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Pocket pages: March 2016
This month brings me to the end of my first 6×8 album of 2016, and let me tell you the thing is CRAMMED! I did my Day in the Life in 6×8 format, and the day I did it on was the 31st of March, but I’ve...
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Chamomile tea with honey and vanilla
If you suffer from anxiety, insomnia, or even just regular old garden variety stress, chamomile tea is one of the best and most readily available herbal treatments around. I like to grow and dry my...
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Felt flower video tutorials #4 & 5: Filler flowers and leaves
Hello, excellent ones! I’ve got TWO video tutorials for you this week. They’re quite short, and both used for similar purposes, so it made sense to put them together. The first video shows you how to...
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My memory keeping roots: letters and cards
It’s been really interesting to reflect over the last few weeks on the roots of my memory keeping. My travel chronicles and photo books probably bear the closest resemblance to the kind of memory...
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Mama Finch on Etsy
If you follow me on the socials (which you should, I’m a delight* on both Instagram and Twitter), you’ll probably be all over the fact that I have recently opened an Etsy shop. Whee and yay and woo...
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Pocket Pages: Those tricky 2x2s
Do you have a memory keeping format that kind of stumps you? One that you have real trouble ever getting to look right? For me it’s the 2×2 coin pockets. Normally I’d just say “hey, they’re not for me”...
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Honey bran bars
I find I am constantly experimenting in my never ending quest for interesting lunchbox fillers. If it’s lying around in my kitchen, chances are I’ll try to bake it into something snack-shaped. After...
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Felt wreath video tutorial
If you’ve been following along with my video tutorials over the last month, you will have learned to make a range of felt flowers and leaves. In case you missed any they were: Pompom centred flower...
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Little gingerbread cakes
I have some strong Dutch heritage. My grandfather was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church (he literally wrote the hymn book), and I know my edam from my gouda. I also have a deep affection for...
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Strawberry jam drops
Sometimes you’ve just got to bake a classic. Strawberry jam drops Ingredients: 125g butter, softened 165g sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 225g self raising flour 60g cornflour strawberry jam...
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Celery print roses
I absolutely love printmaking. It’s a really good way of getting kids to make very artistic looking stuff, even when their motor control is still developing. Which sounds kind of mean, but I don’t mean...
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One Little Word: April 2016
This month was about taking the time to really think about our own interpretations of our words. For me, that meant asking a series of questions: what does focus look like to me? how do I feel when I...
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Pizza scrolls
When you’re looking for a school lunch that isn’t a sandwich, these guys are a solid choice. They’re full of flavour, and they travel well. Plus they’re fun to make, with the sprinkling, the rolling,...
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Mini book: A little bit of art
My beautiful unicorn of a friend Caylee is teaching a mini book class over at Studio Calico at the moment. It’s a step by step guide to building your own mini book and filling it up with art. I make...
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Art journalling: Get Messy season of Lists
This season at Get Messy was a collaboration with the 30 Lists team. I was pretty jazzed when I heard about this mashup, because I’m a big time lister, and thought it would be so fun to bring a bit of...
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Chocolate pretzel cookies
Look, I don’t want to overstate this, but these might be some of the best cookies I’ve ever made. They’re fudgey and rich, which is so satisfying, and the addition of the pretzel’s salty crunch pushes...
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Pocket pages: April 2016
This post is going up a little later than I’d planned because I’ve spent a bit of time in hospital this month. It turns out I have blood clots in my lungs, and they’ve been causing me some pain and...
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Pear and blackberry smoothie
Arty thinks he doesn’t like pears. He used to eat them pretty much daily, nomming them right down to the core, but then one day he just decided that he didn’t like them any more and refused every time...
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One Little Word: May 2016
A photo challenge! Yay! These are always my favourites. Though my instinct is always to pair photos with words, I decided to go with Ali’s suggestion and not annotate or explain these images at all....
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Chewy coconut currant cookies
In the ongoing debate over whether crunchy or chewy cookies are superior, I steadfastly refuse to choose a side. I am the Switzerland of the cookie wars. As far as I’m concerned cookies are good, and...
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