I write about crafts and creativity regularly, but even I sometimes don’t feel that creative. It’s been particularly hard lately getting jazzed creatively with the busyness of fall, the pressure of developing the next book idea and the stress of having a kid who’s been sick on and off for more than a week. I […]
Getting Back to Morning Pages
As I thought about launching this public creative journey last week, I tried to think about things I could do every day that would keep me connected to and focused on this goal of mine to be more creative and to help you all hopefully be more creative, too. The first thing I thought about […]
New Year, New Art Supplies
My sister-in-law is amazingly great at picking presents for the Bit and me. Her job is working with preschools and early childhood education programs, so she knows all the best toys, great books and whatnot to get the Bit, but she also manages to do pretty well picking goodies for me, too. This year, it […]
How We Do Art in My House
I like to think of myself as a creative person, and when my little girl came along I hoped that I could pass that on to her. She’s a very avid colorer and she enjoys painting, too. A few of the moms I know were interested in how we go about painting in house without […]
Starting and Finishing
Back when I said that this month was going to be about finishing, I intended to actually finish a few projects before I started anything new. But then I found a coupld oe super quick and easy projects that I just couldn’t resist. First there was Zodiac, a pattern from Knitty back in 2007 for […]
What, Me Crochet?
I’ve been what I consider to be a pretty good knitter for a relatively long time now, but I have never been one to crochet. It just never took the way that knitting did. I’ve been trying on and off to do something about that for the past couple of years, and it occured to […]
The Creativity of Stock
Making vegetable stock (or really any other kind of stock, but vegetable is the only kind I make) is in a way an act of creativity. It’s a way of using things that would otherwise be considered trash or that might go to waste if you didn’t throw them in the pot with some water. […]