Do you read poetry? Do you have poems that you remember liking but you don’t read very often? Or would you like to read more poetry more often? Let’s make a poetry book to hold a few poems on a theme, or just poems that you like. Finding Poems It’s actually really easy to find […]
Write a Haiku {Craft Challenge, Day 108}
It’s National Poetry Month, so I had already planned some creative challenges around poetry, but I read online today that it is International Haiku Poetry Day, so who am I to pass up the chance to write a haiku (or several)? What is Haiku? It’s likely you had to write haiku in school, but if […]
Painting with Yarn {Craft Challenge, Day 107}
I have a lot of little bits of yarn. This is just a handful. It might seem silly to keep them, but I do use them. They’re great for stuffing projects with, and you can use them in art as well. Even if you don’t have a horde of tiny bits in your house like […]
Colored Aluminum Foil {Craft Challenge, Day 106}
Earlier this week, husband made individual pot pies in little ramekins. They were adorable, and delicious, and the leftovers resulted in there being a few little pieces of aluminum foil floating around the house after I at some of them for lunch the next day. So of course I had to figure out something to […]
Sew on a Button {Craft Challenge, Day 105}
OK, I know sewing on a button doesn’t sound very creative, or challenging, for that matter. And maybe it’s not. But the very act of sewing, even mindless sewing like sewing on a button, is meditative, and who says the thread you use has to be the same color as the fabric you’re sewing into […]
Hand Sewing {Craft Challenge, Day 104}
Because I had scraps of fabric out yesterday while I was working on the circle bag, the girl asked if she could sew two pieces of fabric together. We’d talked about starting her on a real sewing project, instead of just stitching on plastic canvas, during spring break but she wasn’t interested, so I jumped […]
Hand-Lettered Envelopes {Craft Challenge, Day 103}
Now that we have a note card, write a quick note to let someone know you’re thinking of them, then get ready to address the envelope. Hand-lettered envelopes make the inside of the note almost as much fun as the outside, and this is a skill I really want to cultivate, so I guess I […]