I made a couple of child-sized mei tai carriers for a couple of little friends' birthdays coming up. Hazel helped in fabric selection a...

I wanted salt boxes for my kiddos to practice letters in, and googled for some ideas.  Most people just use a cookie sheet or tray, but I wa...

So it's not really a craft, unless you consider assembling Ikea furniture a craft, but my school room got  a makeover with my new expedi...

I saw  this tutorial  linked on pinterest this week, and couldn't resist doing them for our Dad and Grandpas. I had each kiddo draw o...

Two MOPs friends are expecting babies in the near future.  Andrea is expecting a surprise on or before June 18th.  I made her a mei tai and ...

One of my friends asked me to make a couple of hats for her mom, who has lost her hair to chemotherapy. Here they are!

Jono picked up a pinecone on our walk today and asked if we could make something from it.  Why, sure! Pinecone & peanut butter bird feed...

Here are this year's preemie hats! As a reminder, I knit or crochet a dozen preemie hats for NICU every year as my way to thank thos...

Hazel has been asking for a puppet theater since I made one for the Carruth cousins for Christmas. Today I made one for my kids, but they d...

The tiny window in the school room got a little valance today.  It's the type of project that I hesitate to even call a project.  After ...

Several months ago one of my favorite parenting blogs had a post about the Mother Bear Project .  They are an organization that collects han...

I saw an idea in blogland to use your salad spinner to make art.  We used foam egg shapes from the $1spot at Target.    Blobbed on some...

My friend Andrea's boys had a combined birthday party, with a superhero theme.  I thought this pattern was a perfect choice if I wanted...

I liked the watermelon hat I did as part of the rainbow so much that I wanted to do another.  My stepsister is expecting a baby girl in mid-...

A friend on my message board mentioned that she had seen a cute idea for a baby gift--a rainbow of hats. Darn it.  I had been looking for a...

I have been wanting a chore system for my kids, but none of the ones I saw marketed for preschoolers (either to buy or to make on pinterest)...

Summer 2010, when my kids were two and three, we made adorable handprint American flag tank tops to wear.  I didn't want to get rid of ...

I took two skeins of light grey wool yarn that had been in my bins, unloved, for  who knows how lon...

Before: small, plain, sturdy bookshelf that my husband brought into the marriage.  It has been housing various things in the guest room, but...

Thanks to  pinterest , I found a new use for my ugly old Ikea coffee table.  Pinterest is littered with Ikea Lack end tables turned lego ta...