Little Elephants

Yip – November 2, 2009

Tomas Christensen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:00:34 +0000

Crafty and creative peeps to follow on Twitter

Veronique Christensen — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:23:16 +0000

I finally took a bit of time to explore Twitter’s new lists function recently & I’m hooked. I have about a dozen lists going so far & want to share one here that I hope you’ll help contribute to.

This one is a list of crafty and creative people (mostly bloggers) who inspire me with all sorts of ideas for things to do and share with my family. From food to garden, to recycling toilet paper rolls, they’ve got it all. Here’s a quick round-up of what I’ve got so far, I’ll add here and on my list as I go.

What I especially like about the lists function is that you can add people that you don’t necessarily follow (handy, if your follow has gotten as out of control as I feel mine has). You can also follow other people’s lists which can be a time saver — so long as they don’t delete or hide the list you like.

If you’re looking for me, I’m @veroniquec on twitter. Don’t forget to add your nominees for the list here in the comments!

BloesemKids | irene hoofs | blog

court_russell | Courtney Russell | blog

craft | craft magazine | blog

kidscraftweekly | Kids Craft Weekly | site

makeandtakes | Marie LeBaron | blog

mollyirwin | Molly Irwin | blog

alittlehut | Patricia Zapata | blog

zakkalife | blog

campcreek | Lori Pickert | blog

notmartha | Megan | blog

playfullearning |Mariah Bruehl | blog

meetmeatmikes | pip lincolne | blog

yougrowgirl | You Grow Girl | blog

SparklingInk | blog

mommycoddle |molly balint | blog

Scribbit | Michelle Mitchell | blog

sewmamasew | blog

yvestown | Yvonne Eijkenduijn | blog

weewonderfuls | blog

camillaengman | camilla engman | blog

Loobylu | Claire | blog

_HeatherBailey | Heather Bailey | blog

CraftyCrow | Cassi | blog

GreenHour | Green Hour | blog

candaceapril | Candace | blog

KayePrince | Kaye Prince | blog

SweetPepita | Shannon Delanoy | blog

Sbsterling | blog

Happy Halloween!

Veronique Christensen — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:06:09 +0000

Pumpkins were carved, windows decorated (thank you, Tomas!), children costumed and sugared up, and this Momma has a decent stash of Almond Joys to last for quite a while.

Yip – October 30, 2009

Tomas Christensen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:42 +0000

Yip – October 29, 2009

Tomas Christensen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:52 +0000

Pumpkin patch print

Veronique Christensen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:42:18 +0000

Ok… so this one got a bit wet on the way home, but I had to share since it was so brilliant (I’m hoping you’ll agree!). My youngest made this in Pre-K today and it sounded super easy to do (if a bit messy, so have wipes handy). Just draw happy, squiggly green lines on plain paper then have your child make a fist. Dip the knuckle part of their fist into orange paint (like they are punching in, only gentler so you don’t get splashed) to make the pumpkin “stamps” and then use just a finger or thumb dipped in green paint to make the leaves and stems. Genius, no?

I’m thinking you could even use fabric paints and make the prints on trick-or-treat bags — it’d also work on grocery bags. Oh, I do like this one, I hope you do, too!

Yip – October 28, 2009

Tomas Christensen — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:27 +0000

And yes, the sun does rise again

Veronique Christensen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:56:32 +0000

All your emails, comments here and on Facebook, and notes through Twitter were overwhelming to me and oh-so-appreciated after my post yesterday.

This week we are prepping for Halloween. There are pumpkins to carve, seeds to roast (some to be set aside to plant in the Springtime), and ghouls & goblins to prepare. Luckily for me, this year the costumes are all either out of our mongo dress-up box or store bought.

I’ll be dipping in to my list of past projects to keep the kiddos happily in the Halloween spirit while Momma takes a much mellower approach to the holiday.

Yip – October 27, 2009

Tomas Christensen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:40:42 +0000

Yip – October 26, 2009

Tomas Christensen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:00:35 +0000