Year: 2011

Handmade Inspiration Journals

TheDelicateUtility knows the importance of having a place for all those great ideas swimming around in your head. Put them to use in these handmade journals made from reclaimed leather, folders and paper. The pages are blank, and best of all, most of the journals are small enough to fit in your back pocket if […]

Canning Plum Jam

Michelle from Muffin Tin Mom has a post on her first canning experience recently (the fruits of their labor are pictured above – get it?!). She offers up some tasty ideas for plum jam, her thoughts on canning, and even some cute gift tags for finished jars. For the veteran canners out there, do we […]

How-To (and Why To): Make Something Ugly

By Kim Werker I’m a craft-project self-saboteur. It’s true. When I get really excited about a crafty idea, I often end up intentionally ruining it to avoid the disappointment of it not turning out perfect. Over the years I’ve turned this pesky habit into an asset, most significantly in developing the Mighty Ugly project. Mighty […]