator, Sue Smythe. Easter is always a fun time for crafts and this week, Su (read full article)
Images by Tiffany TeskeMonday was a wonderful day. It was International Women's Day. It was also the first time as a mother of two that I needed to figure out a way to be three places at approximately the same time. Another mother, my friend, Dominiq (read full article)
We are still in full on holiday vacation mode around here. We are slowly ticking off the projects we have been too busy to get around to. It is hard work to get to all the fun projects we set our sites on, but someone has to do it, sigh... We hope th (read full article)
"Again"... hahaha. The last time I embroidered was in Montessori School. So, "start embroidering again" may as well be "learn to embroider". My Montessori teacher, Mrs. Tampoe, was an amazing Sri Lankan woman who was able to work nothing short of com (read full article)
Crayon "cakes" are the second craft we made for our friend Aven's third birthday. These are so simple and they help a child to reduce, reuse, and recycle because they can take all their crayon stumps and make them into a sort of super crayon. These c (read full article)
I have been meaning to write this post for ages, and now that we are off to a birthday party tomorrow and we have been making these gifts the time is right...We received an invitation to Aven's birthday party one day when we were out. When we walked (read full article)
Everytime someone gives my daughter bubbles from the store, I think, "I should check out how to make refills for these. It can't be that hard." Finally, I have gotten around to it. My good friend, Hannah, recently visited us from Colorado. She is a a (read full article)
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