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Make Knitting Needles out of Bamboo Skewers

Sarah White May 21, 2016 KnittingOne Comment

I have more than enough knitting needles as it is, but I always wanted to try to make knitting needles. Back when I was making stuff from hardware store finds, I was going to make some needles out of dowels, but I came up with something even easier when we …

End-of-the-Year Teacher Gift: Brown Sugar Foot Scrub

Sarah White May 16, 2016 Home and Family Life2 Comments

I’ve been kind of in denial about how quickly the end of the school year is coming, but now that the last full week of school for the girl is upon us, it’s time to start thinking about an end-of-the-year teacher gift. This brown sugar foot scrub was something I’d …

Coffee-Stained Paper {Craft Challenge, Day 135}

Sarah White May 14, 2016 Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

I have a confession to make: I almost never finish a cup of coffee. I drink some at breakfast, usually make a to-go cup to take when I take the girl to school, drink a little in the car, sometimes have a little while I’m doing chores or other morning …

Twine-Wrapped Pot for the Garden {Craft Challenge, Day 134}

Sarah White May 13, 2016 Home and Family LifeLeave a comment

Last weekend husband bought some mint plants, and they’ve been languishing indoors every since. It was on my agenda to pot them for the past couple of days (you know you can’t plant mint in the ground, right?), but I couldn’t just put them in a pot. I had to …

Crocheted Storage Basket {Iron Craft Challenge}

Sarah White May 10, 2016 CrochetLeave a comment

This week’s Iron Craft challenge was to make something that could be used for storage. I’ve been crocheting a lot lately, making little bags, and the beginning of a bag looks like a basket, so I decided I wanted to make a crocheted storage basket. In the pictures it’s holding …

How to Make Yarn Out of Old Jeans

Sarah White April 12, 2016 Fabric Crafts3 Comments

There are a lot of things I hold on to just in case they might be useful for some crafty purpose later, and one thing I cannot possibly get rid of is old jeans. There’s a lot of fabric in jeans, and I have this dream that one day I …

Sew a Tiny Quilt {Iron Craft Challenge}

Sarah White March 15, 2016 SewingOne Comment

This week’s Iron Craft challenge was inspired by the tiny adorableness being produced over at Crabapple Crossings. We were asked to make something in miniature, and because her projects are all about little bunnies I figured I would make a craft for the little bunnies the girl has. (and never …