Made By Humans
This week’s Iron Craft challenge had to do with toys, either making a toy or making something with toys. I had actually started this project a while ago but the Bit declared it unfinished and I pulled it back out for this purpose. These are little peg people with matching cups, painted in the colors […]
When you’re a crafter, it seems like every day is Earth Day because we’re always trying to use what we have in different ways and make our everyday more beautiful. With that in mind, here on actual Earth Day, I thought I’d share a few ideas for reusing/upcycling common household materials either to aid in […]
There’s a lot of stuff happening right now that keeps me from wanting to work. There’s the news, of course, which is hard to resist checking in on even when there’s nothing new happening. I’ve been nursing an injury that has my right hand and arm not feeling well for more than a week, which […]
My focus for One Little Word this month is supposed to be “creating meaning.” I’m not sure I even know what that means, let alone how to do it. On the back of my card I designed earlier in the year, I wrote down a few questions: What is meaningful creation? How can you create […]
I’m not one of those people who jumps on the online “thoughts and prayers” bandwagon every time tragedy strikes. Mostly because I don’t pray, but also because it just feels so reflexive, so, “me, too,” as if if you don’t post something about it it’s automatically assumed you don’t care. I’m also not the sort […]
You can tell I didn’t have a great month on my One Little Word project last month because I’ve taken this long into the next month to write about it. My focus for last month was “create action,” which was fitting because the challenge for the group was also to take action in a way […]
A couple of months ago I took an online course that was all about planning blog content and tools that would make blogging easier. While I’ve only sort of kept up with the program (and need to get back into it soon!), one thing that did comeout of the class was that I met LaToya, […]