Made By Humans
I don’t know why it is that November is the month with all the challenges. I guess it started with NaNoWriMo, aka National Novel Writing Month. There’s also NaNoReadMo, started by Austin Kleon, which charges readers to share a novel they loved each day of the month. (There apparently also used to be a novel […]
It’s always fun to make your own craft supplies, whether for your kids or your own use. I’m still enjoying the homemade gesso I made a few months ago and need to make a new batch soon. I decided to try making some paint, not because we need more paint, but because it’s fun to […]
There’s a well-known quote attributed to Picasso that says all children are born artists, the trouble is keeping them that way when the grow up. These days, it’s also apparently a problem to keep them as artists as they are growing up. Because I’ve been thinking about creativity for moms, I’m also thinking about our […]
The best thing about Halloween is leftover candy, of course, but sometimes you want something a little more — or a little different — from just a candy bar stolen from your kid’s pumpkin bucket. Here’s a fun way to get the kids to hand over some of their loot and to get to eat […]
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MyCatMyMuse #CollectiveBias Back in September, our sweet old man cat Mr. Bean had a health scare. He stopped eating for a couple of days and we were afraid he might not survive. But he’s back to his old […]
I’ve had this notion for a long time that what I really want to do is to help moms be more creative. One way to do that is to provide them with ideas for things to make and do with and for their kids, which I write a lot about. But I think it’s just […]
When the Northwest Arkansas Bloggers started the #NWArkCares campaign, I thought it would be easy. Write a little blog post, spread a little love for great causes online. And while it was really easy last month to write about literacy, which is one of the most important things to me as a mom and a […]