Make a garden pictograph with your kids to track when you water the garden, how your plants grow, and more. Thanks to Education.com for this great idea! The girl loves to garden and observe the plants and creatures in the garden. We’re so ready to get going on the garden for the year, but it’s […]
Save Your Holey Sweater in a Flash with this Quick Tip
Affiliate links included for your convenience. Learn how to mend a sweater or other garment made with knit fabric when it gets a hole. Do you know why your T-shirts sometimes come out of the wash with holes in them? It’s not moths; it’s the zippers on other garments grabbing them in the wash and […]
Are You in a Creative Slump? The Magic of Starting Small
Need help getting out of a creative slump? Try starting small. The weight of it is heavy. Like carrying around a heavy bag, all the time. Unbalanced. Frustrated. Not quite myself. A tug at my heart knowing what I could be doing if only I felt like doing it. A creative slump is a tough […]
Trash Your Plastic Bags for an Easy Usephoria Boost
Affiliate links are included for your convenience. I don’t even know where they come from. I really try to use cloth shopping bags when I go to the grocery store, or pretty much any other store. Sometimes I forget, sure. Sometimes I run by the craft store and forget to grab a bag on the […]
The Joy of Usephoria
I love using the last bit of paint in the bottle before it dries up. Getting every stitch I can out of a ball of yarn. Reading a book and passing it on to a friend, giving it away, taking it to a Little Free Library or to my public library to shelve or to […]
How to Survive a Creative Slump
This year has been hard for me creatively. I just haven’t felt like making anything. I’ve been doing a little knitting here and there, maybe a tiny bit of sewing and some mending. But I haven’t felt inspired or really fired up to make anything. Or to write much. Creative slumps happen to everyone, but […]
How to Organize a Child’s Bookshelf
I don’t think it’s possible for a child’s bookshelf to stay well organized for long. And that’s probably a good thing. We want our kids to use their books, to pull them off the shelves and spend time with them. We wish they would put them away properly, but at least they’re reading, right? Part […]