This week’s Iron Craft challenge was inspired by the tiny adorableness being produced over at Crabapple Crossings. We were asked to make something in miniature, and because her projects are all about little bunnies I figured I would make a craft for the little bunnies the girl has. (and never plays with. whatever.) This miniature […]
Make a Washi Tape Rainbow
It’s National Craft Month (though, honestly, who really needs a special month to think about crafting?) and a bunch of bloggers are joining forces to share colorful, creative crafts that will get you inspired, too. This week’s theme is all about colorful crafts, and I thought about the fantastic colorful rolls of tape we inherited […]
Make a Monkey Drum to Celebrate Chinese New Year
I told you earlier about how we like to celebrate Chinese New Year. We attended the new year celebration at our local library over the weekend, which got me excited to make a Chinese New Year craft. It happened that Daria, of the blog Tiny Tapping Toes, a world music site for children, had sent […]
Best Activities of 2015, and My Most Popular Post Ever
It’s always fun as a blogger to look back over the past year to see what people really loved, as a means for developing similar content in the future. It’s also great for readers to see the top posts from a bunch of different bloggers, because you can catch up on great blogs, activities and […]
Try Something New with Christmas Recipes and Crafts
Christmas can be tricky. We love hosting friends who have moved away and being the place where family and friends can gather during the holidays. But it’s a break for us, too, so we don’t always want to spend a lot of time decorating, preparing a big fancy meal and cleaning up after big cooking […]
Make a DIY Dreamcatcher Out of Crafty Leftovers
One way that I like to challenge my creativity from time to time is to play with crafty leftovers, to take things from other projects or just items from my stash and see what I can do with them. It’s a great way to get into the process of creating and just play without caring […]
Crafty Linkup Week of Oct. 26
I’ve been really bad about not sharing my crafty links lately — probably because I haven’t had much to share! But my creative friends have been busy and are sharing lots of great stuff to get you inspired to make something great. (And if you haven’t checked out my Halloween skirt from last week, I’d […]