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Amber Strocel
Metro Vancouver
Hippie mama, life-crafter, writer, dreamer, maker of things, whiz-bang cartwheeler, shoddy housekeeper.
Interests: knitting, parenting, sewing, gardening, local food, writing, social media
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Wow. I am more than a little jealous, I admit.
a visit to Harrisville
This week I had scheduled one of my frequent trips to Hardwick, Vermont for a Taproot meeting. But rather than take the regular route, I decided to make a trip of it, discovering a new close-to-me place along the way (remember that New Year's Intention to seek adventures? Yes! Big and small!). A...
Gorgeous photos. I can't blame you for keeping all those sheep. And I sense many, many more hats in the future!
From the sheep, For the shepherd
There was hardly any knitting gifted from me this holiday season. In fact, this was the single piece. A hat for my love, knit from the fiber of the very sheep he feeds, grooms, shears and loves each day. It's a simple hat, with some ribbed edging, just right for the way he likes to wear it...
So gorgeous. Pick me!
SouleMama Sponsor ~ Gleena Ceramics ~
Today, we bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, Gleena Ceramics. In Asya's words: "“gleena” means “clay” in Russian. All gleena tableware pieces are porcelain and are handmade from scratch by Asya Palatova in her studio in Pawtucket, RI. Asya mixes her own porcelain and glazes using no...
I would love this. Pick me!
SouleMama Sponsor ~ Ottobre design ~
Today, we bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, OTTOBRE design. In Tuula 's words: "We are a family business operating globally from Lapland, Finland. We publish OTTOBRE design@ kids and OTTOBRE design@ woman magazines. They both have 20 to 40 trendy designs with complete patterns and ...
Who knew cross-stitch was so entertaining? Clearly, I need to take it up myself.
stitching, all of us
My wintry cross stitch sampler is coming along nicely....and rapidly, much to my surprise. The reason for the pace and progress? This. This is the reason. Because it's exciting for everyone! Really, I had no idea. I'm always sitting and stitching something - handsewing or dropspin...
Halloween has never been my favourite holiday, but my kids' enthusiasm has been infectious, and I've found that I enjoy it a little more every year.
Happy Halloween!
this halloween
In the mild and quiet post-storm weather, with a little bit of drizzle coming down, we carved our pumpkins yesterday. My garden produced enough squash for us to eat for a good while now, but no carving pumpkins this year. So these are all happily procured from a farm ...
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