animals | cheap stuff | craft | knitting
New Hat
My son calls it “hangy and floppy.” This is another Jane Richmond pattern I got to use up the last of my cheap yarn. It took just a little more…
cheap stuff | craft | diy | homemaking | knitting | music
Makin’ It
It’s been a busy week of making Christmas gifts. As I was clicking the mouse to arrange the same pictures differently for calendars over and over, or wrapping wire…
Less is More, Literally
I had to make sure this Christmas present was working, in case it has to be returned. Hee hee. Why, I’ve chosen to step back to film when there is…
books | cheap stuff | craft | photography
Blue Eggs with Breakfast
I’ve hijacked the kitchen table all week for making jewelry as Christmas gifts. Somehow we’ve been eating breakfast around this mess, passing the milk over boxes of hemp and wire….
cheap stuff | craft | knitting | photography
Space Filling
Space filling is what my sister used to call the times my brother and I were little and would act extra silly and ramble on about things (“wouldn’t it be…
cheap stuff | craft | knitting | photography | shows | thinking out loud
Oatmeal!!!
I keep saying I’m about to finish this, but it seems to be the never-ending Oatmeal Pullover. The whole point of a no- brainer sweater is to relax…
cheap stuff | Christianity | craft | knitting | photography | travel
Peruvian Memories and Plungers
The other night, I was looking around the house for some way to get a 365 in using any part of me but my face and crazy hair, when I…
cheap stuff | knitting | music
I Got it at Ross Because it Was There.
This is why I love Ross: (365, Day 296) 18 balls of Ella Rae Extrafine Heathers wool- at Ross!? I was looking at footstools and there they were, glowing in a…
Mystery Garden Bits
Just little bits left to summer’s mystery garden. I never know what will work and what won’t. I may even get stuff I didn’t plant. I still have bell peppers-…
cheap stuff | craft | diy | photography
Headband How- To
Thought I’d share one of my favorite heirlooms and how I made my own. This one is a no-brainer and so simple. This button necklace belonged to my great-…