Our new book, Sow Simple – 100+ Green and Easy Projects to Make Your Garden Awesome has arrived, just in time for the warmer weather : ) We are so grateful to our publishers (Harbour Publishing) and our editor, Carol Pope along with all of our wonderful magazine and newspaper editors, clients, friends, readers, bloggers… Continue reading »
Apr
16
Jan
06
Paper flowers
Making paper flowers is a pretty good way to spend a rainy day, I figure. Want to try? Well I dare you to google “origami flowers” sometime. There are so many varieties…. you might get hooked, like I did! This is a flower ball made from 12 folded flowers, for a dear friend’s celebration a little while ago. I… Continue reading »
Nov
17
Seeing stars
Well now, we have been making birdseed stars like crazy around here! This is one of our favourite crafts from the book and everyone loves them (especially all of our feathered friends)…. If you’re curious, come and see the stars at our booth at the Fibre Plus Show this Friday and Saturday, in Sechelt. We will… Continue reading »
Oct
31
Spooky spirit
Happy Halloween Everyone! (These little pumpkins were so tiny and cute we just used seeds and other stuff from the garden to decorate them…. rather than cutting them up. And it worked out pretty good I think.)
Jun
21
Sun fun
Oh, and happy first day of summer! We are convinced that the sun is going to show up for the summer solstice this afternoon. Please come sun… we miss you. In the meantime, I am loving this new discovery: solar print paper. It allows you to make cool prints of leaves, flowers (and anything else that… Continue reading »
Apr
22
Happy Easter!
John and I both have such fond memories of childhood Easter egg hunts in the garden. My family usually held ours in my grandparents’ back yard in East Vancouver and his family would hunt for eggs in his parents’ garden in Port Coquitlam, or in the park across the street. What a sweet surprise to find a colourful egg (or even… Continue reading »
Apr
04
We’ll take those vitamins!
With Easter just around the corner, we are tickled pink that Vitamin Daily Kids (the be-all-end-all for all things fun!) featured an excerpt from our new book, Everyday Eden, on dyeing natural Easter eggs. You can read all about it here.. Thank you Vitamin Daily Kids! Happy day…
Mar
20
Welcome spring!
Woo hoo, spring is here… And so is our first book! We are beyond delighted to tell you that our book has been published and will be in stores soon! Everyday Eden (Harbour) is a collection of our best garden ideas, fun weekend projects, edible growing tips, projects for kids, plus party worthy recipes for nibbles and drinks. It’s about celebrating all… Continue reading »
Dec
10
Monkey in the garden
My clever mom made this sweet toy for our dear friends’ daughter (it’s her first birthday this weekend and I can’t wait to give her this fun gift). In between assignments and deadlines (because I am always looking for an excuse to goof off) I’ve been doing a series of photos with the monkey in the garden,… Continue reading »