little things for tiny owlets

P1160212, originally uploaded by owletmama.

This is what I've been working on over the last couple of days and I'm finishing it all off on this beautiful rainy saturday. I'm re-stocking the favourite stripy lovebird onesies. There's also some new products for spring; gorgeous lovebird kimono jackets and a pixie hat or two. I love working with these beautiful organic cotton baby things. So soft. These will all be at the Market tomorrow and any left over will be listed on etsy... or set aside for my own tiny owlet ;)

things #9 & #10

P1160205, originally uploaded by owletmama.

Well I started this the other day, but, you know... owlets and all... interruptions happen as do sniffles and strange fevers... Here's #9 all finished, anyhow. Big owlet loves this skirt best. Its size 4-6, but she just might squeeze into it... As for #10, well I can't show you because its on my way to Dad for Father's Day tomorrow. Very chuffed that I managed to make something in amongst it all...

Hello Spring...

A sunny morning and a new season to celebrate. The owlets woke to a freshly decorated nature table yesterday, with a few little surprises around the place. A rainbow, some new crafty bits, older things we've had tucked away for them to explore all over again...


Some new yarn and knitting needles, fresh books to fill, flowers from the garden and a clean fresh space to draw and write, work and play. We always find ourselves needing a shake-up towards the end of a season and incorporate a little more rhythm and structure (very loose structure) in our unschooly days. New seasons tend to re-focus us and get us back on track. More on that next unschool monday... Until then, we're loving spring and a breath of fresh air - mind you, as I type this, its raining... and there's still a hint of snow on the mountain.

my creative space...

Ok so I haven't posted my one things for a couple of days... I'm making a couple of things in multiples at the moment, like onesies... so I'm in mass production mode for sunday's market - should have thought of that before I committed to the one thing per day challenge!! Back to regular programming soon.

More creative spaces here.

Arthur

Meet our new guinea pig, Arthur. She's about the same age as Leslie was, also somewhat shy and black and white rather than brown and white. She's about half the size though and much smaller than Martha, who has fortunately stopped chasing her around - It seems that Martha is the boss of the cage. Arthur was a mum about 6 weeks ago...Do guinea pigs miss their babies? She's a lovely little thing who doesn't mind a hug and I hope she likes it here :)

unschool monday :: decisions

When I was about twelve years old, my parents handed a big decision to me... Did I want to start drama classes at a local theatre school, or join a hockey team. I stewed on it for a good few days. It still seems like one of those pivotal decisions. Like it might have affected who I am today somehow... I'm always grateful that they left the decision up to me...

Last week I found myself having a similar discussion with big owlet. As much as she loves the idea of ballet, I suspect that she finds it a little too challenging. She loves the freedom of dance and is quite uninhibited... but ballet makes her arms hurt. She doesn't love it enough to work at it. Something I remember discovering at a similar age. I asked her if she'd like to try a different style of dance... contemporary, funk perhaps? "Oh I already know how to do funky dancing, mama!" Fair enough too.

Watching her in her ballet class and really honing in on her enjoyment level, I see her face as she goes through the steps. She knows them well and actually dances beautifully, her feet are spot on and she has a certain grace about her. But she really lights up when its time to improvise. She asks to do more of it. The other student in the class hates improvisation, so a compromise is found and big owlet goes back to going through the motions... On the way home we talk about it and I think back on our week and big owlet and what really gets her enthused about life. She's so dramatic. She loves improvisation. Sometimes its hard to drag her out of the dream world she's in when making up stories with little owlet. She loves to perform... We talked about it at length, talked about her options and left the decision up to her...Not the first time we've done that this year and in my head I'm thinking about the money we've spent on classes and clothing that has hardly been worn and how far she has come. I wonder if I'm too easy, encouraging her to give up rather than work at it. But its her life and if its not fun, then what's the point?

So this week she starts drama classes! The school promises loads of improvisation and sounds so up her alley. Fingers crossed. Oh and we'll see if we can squeeze in a stint of indoor rock climbing too 'cos thats her favourite and her best...

thing #8

Another garden skirt... one for daydreamers like me. This one is a size 2-4. The others I've posted recently have been 4-6. Little owlet has just graduated to a 4-6, so we'll be making these little ones for our smaller friends....