What Do You Want to Make Today?
Once I had all my paint down I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do next with my slow art project. I started thinking about fabric scraps or more paper to give it a collage look. I went through my fabric drawer, where all the little random bits end up, and found a couple […]
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was to make something crafty for the kitchen. Since I already did my upcycled napkin rags (which are my new favorite kitchen cleaning tool, by the way) I decided I would try making something else cuter by putting a crochet edge on a tea towel. You might remember my last […]
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was to make something that had to do with the letter g, whether in terms of material, color or technique. I immediately thought of green, because it’s my favorite color, but then I went to the other meaning of green, as in ecologically sound. We have been using cloth napkins […]
I had a bad feeling about this one. Though I am well-versed in a lot of crafty arts, there are some things I haven’t tried. Things I have no good reason to have not tried. Woodworking is one example of something I haven’t tried that it’s good I haven’t tried, because I can be kind […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BringingInnovation #CollectiveBias As a crafter I feel like the aim of at least some of what I do is to help the environment. While I do make things out of new things I also like to find ways […]
As you may have heard by now, the girl started kindergarten this year. It’s a whole new world in a lot of different ways, and they try to make things a little easier during the transition time by having “rest time” part of the year in lieu of a nap. Because there are lots of […]
One of the ways I like to learn things is to kind of get myself in over my head and see what happens. Last week’s Iron Craft challenge, which I totally missed, was to create something blue. I had this great blue batik fabric I knew I wanted to use. I wanted to make a […]