Do you ever look at the pile of yarn scraps from your knit or crochet project and think, “That is an amazing color palette!” Or …
Make Magic Yarn Balls with Invisible Yarn Joins
How to Give Yourself a Cake-Over: Embellish Your World with Cake-Themed Crochet
My daily practice, Crochet Cakery, launched this month (woohoo!). I’ve been joyfully crocheting cakes for years, and I’m so excited to share that magic with …
Make a To-Go Watercolor Palette
Summer is the perfect season for painting on the go. Whether you are on a roadtrip, camping, hiking, hanging at the beach or have some …
Uses for An Accordion Travel Pouch
I remember feeling so delighted and enchanted the first time I encountered this type of pouch. It was clearly vintage, made of stained satin and …
Let’s Get Ready For Me Made May
Me Made May is the month to celebrate your handmade wardrobe. It was started by Zoe Edwards in 2010 as a personal challenge to wear …
Sustainable Crafting: 32 Earth-Friendly Projects
As artists and creatives, we constantly collect materials and supplies. Many of our projects also leave piles of scraps and leftovers, whether bits of paper, …
Making Backgrounds for Festive Papercrafts
by Sarah Kuntz Jones, Assistant Branch Manager, St. Louis County Library This may come as a surprise, but libraries have limited budgets. I’ll give you …
Knitting Self-Love: Top 4 Ways Knitters Can Practice Self-Care + Free Pattern
by Liza Laird Knitting is a relaxing dance of sticks and string that creates beautiful, finished objects. For those who find bliss playing with yarn …
Make Heart-Shaped Mini Books for Valentine’s Day
As a bookmaker, I love a reason to make a special kind of book and Valentine’s Day presents a truly irresistible motif: a heart. These …
Befriend Your Attention: 3 Ways To Pay Closer Attention in Your Color Studies with Lorene Edwards Forkner
The beloved Mary Oliver wrote: “Instructions for living a life. Pay attention, be astonished, talk about it.” Excellent advice to which I would add: pay …