Every kid deserves a swing, and this version can be used inside or even moved for people like us who live in a rental. Atti’s favorite activity in therapy, hands down, is getting to go on the swing. That was…
Elastic Waist Skirt
I had this fabric in my stash, meaning to make some piece of clothing out of it, and once I evaluated my style and realized that I really need to be wearing more skirts, I thought a simple every day…
Cross Stitched Rings
These have been in my head for AGES. Remember how excited I was when I finally found the rings I needed? Oh, the relief! Every crafter I’ve ever met has looked for ways to cover their whole life in their…
Grown Up Friendship Bracelets
I had the idea for these bracelets last year, but didn’t get around to doing anything about them until September. By then nobody’s thinking about something as quintessentially summer as friendship bracelets, so I put them away for today. Proving…
Knotty necklaces: Working with fibers
I learned about pre-threaded bead cord from my favorite local bead store, and I’ve become obsessed with it. The great thing about buying it pre-threaded is that it comes on a needle thin enough to get through even your little…
Tiered Necklaces: Using Crimp Beads
I’ve been loving the trend lately of the really dominant necklaces. I haven’t found a bib necklace that worked on me yet, so I’ve been following the “dripping with beads” trend. Bear’s grandmother left me a ton of these jet…
Showing off the beads: Eye Loops
I loved these red faceted beads so much I really wanted to highlight them. But stringing them all by themselves didn’t seem very special, so I used this really simple technique that sets each bead apart to really shine. Each…
Chain Necklaces: Working with Jump Rings
I bought a big spool of chain with a coupon at the craft store so I could make a simple necklace I could wear with anything. It’s just a whole mess of chains attached to one chain that goes around…
Necklace Making Frenzy
Years and years ago, in one of our cross country moves, the con-artist movers we hired – the same ones who destroyed our china with glee and dodged our phone calls for weeks while we slept on the ground –…
Atti’s little lunchbag
I’ve had to give up on a lot of good intentions in this motherhood experience of mine, but one that I’ve clung to is sending lunch to school in an adorable and ecofriendly lunchbag. Now that Atti goes to school…