Category: Handmade
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Make Your Own Booklet in 8 Easy Steps
A word of warning: making booklets is fun and addictive. I didn’t mean for it to become a hobby or anything — I just wanted a few booklets for my homemade traveller’s notebook. I made a month-long homeschool planner, and then a booklet of the knitting patterns I’m working through, and then a booklet that’s…
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Turning Old Crayons into New Crayons
When River was 4 and attending the local Waldorf school, she was invited to a birthday party where — instead of gifts — we were all asked to bring a half dozen small somethings to share with the other kids. It was like a loot bag potluck and I absolutely loved the idea. Waldorf-y people…
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Yarn Along: A Three Turn Cowl, the Divine Dance, and Gilead
Another post for the Yarn Along link up, where bloggers share their knitting projects and the books that they’re reading. This post contains affiliate links. I remember now why I stopped reading books nine years ago: I have absolutely no will power. I just can’t stop in the middle of a good story. It was never really…
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My Five Favourite Audiobooks for Christians About Rest or Ritual
It’s Yarn Along Wednesday where I share what I’m knitting and what I’m reading. Last week I knit maybe two rows on my cardigan. Maybe. I’m at a confusing spot in the pattern with short rows and button holes and I’m supposed to be tracking my rows and my “surely I can just wing it without…
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DIY Doll Beds with Storage
These DIY doll beds are made from plastic bins, decorated to look like beds but leaving lots of room to store a growing collection of doll clothing. My favourite part? When your child outgrows dolls, you get a new plastic bin for your storage room. I have a child who has trouble falling asleep. She’s…
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My Three Turn Cowl and My Work-in-Progress Cardigan
When’s the last time I did a books and yarn post for the Small Things Yarn Along link up? It looks like i haven’t posted any knitting since … August 25. Yikes! I was inspired by my Making Christmas post from last year and set out to make all the gifts this year. Tell me…
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20 Great Patterns and Printables for DIY Christmas Gifts
All the items in this list are for gifts that you can make yourself — they are not finished objects. If you don’t have time for crafting during the holidays, cut yourself some slack and let someone else make the gifts for you! Two years ago, I knit up a whole bunch of Christmas gifts. That was the…
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A Homemade Traveller’s Notebook
November has been a bit of a rough month. Novembers are usually difficult, what with the days getting shorter and the weather getting colder and the end of the homeschool year nowhere in sight. We made it through two birthdays — River is now 9, which is HALFWAY to adulthood! (*cue panicky tears*). And me? I’m halfway…
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The Trick to Teaching a Handicraft
This post contains affiliate links that are irresistible. I mean, who doesn’t want to cross stitch a scene from Hogwarts? OK, this is mostly a mom-brag post because I want to show off this awesome costume that my daughter made. My little Jedi. ♥ I didn’t even take pictures of my other two kids, which…
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Two Wiksten Tanks
About a month ago, as I was preparing for our annual homeschooler camping trip, I realized that I didn’t have a single linen dress to wear by the campfire — so naturally I stayed up late into the night to sew one. Instead of doing practical things, like packing. Or sleeping. Personally, I feel like this…