Bloggy link love from me to you

I’ve been a bad blogger lately. My bloggy pals have linked to me, given me awards and tagged me for memes and I’ve yet to respond to those lovely messages and links. I know I’ve been busy but is there any excuse for ignoring my fellow blogging moms? No, no there isn’t. I hope this [...]

Fast and Easy Winter Soup – Potato, Cauliflower and Leek w Bacon – Gluten and Dairy free!

I don’t post recipes often, well, because I don’t cook that often. But when I find something that is yummy, fast and can be easily made in batches for freezing I feel that my fellow moms will appreciate the time saver. This recipe is dairy free and gluten free however, I served it with dinner [...]

A Google Giggle

From time to time I’ve seen bloggers post funny Google searches that lead web surfers to their respective blogs. Typically, search terms that lead people to Maternal Spark are: ‘creative moms’, ‘mom crafters’, and my favorite, ‘the best mom blogs’. Today I saw one that made me giggle. sunglasses went down toilet. clogged I like [...]

A Simple way to Jumpstart your Creativity

Mommyhood revolves around schedules and routines. We all know that days we mess up our babies napping schedules never end well and most kids stomachs growl at precisely the same time every day. Delay that meal or snack and we hear about it faster than a toddler knocks their noggin on every surface in sight. [...]

Featured Mom – Ana of The Pretty Peacock – with Giveaway!

Today’s creative mom has written her own post and I just love when my featured mamas do that. So grab a cup of coffee (or your cozy drink of choice) and settle in for a treat. Not only is she a talented jeweler but she’s also a successful businesswoman and a super fine writer too. [...]

10 Tips for Gluten Free eating in Restaurants

I wrote this article in honor of Celiacs Awareness month (did you know it’s Celiacs Awareness month??) and it was also posted on the front page of Posh Mama – a positive and upbeat community for women. If you haven’t heard of it you should check it out. Loads of great stuff to read there. [...]

Psycho Mom? It sure looks that way!

The other day I grabbed little H and off we went to the drug store. See, she threw her toothbrush down behind her dresser which we also use as a change table. The thing is huge, so it’s a pain to move it. I’m sure there is a little toothbrush graveyard back there because we’ve [...]