Category: handmade

  • More Progress

    I want to finish this WIP in 2013, so help me. My aunt and uncle’s 50th anniversary is in 2015 and I’d like to get it sent to them before then. So here is a picture of my progress. Not much, but I’m getting much farther on the windowsill. I make notes on my patterns.…

  • Nap Matters

    We don’t travel much, but it’s nice to be prepared when we do. I have had this pattern set for years, and I made the nap mats for both boys. I made a watermelon one for my oldest and the space/astronaut one for my youngest. I just finished the space mat yesterday! The whole project,…

  • Hoppy Easter!

    My mom almost always made this cute bunny cake for Easter, and this year it was my responsibility. We had such a good time! Cakes are always better with candy. My youngest kept sticking his whole hand on the cake and trying to grab a piece that way, so my mom fed him m&ms to…

  • Chainmaille

    I found David Belt with Belts and Chains through Dark Cargo. He makes the prettiest bracelets from aluminum and steel chainmaille. I am smitten. He writes some interesting articles on writing and on the history of chainmaille. Check out his etsy shop too!