I’ve had this post sitting in drafts for a while and with hat season upon us I decided to share it now. Have you ever wanted to make a hat for someone but had no idea what size it needed to be? Maybe your family lives far away, or maybe the hats are to donate, […]
Category: Crafts
I’m BACCCCKKKKKK….
Wait- Isn’t there a scary movie that says something like that??? Anyway, You guys, I AM BACK! Do you know what is THE WORST? A craft funk. You know what is even worse than a standard craft funk? A craft funk at a time when you are trying to run a craft website. Especially when […]
Geometric Flowers- FREE Cross Stitch Pattern
I designed this free cross stitch pattern some time ago with the intention of having it in the first magazine issue. Ever since I admitted to myself I didn’t have time for the magazine I’ve really been just reformulating, making things for the sheer joy of it, deciding where to go from here and where […]
Bad News- Good News
I’ve got some bad news. (Whomp whomp waaaaaa) nothing terrible, but I made this video to explain and to try to make it up to you. If you’d rather read than watch: I had some sickness and life stuff and the first issue won’t be out at the date I originally announced. I’d just rather […]
Coming Soon! Exciting Changes Ahead!
If you have stopped by anytime recently or have been reading my last few posts you know I’ve decided to make some changes here. Well, the biggest change of all has been decided. I’m super excited!! I’ve been doing this blog for over 2 years, and I’ve changed quite a bit since the beginning, but […]
Reader Survey- Help me Plan Projects!
Since I have announced the upcoming changes to the site I created this survey. It’ll give me a chance to plan upcoming projects and give you exactly what you want to see! Please take it (it’s quick, just 8 questions) and it’ll help me give you what you want! Take the Survey
New Year, New Workbasket
I’m not a New Year’s Resolution kind of person. I am more of a constant thought and self-improvement, change as soon as you need it type of person. This year a few changes that I need just happen to coincide with winter break, then with the holiday happenings are easier to implement in the New […]
Teaching Kids to Wet Felt
I mentioned in my blog post Lately, that my son and I have been spending two days a week at a fun school for homeschoolers. I spend some of my time there teaching the kids various fun crafts and recently someone wanted to learn how to felt beads. We had a massive amount of wool […]
NOvember Challenge
November completely disappeared around me. It was here and now it’s almost gone. Like the autumn version of a hummingbird. I went to my parents house early in the month for their big annual camp out. Nothing much to report there, except I got a box full of new to me old magazines (you’ll see […]
Meet Sammy- The Snowman
Is it too early to talk about Christmas and snowmen? My cold fingers and the electric blanket on my bed say no. My heart says yeah, it’s too early. I know crafts take time to make though, so if I want to talk about it, it’ll be too late! SO before it’s too late to […]
Plastic Canvas- They’re Finished!
I’ve mentioned a few crafts I was working on, and finally they’re all assembled. I had a stack of plastic canvas crafts and a crochet snowman just sitting and waiting to be put together. Here’s the plastic canvas pieces, a stack of Jack-o-Lantern magnets and a Welcome sign: Both of these patterns came from the same […]
It’s Clown Hair!
Really, what else can you even call that??? The best part is that it didn’t get dyed in that stripe pattern, that happened as I rinsed it. It was dyed in clusters of color. I’ve had my dye pot going constantly for the last few weeks. I pretty much start a batch in the evening, […]
Lately…
I’m not sure if I mentioned over the summer what our school year would be like. In June we (my son and I) attended an open house for a new homeschool center. It was a dream come true, the same idea I have been wanting to build for years. I jumped on board the same […]
Executive Function Getting You Down?
Do you know what executive function is? I’ll be honest, lots of people don’t and you usually only know the term after it’s a problem. When it’s a problem it’s a BIG problem, a parental tear your hair out nightmare. SO first, let me explain executive function, then I’ll tell you WHY I’m talking about executive […]