I’m not a great seasonal crafter. I guess I kind of get all my seasonal festivity worn out with my over the top Christmas, and then I’m spent. But when Elmer’s sent me a box of goodies to make something…
SNAP! Conference
Back from another blogging conference, and with each one I feel older and older. My feet are killing me, my knees and hips are so sore I have to brace myself each time I stand up, and I am going…
Tutorial: Needle Rolls
Spring brings out the organizing bug in me, not like it’s ever very far from the surface, and one mess in my house that’s been bugging me for ages is the mess in the drawers in my studio. A lot…
Recipe: Lemon Curd
We are famous for making our signature lemon curd and hot fudge sauces every Christmas to pass out to neighbors and friends. We have given this recipe out so many times I can’t believe I haven’t shared it here yet.…
Tutorial: T-Shirt Shredded Scarf Necklace
And now, for the finale of 1 T-shirt, 3 Projects…A shredded rocker scarf necklace type thingy! This one was a bit of a cheat since the inspiration has been sitting on my hard drive for years. I went to a…
Recipe: Corn and Bacon Pasta
Lately I’ve been looking for really simple recipes that I can make a simple meal out of. I will never give up my meat and sauces, but sometimes it’s nice to just cut back and go for something easy to…
Tutorial: T-shirt Studded Cuff
Last time on 1 T-Shirt, 3 Projects: We cut off the hem and made a Sunset Boulevard style turban. With what remains of this shirt we’ve got two projects to go. Next up, a bracelet. You know I couldn’t NOT…
Recipe: Banana Meringue Tart
I have been bugging Bear to make me a banana cream pie ever since he started baking. But since he’s much more of a chocolate fan, it kept getting pushed to the back of the line. Until he found some…
Tutorial: T-shirt Turban
I wound up with an extra large men’s T-shirt somehow, I can’t even remember how now, and it’s been sitting on top of my dresser waiting for me to figure out what to do with it. I’m almost never motivated…
Recipe: Chicken Roulade with Cream Cheese and Green Onions
Growing up, this was our company dinner. It was the fanciest thing my mom knew how to make, so it was what got made whenever missionaries came over for dinner, whenever visitors were in town, whenever we needed to impress…