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Try Finger Knitting {Craft Challenge, Day 123}

Sarah White May 2, 2016 Knitting1 Comment

I love knitting with needles, of course, but it’s always kind of a fun trick to make familiar things in unfamiliar ways, such as with finger knitting. I was reminded his fun finger knitting is when I taught the girl, who isn’t quite ready for knitting with needles just yet. …

Make a Burlap Bow to Decorate a Simple Fall Wreath

Sarah White September 29, 2015 Crafts / Holidays5 Comments

As much as I craft, I’m not really a decorator, but this year more than any other I’ve been feeling a desire to decorate our front porch for fall. It all started with the apple-themed fall porch decor I made for Walnut Hollow, but then I decided we really needed …

Make a Tassel Necklace from a Keychain

Sarah White September 23, 2015 Crafts2 Comments

I went to an event at my daughter’s school recently and scored as a door prize a lovely suede tassel keychain from GiGi New York. Sweet, right? Except I’m not really a giant keychain kind of girl. So of course I had to get crafty with it. These keychains are …

Two-Color Pom-Pom DIY

Sarah White January 22, 2015 Crafts / Yarn Craft3 Comments

I spend a lot of time with yarn, because it’s my job. When the January DIY Challenge from Adventures in Making was announced as being yarn, I was kind of excited but also didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want to just knit something. I didn’t really want …

Getting My Holiday Together Like a Crafty Ninja, Part One

Sarah White December 18, 2014 Cooking4 Comments

It’s not like we don’t see Christmas coming. It’s at the same time every year. It can’t possibly sneak up on us, and yet every year there’s the same mad dash to finish something or buy something or do something before that big, firm deadline of Dec. 25. Or, in …

Make a Cute Holiday Card in Five Minutes or Less

Sarah White December 17, 2014 Crafts / Holidays / Paper Crafts and Drawing1 Comment

I’m a little behind on, well, probably everything this holiday season, but I’m just now starting to pull together gifts for my daughter’s teachers. I knew I at least wanted to make handmade cards, so I pulled together some really basic and wonderful supplies that allowed me to make these …

Make Glitter Clothespins to Hold Holiday Cards

Sarah White December 15, 2014 Crafts / Holidays0 Comments

I’m taking part in the Adventures in Making #DIYCraftChallenge again this month. The theme is glitter. Join in if you want, or check out my entry from last month, Rosemary Lemon Body Scrub. We recently put a table in our entry way in this strange little nook by the staircase. …