01 December 2011

The Winter Edition


The winter 2011 edition of Rhythm of the Home is here. In this issue I share a craft I made for Miles after our recent trip to San Diego. He and I love his collection of tiny Micro Machines I found on etsy, and this little tote is how we'll take them traveling from now on.

Check out the Tiny Car Travel Tote and get lost in all of the other wonderful essays and projects from our contributors.


16 June 2011

The Boy's Party


My delicious boy is turning three years old this week. After a wearying spring, I felt this tiny itch, not even so strong as an urge, to get a little crafty again. Inspiration has been somewhat hard to muster lately, so I followed it where it led.

Miles had been confident a few months ago, after his cousin's party, that he wanted monster cupcakes. With teeth! I'd been mulling that over for a bit when he decided that robot cupcakes were the preferred form for getting all that sweet goodness into his tummy. Shortly thereafter he settled on cars. I was not left with much time to ponder the making of such a cupcake. Nor was I really excited about batches of food-coloring tinted frosting (natural or otherwise).


I settled on delightfully kitschy plastic cars from HeyYoYo. Miles was completely enamored with them perched atop vegan, gluten-, egg-, and soy-free chocolate cupcakes. (I was even more enamored by my first experience baking with Authentic Food Superfine brown rice flour! It is quite possible that my new favorite baking ingredient requires an entire post all to itself.)



In meandering around online looking for party favor ideas, I stumbled upon these great DIY fort kits and a tutorial from Saltwater Kids. I took thrifted and vintage sheets and sewed casings for rope. I stole a tshirt from Jesse's closet and cut it up for the ties - one in each corner and one in the center. A little canvas bag with a scrap of fabric appliqued for decoration, and an assortment of rope, clips, and suction cups completed the kit. Super easy project and I hope well-loved by all the children who took one home. Once again I'm thankful for all the brilliant people in the world who share their genius with the world at large via free tutorials!


Quickly-made paper banners and balloons served as decoration inside, and outdoors decorated for itself. Lovely weather, good friends, and delicious food was the perfect way to celebrate the birth of our dearest boy.

01 June 2011

The Summer Edition



The Summer Edition of ROTH is here, and with it I am looking forward to a long summer of getting back to a rhythm in my own home. We have many things to reflect on this summer, and I hope I can rise to the challenge to be more mindful and engaged with my family.

For this edition, I share a piece on connecting with our new home in A Map of Our World, which includes a simple project I created to help foster that connection. There are times when a project feels like a chore about halfway through, but this piece really inspired me to make more handmade books for myself and the children.