Jersey Knit Infinity Scarf

My cousin was wearing a knitted infinity scarf the other day and it reminded me that I’ve been wanting to make one with some leftover jersey knit cotton I used for a baby wrap when Dom was born. This scarf was so simple to…

Valentine’s Coasters

Another Valentine’s Day decoration. Super easy, super cheap (like .24 cents each cheap). Expect to see these for future holidays as well. The base of the coaster is a .16 cent ceramic tile from Lowe’s, and the paper on top is cut from a…

Experimental Friendship Bracelet

I picked up some glass seed beads today and started experimenting with adding them to a knotted friendship bracelet. I wasn’t adding them in any particular pattern; just trying out different ways of knotting the threads around them. I ended up with so many…

Orange T-Shirt Skirt

Sometime last year my husband went to an event for work and came home with two large orange promotional t-shirts. I knew neither of us would wear them, but I hung onto them with the idea that someday I’d make something from them. That…

Friendship Bracelets

I finally got the kids in bed after a day that felt like it would just never end, and then I had to come up with a project. I knew I wanted to do something with my hands that didn’t need too much input…

Wordless Wednesday Valentine’s Sketches

Valentine Garland

I like to decorate for holidays but often times (especially for the more minor holidays) I think about it so close to the holiday that I don’t manage to get much done, or have time to enjoy the decorations. I think this year I’ll be more…

Black Paisley Purse

I made another one of these purses today. It’s the sixth one of these I’ve made, and I’m getting better and faster at it – not to say that I didn’t make a few mistakes, but nothing fatal. I learned something new today too…

Slow Cooker Coconut Curry Chicken

Sundays are cooking days. Sometimes they’re lazy days when I can spend hours on a complicated recipe, and sometimes they’re so lazy that the only thing to do is use the slow cooker, so that I can laze around all day and still have…

Table Lamp Transformation

 I have a lamp that I like a lot. It was handmade by a great-great-great uncle (I think that’s the number of greats, at least) in 1942. I recently had it rewired but haven’t purchased the entirely right shade for it yet. The shade…