Made By Humans
My teen has always been a maker, but I decided to make a STEM shelf to keep some of her (and my!) tools a little closer at hand. We have this shelf in the hallway upstairs, next to her bedroom and what we still call the playroom even though it’s mostly for art and storage […]
Note: this was originally written in 2020 when we were thinking about quarantine crafts, but it’s also a great list for getting a basic craft kit stocked. While I’ve ordered a few things for special projects the girl wanted to do (and then decided she wasn’t so sure about as soon as those items arrived) […]
The girl is getting older and she’s less likely these days to accept creative prompts that I give her. So it always thrills me when she wants to make something I didn’t suggest. So it was with these kid-directed softie projects. I was thinking about what I was going to do to celebrate Sew a […]
I’ve skipped a couple of weeks of notions thanks to not actually working on Mondays. Such is life. But here were are on the cusp of fall and it’s the perfect time for crafting with or without kids. There are a ton of great craft tutorials out there with a fall theme, and many, many […]
Note: product links are affiliate links. I’ve already talked about the importance of taking time to create for yourself, but it’s just as important — maybe even more so — for your kids to have access to tools to express their creativity as well. Making things is a great way for kids to develop their […]
It seems like I’ve been doing nothing but writing guest posts lately, which is not exactly true, but there has been a bit more of it than usual this week. First, my pal Amanda, who shared her tips on subscription boxes earlier this week, hosted me at Let’s Talk Learning, the blog component of the […]
When I decided to send the Bit to preschool, it was a difficult but really calculated decision. I knew that if I was going to continue working, if I ever wanted to make more of a name for myself or write a book ever again, I was going to need more time to work. I […]