Like most people I know who have access to Disney+, I’ve recently been watching the nearly eight-hour Beatles’ documentary “Get Back.” Probably unlike a lot of people, I’ve been seeing creativity lessons everywhere. Creativity Can Be Boring One of the primary feelings I felt when watching a lot of this …
This fisherman’s rib scarf knitting pattern is super quick and easy to knit. It’s great for gift knitting or to make a cozy, squishy scarf for yourself. I made this scarf for my daughter’s teacher, who is often on the dropoff line in the mornings and looked like she could …
I’ve been coming up with a little word for each year since 2013 (though I haven’t always written about it). I don’t always do a great job of keeping the word on my mind through the year — last year’s word, experiment, didn’t come up much in my daily life …
We decided this year not to put up a Christmas tree (because we have kittens who are very much like toddlers in the sense of wanting to put everything in their mouths), but for a little holiday cheer I made this upcycled Christmas ornament. Mine is made from a piece …
I didn’t intend to be bad at something when I innocently tried to make a holiday decoration, but here we are. It was actually a great thing. My Sad Attempt at a Christmas Tree We decided this year we aren’t going to put up a Christmas tree. We have kittens …
I had so much fun stitching up Twinkie Chan’s Crocheted Doughnut Rattle I just had to tell you all about it. The backstory is that one of the girl’s teachers is pregnant, and they were doing a baby shower for her. I thought I had some baby items in reserve …
The girl loves dressing up and for Halloween this year she decided she wanted to have the Uraraka Halloween costume from My Hero Academia. We made this a pretty simple DIY cosplay that works for Halloween or to get ideas on how to make your own costumes from readily available …
