Onto post #8 of my Handmade Gift Challenge: fancy napkins! For my sisters-in-law, I made reusable cloth napkins. These are meant to be “everyday” napkins to replace using paper napkins or paper towels, thus reducing waste, etc. Plus they are way prettier than paper towels. Way. I started with 15-inch squares of cotton fabric that turned into […]
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More abstract kid art (Now trimmed with yard sticks!)
Here’s another piece of abstract kid art Elise made for her uncle (my brother). He doesn’t have any children of his own yet to make him sloppy paintings, so I thought he might appreciate one from us. We started with a piece of scrap wood left over from making our DVD shelves. After priming it […]
Hello, Playroom! I love you.
After many months of work, I am happy to announce our playroom is finally finished. Let’s take a look at where we came from: the dated, dingy unused upstairs bedroom that nobody spent any time in. It needed major brightening. When I was hunting around for the before pics for this post, I realize they […]
Photo tile magnets
I made a bunch of these photo tile magnets for Christmas gifts. They are small at about two inches square, but have a nice weight to them. I started with these tile magnets I picked up for about 25 cents a two-pack at after-Christmas clearance last year. They were fine as-is, but to me they were […]