Hello! My name is Sharilyn, and together I live with my guy and our sweet girl + baby boy in a hundred-and-two-year-old cottage on the east side of Vancouver, Canada.
Long ago, I began a my own little company called lovelydesign. After many years (with a little luck and a lot of work) my own creations enabled me to make a small living doing what I love to do. But these days I am both a full-time mama and maker, and so I am creating my goods only infrequently.
I keep this blog as a record of all sorts of things which I'd like to try to keep with me for always.
I made a few things for Arlo's birthday yesterday- some involved quite a bit of of chocolate, butter, etc. Arlo is a very big fan of cake. Any kind of cake: ...
Those who have been reading Magical Childhood for a while know that I often
recommend sheet painting. It’s even one of the first crafts I put up on
the or...
These shoes, and the details in them. Love. The brand is called Kuula +
Jylhä and the shoes are handmade by the two friends Essi and Marika from
Finland. R...
I mentioned last week that I was thinking about making a summer passport.
And would you look at that: I did! It was super easy and I'm going to tell
you ho...
This past Friday was the Blogger's one day summer camp hosted by Marlo and Andrea, the fantastic organizer's of School House Craft. I declared last Friday "m...
[image: Paper Tiles]
[image: Paper Tiles]
I cut some watercolor flowers I did for a client recently and turned them
into 6 paper tiles to display around my ...
These dishtowels look really complicated to make, don't they? I love that
because, just like you want hard things to look easy, it's a great coup to
make...
In Early Grade Waldorf School the children are using bean bags in their
math blocks, tossing them in patterns and counting out loud together. I
love the co...
Last week we received some beautiful hand-me-down toys. One of them was a
simple road-themed shape puzzle. Although my son is a little too old for
this ...
I just finished this bigger than normal (for me) painting. It was supposed
to be for a show my friend Catherine and I were planning together, but the
show ...
Well folks, it's the very last post for the Fat Quarter Gang. Sad but true. :( It's been such great fun and the projects have been so wonderfully, fantastic....
This very rainy Saturday has provided the perfect opportunity to baste this ocean waves quilt. It's only 48 blocks. I wanted a size that would be just right ...
besides being busy with some orders, tending to a 22 month old and some
other stuff that has been happening, i have completely neglected this space
f...
I was so pleased with the Noro scarf (both the process and the end result)
that I wanted to try something else using the same basic idea of
self-striping y...
La maison d’édition La Pastèque fête cette année son 15e anniversaire et
annonce par la même occasion un partenariat inédit avec le Musée des
beaux-arts ...
Ann scooped me on the party photos (as well she should have). The top one is hers, too,-- Sam opening a vintage KISS record from our friend, Beth. We are suc...
[image: marguerite dress collection]
A collection of one-of-a-kind Marguerite dresses for the shop in a seaside
palette. Apologies for the limited quanti...
This week's library book was a favorite of mine as a child, *George and
Martha* by James Marshall. There are several George and Martha books, each
consis...
Valentine's Day is right around the corner. If you want a fun valentine for the little ones, we have a Tic Tac Toe Valentine available as a free printable on...
I’ve been walking around with this post in my head all week. And you know
what? When the time came to finally sit down and actually type it (and
believe me...
Just a quick post with the follow up thank you notes for Leo's 2nd birthday presents. I wanted to do something that he could do the bulk of the imagery. So I...
Gregory and I traveled to Washington last week for the BlogHer Food
conference. I love the city of Seattle, ate some inspiring meals (lots of
in-season rhu...
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