Quince and Quire

Calm & bright

Little light

Little woodland

Little & blue

Four inches tall. Bright blue, with red and yellow flourishes. Made by hand in Sweden. Delivered, in secret, by the trolls. Loved by a 4-year-old boy who reads this book every night. 

Little & last-minute

The teacher gift assembly line was in action this weekend. Here you see little ornament houses, waiting for ribbons to hang from a tree. We glued colorful scrap paper on top of cardboard from a cereal box to make them.

We made peppermint bark for the teachers, too, borrowing the idea shamelessly from this talented lady. Having a problem not eating the gifts, though. 

And, finally, the tea-drinking teachers received coasters (and tea!) in their gift bags. Those stacks of pre-cut fabric squares work great for a project like this.