The holiday season is in full swing, and a tradition that our family has had ever since our kids started school is to give a small handmade gift to their teachers. While we always contribute to the class gift, I like to thank the teachers personally, even if it is only a small token. The…
Pattern Review: McCalls 9424 Pioneer Costume
My favourite project in the last month has been making Irini a costume for Book Week. In Australia, Book Week is a week long celebration of all things to do with books, often culminating in a book week assembly and dress up day at school. Irini decided quite a while ago that she wanted to…
Irini’s Fairy Garden
Irini just turned six (which I absolutely refuse to believe – how did that happen??!!) and of course, that brought up the vexing (first world) problem of what to get for her birthday. We really didn’t want to buy her any more toys, and she has enough clothes, so that ruled out a lot of…
Teachers’ Xmas Gifts: Mini Christmas Puddings
The end of the school year is fast approaching and that means coming up with Christmas gifts for the kids’ teachers and teacher’s aides. I like to make something handmade for them, but since we usually have close to a dozen teachers, it can’t be something elaborate or expensive. These mini puddings are so simple…
Teacher’s Gifts
It is the last week of school and I can’t believe that day is here already. Stephen has finished his first year of formal schooling, and Irini will be starting hers next year. How did we get here so fast? It’s a cliche, but it really did feel like just yesterday that they were both…
