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Quiver

Caiden has been enjoying making bows and arrows, he has been inspired by the character, Legolas Greenleaf from Lord of the Rings.  I have been reading this book to him in the evenings and he loves the story… he has been working on his arrows for a few days, filing them smooth and has become quite a good shot, using old plastic bottles as targets… This morning he made himself a quiver on the sewing machine, Jenna is going to help him attach the strap.

Happy Creative Friday!

PS Richard would like me to knit him a ‘man shawl’ for winter, I love this idea! Any suggestions for a masculine shawl pattern?

Welcome to Creative Friday,

Please feel free to post your links to anything you have created and would like to share, it can be a recipe, sewing tutorial, knitting tutorial, felting, crochet, crafts, art, spinning, weaving, working with fibre, photography, poetry…etc…

I have added a Creative Friday button on the sidebar of my blog, please feel free to add it to your blog for Creative Friday and link it to http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/ so others can find this space and share their creativity too:)

1. I have started a Creative Friday Flickr Group where you can post your beautiful photos that you link to each Creative Friday. To join the group, please go here.

2. If you would be so kind as to link back to Natural Suburbia in your blog post that would be lovely or pin, share on Facebook and Twitter

 

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All Our “Problems” are small in Comparison…

Working

Kye busy doing his maths school work this morning by the fire. The sweet pencil wrap is from Ziezo Designs, he loves it.

Hair

Jen has been practising different braids on our hair, this one on my hair we found here off of Pinterest.

Erin Plait

She plaited a sideways braid on Erin’s hair, her friend showed her how to do this one.

Sharpie Pens on Ceramics

Sharpie Mug

We also found this clever idea on Pinterest, how to draw on ceramic mugs with Sharpie pens, the mug is baking in the oven now, I’ll let you know how it comes out… I think this is such a lovely idea, the possibilities are endless…

Chicken Soup

I made some of our favourite chicken and ginger soup from Nourishing Traditions for lunch today. Caiden and Kye kept asking for more, I’m so happy the boys are starting to enjoy soups this winter…

Potatoes

Potatoes are sprouting in the kitchen window-box.

Sunny Days Shawlette6

I’ve just blocked my mom’s Sunny Days Shawlette, such a pretty pattern, looks really lovely:)

Going back to the title of this post, a friend has just discovered that her 21 year old son has cancer, he had it when he was 16 and it has returned, situated in his chest this time, a huge tumour… I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like to have to endure this, watching your loved-one suffer… When I think about this young man and what he, as well as his family is going through, whatever I thought was urgent or seemed to be a ‘problem’ in our life, REALLY isn’t at all, we are so fortunate to have our health… I am praying for him and his family, please could you also…

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Creative Friday

God's Eye Weaving

God's Eye

Today, I showed Kye how to weave God’s Eyes or Ojo de Dios.

Materials:

1 sosati stick

Some pretty wool

Cut the stick in half, make a cross and wind the wool around the centre few times to secure them.

Wrap the wool around each prodruding stick and then move to the next one, click on the link below for a video I made with Kye when he made his.

I have added a little video here:  God’s Eye Weaving
***(Once you have watched the video, close it and click on backspace to return to Creative Friday)***.
Happy weaving, this little project is perfect for small hands and wonderful for hand-eye coordination.

Welcome to Creative Friday,

Please feel free to post your links to anything you have created and would like to share, it can be a recipe, sewing tutorial, knitting tutorial, felting, crochet, crafts, art, spinning, weaving, working with fibre, photography, poetry…etc…

I have added a Creative Friday button on the sidebar of my blog, please feel free to add it to your blog for Creative Friday and link it to http://www.naturalsuburbia.com/ so others can find this space and share their creativity too:)

1. I have started a Creative Friday Flickr Group where you can post your beautiful photos that you link to each Creative Friday. To join the group, please go here.

2. If you would be so kind as to link back to Natural Suburbia in your blog post that would be lovely or pin, share on Facebook and Twitter

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Chickens and a Treehouse

Brenda

Brenda1

Chickens

Flowers

Rhuse Tree Wood

Richard

Treehouse

Treehouse1

Treehouse2

Treehouse3

Brenda2

Treehouse5

I still really enjoy spending time watching our chickens, they have managed to dig out a large crater in our flower bed right outside our front door. It’s their favourite sand-bathing spot, even Delilah, our cat, loves rolling around in it but it’s usually occupied  by three or four chickens at a time, so she doesn’t really get a chance! They are so very entertaining, the way they contort their feathery bodies, while sand-bathing. The chicken in the top photo is called Brenda, she is the matriarch and the loudest by far! She is particularly fond of the sand-bathing depression in the soil and chases any other chickens that may be occupying it, if she feels inclined to have a bath.

Caiden has been wanting to work on his tree-house with Richard, so they went in search of pallets and found a wonderful company, just down the road that sells them. They returned home with pallets and some wood to repair one of my raised veggie boxes! I am so grateful for that because the boxes are in quite a state. They have been working on their tree-house for the past two weekends and have built a really beautiful house in our Yellow Stinkwwod tree in the front garden. It has been very special father and son time spent together. I climbed up there for a short while yesterday and I must say there is something wonderful about being up in a tree-house! Caiden is very proud of his work and spends a lot of his time up there.

Tomorrow is the start of our second school term and I’m looking forward to it. Jenna held her own First Class scout camp this weekend, she had an amazing time. She had to plan the entire camp herself, apply for a permit for the venue, prepare costings and shop for food to feed ten people for two days and a night. Her planned activities were teaching the group knot tying, CPR and a wide game (a game that is played by all the scouts attending the camp that takes up the entire area where they are camping, in this instance a large field by a lake). She had to cook a stew over a fire and make bread. The rice for the stew was cooked in a hay box! I can’t wait to try this myself! Jen had a very successful camp and an amazing weekend! We are very proud of her for everything she has achieved.

Canopy Silk from Gypsy Forest

PS. If you haven’t entered the gorgeous giveaway from Gypsy Forest for a Large Rainbow Canopy Silk, go here to enter.

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