Market Season is here!!

I love summer markets! Much to my husband's dismay (although he is a good sport and probably won't admit it) I could travel around all summer and just go to markets. I love supporting anything handmade. This year our Wild Women Craft group decided to put a collective table into the Canada Day Market. Check out our fun banner! Thanks to my crafty friend Athena and our 3 children (plus baby bump) we got it done in time for our debut!

We hand cute little girls dresses and skirts, sunhats, felted soaps, collaged pictures, banners, monsters & owls & SEW much more! It was a beautiful day and a great Canada Day Celebration put on by the City of Fernie - hats off to those that organized such a great day. And thanks to everyone who stopped by our table!

Family Vacation

I apologize for the lack of blogging but we just returned from our family vacation to Smithers. So instead of crafty pictures here are some of our holiday! We drove over 3000 km, and except for not wanting to see the inside of the van for a while, it was great! Avery and Kaden got to visit with their cousins, aunties, uncles, Grandma and Grandpa which was so great since we all live far apart. This is the kids at Twin Falls in Smithers, a short walk up to the most breathtaking waterfalls. Smithers is definitely one of the most beautiful little towns I have ever seen!

Here we are on the ferry from Takyzie lake where we met the family for a few days at a rustic little cabin/spot on the lake. Beautiful area, lots of fish and eagles, and fun times with the family. Avery caught her very first fish!! Kaden cried when it was bouncing around in the boat - poor little guy, hope he grows out of that as his dad would have a hard time taking him fishing if he cried every time!

Very excited little girl and very proud daddy. We even cooked it on the camp fire and Avery ate almost the whole thing! (Pretty good since I have never been able to get her to eat fish).

We drove through the Park to get to Jasper. It was raining but that's what rain jackets are for! Beautiful scenery! Lots of waterfalls and wildlife (sorry, didn't get a picture of all the bears we saw, but should have got one of the tourists standing on the side of the road with their children watching the bear eat!!) Fun times - thanks Sikkes clan!!

Wilde Women Craft

Wilde Women Wednesdays meet every Wednesday night at the Fernie Arts Station from 7-9pm. We are a group of....you guessed it.....Wild Women.....who work on any project that we want. These crafty girls sew, crochet, knit, stamp, felt, quilt, make cute kids clothes, and sew up pillows that they opened up because they needed stuffing for another project! Some just come to get a well deserved couple of hours out of the house, get inspired, learn new things, and meet new friends! If you are interested in joining us you can email me jodparker@shaw.ca.

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Our old one has lots of fun pictures too so is worth checking out if you haven't already old blog

We are gearing up for the Canada Day celebrations as we will be putting a table in the market so check us out!!

Friendly Monsters

Well here I am back to blogging after taking the summer off. Wow, that summer sure went fast, mostly since I have already taken out the winter pj's. Brrrrr...... Anyways, here is something soft and cuddly to warm your heart.

I find I make a lot of things for little girls, mainly because Avery likes to help me and well....she's pretty girly. I was looking for something that could be for boys also, and found several tutorials & pictures of cute little monsters. I didn't use one in particular ....there are so many....you can pretty much create your own (and they don't have to be perfect!) They have been great for little baby gifts. Kaden's has a little camo heart on it, and Avery's is....well girly of course!

Rainy Day Crafts

Avery and her friend Helen made these letter plaques on one fine rainy day. They are wooden letters that I bought and had stashed away. The girls painted them pink then mod podged flowers, buttons, and hearts onto them. Super cute and a good rainy day activity. Now if it would just stop raining we could get outside!!

Avery's Tea Party

The day has come - my little baby girl turned 5!! We had some of her friends over for a tea party so I decided to make some tea pot cakes. I will be the first to admit that I am no Martha Stewart when it comes to cake making. As a matter of fact, after Avery's 1st birthday when Dawn and I attempted a cake, I relinquished all cake making duties to my mom. But this year I thought I would give it a try again. Lets just say that Grandma has a year to plan!

The great thing about cake is that kids don't care what it looks like, they just care about how much icing they get! I made 2 cakes, used lollipops as lid tops, cut out a spout and handle from paper, threw on some smarties and voila!

Living in a small town with limited resources makes you.....resourceful!! I had no Happy Birthday banners so decided to make my own out of some of Avery's baby clothes. Here it is hanging in the tree.

I have to say, I am so glad I don't live near a dollar store where I could just pick up dollary stuff. We played pin the handle on the teacup, which I cut out of an old gift bag. The take home bags for the kids contained the little tea cups that they used for the party (from my favorite store) and name tags that I made each of them.
Oh yeah, if you have a wonderful husband like mine then the entertainment is cheap! (Well, maybe not the chiropractor/massage bill afterwards?!?!)

The weather held out, everyone had fun, and my kids forgot what vegetables were for the day!! When I asked Avery what her favorite part of being 5 is, she said "going to kindergarten!" That blog post will have to wait for a day when I can emotionally handle it!

David Gray - Where have I been? Part 2

My bestest buddy Dawn bought me tickets to see David Gray in concert!! I have been a David Gray fan for years so was sooooo excited!

I left home solo for my 3 hour drive to Calgary....broke down in Okotoks where I discovered I am the only person with no cell phone & pay phones no longer exist! After an interesting couple of hours my knight in shining armour (aka tow truck driver) helped me out, and $1200 and a day later the GM dealership had my van up and going. Dawn had to pick me up in Okotoks which is no treat since she had to drive from downtown in rush hour! I hope that taking her out for vietnemese made up for it??

So....off we went to the concert and it was AWESOME!!!! Please if you aren't already a fan listen to some tunes, he is so great!! http://www.davidgray.com/

Thanks for a fun road trip Dawn.