Every year for the past few years I have picked a word that’s supposed to help guide me thinking and focus through the year. Simplify has proved to be harder than I thought (ha!) because I needed to start with simplifying my schedule and I seem to just be adding things instead. But one word […]
Sew a Paper Shamrock Garland for St. Patrick’s Day
Sometimes I know exactly what I want to do when an Iron Craft challenge is announced, and sometimes it takes me almost to the last minute to figure out what I want to do. This week’s theme was green, of course, and I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do. Knit something green? I’ve already […]
Knit Egg Cozy, or a Hat for a Plastic Easter Egg {Iron Craft}
Earlier this week I shared a post on Craft Gossip about a sweet little free knitting pattern for egg cozies that have bunny ears. Adorable, right? Someone on Facebook had the gall to comment “Cute. But why?” Which is completely the wrong answer. Cute is its own reason, its own reward. So to celebrate that, […]
Make a Quick Tooth Fairy Pillow to Hang on a Door
The girl has a loose tooth. It escalated from being a kind of wiggly tooth to a super-wiggly, may-come-out-at-any-time tooth basically yesterday. I think we’ve still got a few days before it will fall out, but you never know, so I decided I needed to be prepared. I whipped up this little tooth fairy pillow […]
Easy Upcycled DIY Curtain Tiebacks
The window in my office is right over my shoulder when I’m sitting at the computer, so most of the time I have to keep my curtains closed. But in the winter it’s so important to see that little bit of light that is out there, I decided I needed a curtain tie back. We’d […]
What to Do with Leftover Yarn Ends
I’m a knitter and yarn crafter, so I end up with a lot of little bits of yarn. Not just odd balls left over from projects, though I have a lot of those, too. I’m talking about the little bits that are left when you weave in ends on a project, or when you trim […]
A Quick Dress for Valentine’s, or Any Time
It occurred to me the other day that the girl didn’t really have anything special to wear for Valentine’s Day. Her class is having a party, of course, and I thought it would be fun to make her a dress or something. I worried that maybe I didn’t have anything in my stash that said […]