Made By Humans
I am really strongly dominantly right handed. I can eat using my left hand, and button buttons, but when it comes to writing, crafting and other hand work my right hand is the boss. Even though I know how to knit holding the yarn in my left hand, and people who work that way say […]
I mentioned recently that my one little word for 2016 is clear. Even if you don’t have a little word, you might have a word that is meaningful to you or that you want to focus on in the new year. Create, for example, is always a good word for me. You might have a […]
I wanted to start my year-long creative challenge with doodles even though I’ve talked about them before because it’s such an easy, basic way to be creative wherever you are and no matter how much time you have. You can doodle at your desk, at the end of the day, in the margins of a […]
Paper folding and paper cutting — also known by the Japanese terms origami and kirigami — are big trends in crafting right now, and lots of beautiful paper crafting books are being published to promote these arts. Whether you’re new to the crafts like I am or a seasoned folding and cutting expert, these guides […]
I’m a day behind on the Iron Craft Challenge this week (because it was book launch day yesterday), but the idea was to create something using words. The first thing I came up with was making a bookmark, because it seems like we always need more of those. I decided I wanted to do a […]
I have to admit I haven’t been feeling all that creative lately. The girl has not been sleeping well, so I (and husband) have not been sleeping well, and when I’m not well rested its harder for me to come up with ideas or have the energy to create. But this week I’m really trying […]
The Iron Craft challenge for this week was to craft something using paper, and I went through a lot of ideas before I came upon the plan to do some simple paper cutting. I remembered from long ago that you could make one-cut paper stars with some fancy folding, so I set out to relearn […]