I have a favorite family life book!

It’s called The Creative Family and it was written by Amanda Blake Soule.  She has an amazing blog at www.soulemama.typepad.com

I thought I’d share some photos of the creativity our family has enjoyed due to the inspiration in The Creative Family.  

Jonny’s drawing was transferred to fabric.  I then embroidered over the transfer and stuffed it to make a cute toy.  Jonny named him Jon! 

After I showed Helena (left) to embroider on burlap with a blunt needle, she then helped Aveline learn how!

I’m really looking forward to trying the other crafts in the book, but beyond that, I am so thankful to be revisiting my own crafting and creativity that I thought I needed to sacrifice in order to take optimum care of my children.  In The Creative Family Amanda Soule encourages us mothers (and fathers!) to get in touch with our own creativity both as a way to take care of ourselves AND to nurture our connections with our families, bringing more mindfulness and intent to each moment.  The positive effects of bringing more creativity into our homes really are endless!

I am so thankful to Amanda for sharing her treasure trove and I’m especially grateful for the effects of those treaures on my self and my family.