crafts

  • Advent Calendar Project ’14 – Week 2

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament, giving you enough to fill an advent calendar.) My husband came up with this week’s ornament. He suggested I ...
    Jun 27, 2014 2 Comments

  • Four Projects for the Fourth of July

    If you live in the States, you know it’s time to deck the halls in red, white and blue and stars and stripes for the upcoming Fourth of July Holiday. Here’s a few simple projects from us t...
    Jun 23, 2014 No Comments

  • Iron Craft ’14 Challenge #12 – Lego Minifig Wall Display

    For this Iron Craft challenge, we were asked to create something for a man or boy in our lives… My husband is an adult fan of Lego. Since Lego started releasing the minifig mystery packs he has ...
    Jun 17, 2014 3 Comments

  • Making my own spring

    It has been a long crawl to spring here in Minnesota. I think the snow piles are mostly gone at this point, but the greening is taking a little while. I’m taking things into my own hands and mak...
    May 13, 2014 4 Comments

  • Viking Knitting Tools

    Because Im always interesting in learning something new… I mentioned a few weeks ago I wanted to try my hand at Viking knitting, a way of weaving wire for jewelry. I couldn’t find the too...
    May 12, 2014 5 Comments

  • Hexagon Artwork In Progress

    Last week I mentioned that I want to create some artwork for my house based on the Tu pieces at Room & Board. Over the weekend I picked up the colors of felt I needed and started cutting hexagons...
    May 01, 2014 3 Comments

  • Projects in the Works

    The problem with running a craft blog is if you are doing bigger projects without any small projects in between, you don’t always have much to share. It just reminds me I need to show you guys m...
    Apr 24, 2014 6 Comments

  • Project: Footed Bowl

    I have been looking for the appropriate vessel to display some eggs on my mantle for Easter and just haven’t found anything I liked. I didn’t want just a bowl or a plate. All the baskets I...
    Apr 10, 2014 4 Comments

  • Project: Cherry Tree Under Glass

    On Tuesday, I showed you how to make Paper Cherry Trees. Today, I’ll show you what I did with one of mine. I turned it into a Cherry Tree under glass. Kind of a snow globe without snow or a te...
    Apr 03, 2014 No Comments

  • Project: Paper Cherry Trees

    I love it when all the flowering trees are in bloom in the spring. All the gorgeous shades of pink and white, like this amazing grove at the University of Minnesota Arboretum. We are about another mo...
    Apr 01, 2014 7 Comments