Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes last week! For this week’s Essence of Now post I’m going to show some of the crafting type activities we have been doing lately.
The little one likes to do her “homeschooling” which consists of different preschool aged books. Sometimes she lets me help her and other times she does her own thing. Either way this is her favorite activity. For now.
The big kid has really been perfecting her knitting skills and is now moving on to learning how to hand sew. We also attempted some crayon/wax paper art project that went horribly wrong but she had fun so I’ll score that as a win.
Here is a scarf that she made for a friend. Pretty cool, right?
As for me, I’m stil behind the sewing machine working on more quilts. These blocks are for a scrap log cabin quilt that I’m putting together using a bunch of material left over from some other projects. The picture in the book shows what it will look like when it’s done except the colors will be different.
And this has nothing to do with crafting but I’m really excited about the TEDx University of Nevada event on Friday 1/25. I’ll be running the social media and there are some great speakers lined up. Check out the hash #tedxunr if you want to follow along.
Hope you all have a good week!
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So crafty! I still have ambitions to learn how to sew.
Some day.
And yay for the TEDex gig!
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You can. I’m sure of it.
That scarf is so cute! Is it knitted? How is she liking learning to knit?
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It is knitted. She first learned from garden camp and after that she watched some YouTube videos and my mom has helped her.
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Yay! Sewing is such a great skill to have, and naturally, you’re a great teacher for her. (love the shirt, too!)
Your littlest’ little face in that first picture! SO cute.
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I love to sew and I’m happy that my youngest is starting to get into it too.
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I so love that you craft together! And you’re both so talented! #Love
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Thank you! We do our best to be good at crafty stuff.
Twitter: KimberlyAMuro
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Tell her that scarf is awesome! I love how it came out.
Good for you on the Tedx event!
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So, she gave that scarf to a friend and the friend’s little sister took it apart. Now she gets to do it all over again.
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I love the colors for that quilt. So pretty.
Thank you! I’m liking it.
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If i ever get this house off the market and get this online store up and running – you should totally move to FL for crafting and schooling … and cocktails in our downtime
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You definitely know the right strings to pull with me.
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I love your quilts. I’m just in awe when I see how crafty some people are. Can’t wait to see the end result and that scarf is pretty awesome.
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Thank you, Susi. I love quilting and I’m glad my daughter is getting in to crafts too.
Wow, Jess! Congrats on the TEDx gig! That’s awesome!
Love your pictures too…you crafty girls
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Thank you, Jen! The TEDx event was so awesome.
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Hope your first TEDx experience was fun! That scarf is awesome. I need to get back into knitting – what a great stress reliever.
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It was such a great experience. The speakers were so inspiring.
I didn’t know you were a knitter. That’s somewhat surprising to me.
Crafty kids, just like mom.
I love that scarf!!
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She has orders to make at least 5 more for people who are going to pay her. It’s pretty awesome.
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Look how talented your girls are…that scarf looks awesome!
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Thanks! She’s been spending hours on knitting.
My mom made me one of those scarves for Christmas. Love it
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That’s awesome, Leighann!
I love the pictures of your girls learning–it’s just such a beautiful thing to see.
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Now if only I could get them to learn to take a nap…