Traditionally in my house if food/lunch needs to be packed we grab the closest old, hopefully not ripped, plastic bag and toss the lunch in there. Either that or we use a, way too big, shopping bag for a sandwich and some chips. Looking around the web for a solution I came across some wonderful…
Category: Crafts
Family Creative Workshop
I just recently came across this wonderful set of crafting books from the 70s on Apartment Therapy. The web is a great resource for crafts of all kinds but it’s great to have an actual book in hand sometimes. I’ve ordered a used set on Amazon at a not too unreasonable price, about 5$ per…
Fabric On Demand
I recently came across fabricondemand.com where you can send a fabric design and have it printed on a variety of fabrics. I’ve ordered a girly floral print so I can make dresses for the girls but I’ve also entered their Save the Chairs contest. My design is #183, it’s a chair on chair motif. The…
Friday Links
Over at Have Cake, Will Travel these chickpea blondies caught my eye. They look like they might be perfect for a rainy weekend snack. I’ve been looking around to gather up some crafting ideas for us and the girls and found this garden wish flag project, via Maya*Made. It seems like a great way decorate…
Getting Back in the Creative Groove… Kind of
So I’ve decided to be limitedly creative again and try to make some pocket change while doing it. I’ve developed a store on etsy.com. If you haven’t checked out this site yet you should it has all sorts of hand made crafts and wonderful items. I’ve decided that I’m going to start creating “digital scrapbooking…
Painting again
In our new house our attic is very large and would lend itself well to painting. Sage is getting older and can nurse less frequently and my mind has been turning to painting again. I have always been facinated by various forms of fertility figures across many cultures. Maybe it’s because they are usualy chubby,…
A great place to buy hand made crafts, jewlery and art!
I just found this place called Etsy. It’s a place where people who have made things; paintings, toys, jewlery, clothes etc… can sell them. It’s tagline is “Etsy – Your place to buy and sell all things handmade” With my art background I am always looking for hand made things to buy and places to…