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Laura
Portland, ME
I make things.
Interests: knitting, gardening, cooking, reading, photography, biking, blogging, sustainable agriculture, home canning, handbound books, shopping local, my kittens!
Recent Activity
One of the questions people invariably ask when I start to tell them about the Whole30 is - "So...what do you eat?" (Usually accompanied by a somewhat horrified expression, as if the thought of life without cheese is just not... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at eat! craft! live!
Because I am crazy, I decided to make E a dress for her birthday. Why is that crazy? Because of when I decided to make E a dress for her birthday...exactly one month before her party. Out of hand dyed... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
So...we started doing the Whole30 yesterday... Hold me. No, wait, go get me a bagel and some cream cheese. NO. WAIT. I don't need that! In all honesty, it's been both harder and easier so far than I'd thought it... Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
E is a skinny toddler. I mean, not freakishly so, but she's a slender, tall, string bean of a child. Her pants fall down. Sometimes even off. (One day, at daycare, apparently her pants fell down around her ankles while... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
This was not intended to be my third 8 in 2013 project. In fact, I didn't even know this was going to be a project at all! The story is this: I took E to gymnastics one Saturday morning like... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
Oh how delicious! A delicately maple-y, quite gingery, moist cake. With one of my favorite things - whipped cream - on top. If you want the recipe (which is not an eat! craft! live! original by any means) you'll have... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
This is the second of my 8 in 2013 projects - brown flannel pajamas for M. And this is an example of my 8 in 2013 projects being defined by being finished this year...not necessarily started. These PJs took an... Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
This post is selfish. I mean, it's not that I don't want to help you all out by telling you how to make your own laundry detergent for super cheap. But the main reason I'm posting it is because for... Continue reading
Posted Feb 4, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
New sweaters are sooo exciting! I knit this sweater for H before he was born. The yarn I bought at the Yarmouth Clam Festival a couple summers ago - a gorgeous alpaca blend that is so incredibly soft and squishy.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
I've created a monster. A snuggie monster. What? Backing up to the beginning... For the first of my finished 8 in 2013 projects, I've made a giant snuggie. Or slanket. Whatever you want to call it, it's a warm blanket... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
It's sale time people! And what, might you ask, is prompting this particular sale? (There's always a reason, you know...) Well, as you may (or may not) know, H is a very tall baby. I know this but I don't... Continue reading
Posted Jan 20, 2013 at eat! craft! live!
Yes, it is!
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