Vanna White emceeing the Lion Brand fashion show Today is the close of the 2014 Craft and Hobby Association trade show, and, I confess, I had to cry uncle. After a couple of days of pounding the concrete and being…
Recipe: Plantains Fried in Browned Butter
I’m known to be rather…well, “excitable” is the word we use in our family. I scream, I clap, I jump up and down, I have a laugh that shakes the rafters. There’s really no mistaking how I feel about something,…
Blogging: Art vs. Commerce
I have a few blogging friends that I can count on when I need a vent session, and unfortunately I didn’t get to see enough of them on this most recent trip, so I have to take my angst and…
Bundled Up Cozy Christmas Tree Unveiling
Christmas DIY: Miniature Quilt Ornament
Oh the last minute. It and I are bosom companions. In planning my calendar I, of course, never planned two a day tutorials, or even a tutorial on Christmas Eve. I mean, who’s still making ornaments besides crazy old me?…
Christmas DIY: Pair of Slippers Ornament
Bear and I get along famously. We’re one of those annoying couples who are so on the same page that we accidentally dress alike all the time. But the one thing we are always bickering over is the temperature of…
Christmas DIY: Puffy Coat Ornament
Like everyone of my generation, one of my favorite Christmas movies is “A Christmas Story,” and we quote it endlessly around here. Particularly whenever we bundle up and we reenact the scene where the little brother is so covered in…
Christmas DIY: Pair of Mittens Ornament
I couldn’t stop the inspiration. Whenever I looked at my list of ideas I couldn’t bear to cross one off. So in this last dash to Christmas I’m going to be pumping out the tutorials to share them all in…
Christmas DIY: Miniature Sweater Ornament (with tiny wire hanger)
In my brainstorming, this is the ornament that started it all. The tree never would have been complete without it, and the sweaters I picked up from the thrift store with this project in mind were what set the whole…
Christmas DIY: Polar Fleece Scarf Ornament
Two holiday parties last week, an epic sickness, and three holiday parties this week, and I am BEAT. And then at the class party today I realized I didn’t have enough presents for all the teachers aides, so I have…