Just a few short days ago it was 70°F (21°C) here in Wisconsin, but that changed quickly! Now it’s cold, windy and often rainy. We’re lucky if it breaks above freezing temps. Definitely gloomy as well – not much sunshine the last several days. My favorite way of dealing with the cold and gloom of […]
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Simple kid crafts

This weekend we worked on some homework that Little Chick needed to finish by the end of this week — making a collage of pictures that represented her family. The hardest part was determining which pictures to include! I printed off several of our family pictures so I could make them smaller and wouldn’t have […]
FO Friday – the July edition

I wish I had more to show for July. It seems like I have accomplished more, but I guess not. Let me start with a simple project, but one that’s been sitting on the floor of my craft room for a few weeks (as evidence of wrinkles would indicate). I didn’t like the way this t-shirt […]
Crafting at the Cabin, 2013

I don’t really have a knit or crochet finished craft to show you this week but I do have a treat to share. I meant to post earlier in the week about our wonderfully fun weekend we had last weekend! A group of three families we are friends with all own a “cabin” together (really […]
Clothespin people

I want to show off a fun craft Little Chick and I did this weekend. We were playing in my craft room when I discovered a full package of old-fashioned clothespins. These are the kind that don’t open so there are no springs or clips to pinch little fingers. She loves turning anything “stick”-shaped into […]