I got a little creative with my activity for our church’s 8-11 year old girls this week. I originally just thought it would be fun to fill out a worksheet …

This month has been HOT and smokey in California. We went on our annual camping trip, about an hour and a half away, and I spotted a lovely patch of …

California is getting browner and hotter, so there’s not much left to choose from for my phenology wheel this month. I did, however, spot bunches of wild sunflowers growing on …

I’ve been trying to let the girls in our 8-11 year old church group help come up with some of the activity ideas. One of the things they have been …

It’s getting so hot and dry here in California, I’m starting to run out of pretty green things to embroider. One thing that we have plenty of around here are …

I’m obsessed with the flower I found for May’s phenology embroidery project! I found them on a hiking trail, snapped this quick pic, and went home. Afterwards, I couldn’t figure …

When I saw these cute houseplant designs in the Cricut store, I knew I needed to make something with them. Perfect time to learn how to use Cricut infusible ink …

There was no question what I needed to embroider on my phenology wheel for the month of April. The Lupines around here have been spectacular! In some areas, you can …

If you’ve been embroidering for a while or like to quilt, undoubtedly you’ve run across my friend Bev’s blog called Flamingo Toes. She just released a book, and it’s got …

One of my favorite things about spring in California are the California poppies! Even before I started this phenology wheel project, I knew that I’d be doing a poppy embroidery …