Well, thank you all who took advantage of my Thanksgiving Weekend Sale! It was very successful. So much so that I decided to have another ...

Hello All! I hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving. To celebrate and share I decided to have a sale in my etsy shop Simply Playing . Etsy...

Like most mamas I have many roles that I play: I'm a mama, wife, daughter, homemaker, toymaker, artist assistant and school volunteer. ...

I found out about this Yarn Along from Tonya over at Plain and Joyful Living , but it originates from Ginny of the blog, Small Things . It...

Here's my little red dragon getting ready for the Halloween Walk his Waldorf School hosts every year. The Halloween Walk or "Friend...

I was approached by Laura who writes the New Age Mama blog about having a review of the toys in my etsy shop Simply Playing . Laura revi...

The days are getting pretty dark here in the upper Midwest. Not much light to play outside after dinner, so what to do? It's the time ...

As many of you know Sam is my 4 year old son; my one and only. He is who I started making toys for until there were just too many gnomes in...

I had a special order request this week at my etsy shop . She wanted a peace sign wand in colors to match her daughter's Halloween cost...

Wonderment is our local natural toy store. It resides in the Linden Hills neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Imaginative toys are stocked...

Hello Everyone! Sorry to have been absent for such a long period of time. My life with my family took over as it is wont to do, but I'...

What is the best thing about having a new waldorf doll? Making clothes for him of course! Yes, with the completion of my Waldorf doll kit ...

Wonderment is a fabulous toy store in Minneapolis that caters to the Waldorf family. They often have classes on making toys too and by far ...

This idea came to me watching my son Sam's Waldorf Kindergarten class. The children in the class are given a "little one", a ...

Gnomes have been my focus in my etsy store for some time now. This past January I added wands and crowns for some more variety of imaginat...

Well, it's been a bit of a long absence for me in the blogger world, but now I'm back. I spent most of May doing 1 of the following...

I took two photos in this last week and their similarities really threw me. Take a look for yourself. A lovely tulip growing in my front gar...

We hosted Easter this year at our small house in Hopkins. I was wondering how to fit my Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, Cousin's Wife, Cousin'...

A few signs of spring are poking up in our garden. It's so exciting to see new growth after the long winter of bare branches and piles ...