My son and I came down with a doozy of a cold on Tuesday, so yesterday was pretty much a wash, and not much is happening today as I recover and try to catch up on house work. Still, crafting is never completely still. I’ve cast on yarn (store bought I’m ashamed to say) for […]
Read more "Slow Week"***A Quick Note About Safety*** One of my readers reminded me that it is important not to take anything for granted. Please remember that you are working with wire and that it is going on an electrical appliance. Please make sure that when in use, the wire does not come in contact with the either […]
Read more "By Popular Demand"In my former life, back when the government had money to spend on research, I was a scientist. A geneticist and a microbiologist to be exact. That tendency towards microbiology is strongly represented in my crafts as well, i.e. baking, brewing and cheese making. I bring a love of experimentation to crafting, and cooking lends […]
Read more "Cheese Experiment"Please Read This Important Update! ***A Quick Note About Safety*** One of my readers reminded me that it is important not to take anything for granted. Please remember that you are working with wire and that it is going on an electrical appliance. Please make sure that when in use, the wire does not come […]
Read more "Let There Be Light"So, I’m not kidding about the name of my blog. When it comes to crafting, I have the attention span of a dog when a squirrel runs by. I was thinking about that the other day as my basket making obsession had been replaced with a fever to make lamp shades. More about that later. […]
Read more "And Now For Something Completely Different…"A-tisket a-tasket A green and yellow basket I wrote a letter to my love And on the way I dropped it, I dropped it, I dropped it, And on the way I dropped it. A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket. Maybe it’s because I’ve been in the garden […]
Read more "A Tisket a Tasket, I Made a Little Basket"Fall came in with a vengeance over the weekend, and all this cooler weather has me thinking pumpkins, and pumpkins means pumpkin bread. This was a holiday tradition in my house, and Christmas time sees a lot of baking. Since I’m able to make it whenever I wish now, I do. This time, my three-year-old […]
Read more "Fall=Pumpkins=Pumpkin Bread"An embarrassment of riches this summer in the form of my very first attempt at growing tomatoes, caused me to have to search out new and creative uses for grape tomatoes. Fresh off of pickling the few measly cucumbers that I got off of the vines before they withered prematurely, (Still haven’t figured that one out) I decided […]
Read more "Pickled Tomatos"Wheeeeee! I made my first Etsy sale. My plarn lace bag, will be leaving home on Monday. Such a sad, proud day. Ok, so I’m not even making half minimum wage on the hours I put into it, but at least my material cost wasn’t high. Setting a price for things is definitely the hardest part about selling your handiwork.
Read more "My First Etsy Sale!"Has anyone else noticed how expensive healthy bread has gotten at the grocery store? Or how much like cardboard they taste? I’m not sure if quality is really deteriorating, or if I’ve just gotten so used to home baked bread that store bread suffers by comparison. My quest for a good sandwich loaf intensified recently. […]
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