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Project: create a children’s craft corner
All kids are the same. When they are together, they always want the toy that the other person is playing with! I wanted to encourage my children to play together and cooperate, rather than compete and...
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An easier way to record your child’s milestones
I even wanted to sew clothes for my children for their keepsake boxes. What was I thinking! Here is a selection of the baby journals I own. They’re lovely books really, except for the fact that they’re...
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Project: start a family tradition
Every year, on our wedding anniversary, we go back to the garden where we were married. This is one of the prettiest, quietest places I know. I’m glad we chose this place to get married instead of a...
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Project: create a children’s play cafe
I don’t know how I managed to turn my kids into coffee snobs: perhaps they’ve had one too many baby-cinos! So we decided to make a play café in one of their bedrooms. I’d seen children’s play kitchens...
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Project: bedside vanity table from repurposed objects
I’m very happy to reveal my latest home DIY project! Our bedroom is tiny, but I wanted to make it a space where I could do my hair and make-up but also write in my journal and do a little work on the...
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In praise of A5
This is my blog notebook. Perhaps this is a strange thing to write about, but I’ve always had a thing about A5-size paper and notebooks! So I decided to dedicate a post to the versatility and...
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Caring for teak furniture
Sometimes when I go look at retro shops, I marvel at how cool everything looks and wish my home looked the same. But I forget that I have a house full of teak furniture with tapered legs! Things look...
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My Project Life-inspired photo diary
To be honest, I lack the scrapbooking gene. But I am becoming aware of all these photos we’ve been taking of our children and the need to get them off the screen and into some sort of album. I like...
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Things I’ve learned from photographing my kids
Recently I’ve begun the massive project of putting several years of family photos into albums. With over 30,000 photos between my husband and me, you’d think I’d have plenty of beautiful ones to...
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My alternative to Project Life
Whenever I show anyone my photo diary they always say, “wow that’s so cute! What a great idea!” So I thought I’d show some more of my photo project today. If you like the idea of Project Life, but...
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Guest post: Jo (and a call for submissions!)
Recently I’ve been sharing some photos of my Project Life-inspired weekly photo journal. Well today, I’ve very pleased to present a reader response from Jo. Here is her lovely book, in which she...
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