All these Crafty Travel posts popping up here on the blog have made me think about my own travel habits — not to mention my packing methods! I love collecting cute bags and luggage to hold my clothing and toiletries, but when it comes to fitting in an extra pair of shoes I usually cram […]
Super Smooth Scooter Bag By Bernadette Noll and Kathie Sever Future Craft Collective As I type this I can see the Atlantic Ocean out one window, the Empire State Building from another, and the full moon too. Visiting family in the motherland has got me feeling all sentimental for all of it — the places […]
Finger Knittin’ Good By Vickie Howell In the past, I’ve had little luck getting my sons interested in learning to knit. Even when presented with jazz hands, in their eyes, my needles make much better swords than crafty tools. Alas. When summer vacation hits, however, a mom has to get creative in order to keep […]
Dark Chocolate Gelato By Katie Goodman I have a love affair with eating. I can think of no other place that I’d rather indulge that passion than in Italy — a place where eating is a treasured event and delicious food is abundant. Many travelers remark at the wonders of Italian gelato, admitting to visiting […]
How-To: Make Your Own Wedding Emblem By Liz Grotyohann Making yourself an emblem for your wedding is a great and simple way to weave a personalized theme through your wedding elements and get a very “pulled together” look for very little money. You can use your mark on your invitations, place cards, programs, favors, and […]
If you love the colorful and graphic look of quilt blocks, here’s a fun way to experiment with designing them — only without having to pull out the rotary cutter and iron. Just round up some origami paper or patterned fabric and some graph paper and you can create all sorts of fun designs to […]
Making play dough is almost as fun as playing and sculpting with play dough! This simple cooked play dough recipe is a great way to encourage kids to have fun in the kitchen. The resulting dough is smooth, not grainy, and you can make it using inexpensive ingredients found in your cupboard. And this recipe […]
