Ethiopian Butter Project: Done! This pot of simmering, spiced butter in filling my soul with the most amazing experience; The rich odor of warm butter mixed with the savory fragrance of onions, garlic, and fenugreek is so relaxing! And now, I am dreaming of forget enjoying this lovely treat in…

Ethiopian Butter Project: Unpaused

5 ideas for how to create a one-of-a-kind gift for someone you know. Find something random that is their favorite color. Use that object as a start off to build the rest of your gift. Start with something you already made and repurpose it to personalize it for your someone. 3. Ask others for inspiration 4. Ask others to create with you 5. Slow down and create a shared memory instead of an object.

5 ways in which gardening is definitely creative I didn’t start gardening until I was an adult and first married. I started with herbs, planting then in little pots and putting them in the early summer sun on our apartment patio, and it was a failure. Fast forward ten years…

Cattail Paper Bookmarks

Cattail Paper Art

What is cattail paper useful for? Last year I taught primitive cattail paper making. It was an awesome experience! Papermaking can be a long and complex process, but cattail fluff is easy to process with minimal tools. But the question that faces me now is, other than for writing, how…

This is what I made!

What can you make from a canning lid ring, paper, and yarn? This is what I made! I recently learned some origami folds, so when I saw the origami paper in this mystery craft box I decided to start my creation withh some origami creations and see where the project…