Just two girls and our efforts to be creative and get by.
When this blog started with was mostly an outlet to showcase some of the projects and DIYs that we were really proud of. Since then it has expanded to include a few other things. Crafts of all kinds are still the cornerstone for this blog! There’s a definite reason this category is much bulkier than the other ones. Now, I can’t say we are always the most successful at the projects we tackle but we’re always honest about the successes and the failures. I hope if you’re reading this you enjoy the posts we’ve written tracking the skills we build. Mostly we hope you learn a few things and laugh a little. Honestly, no time for instructional blog posts that take themselves too seriously. It’s about having fun, learning some new skills, and making your way through the long list of things you’ve always wanted to make.
I had initially planned to keep this craft for winter. Felt the ambience of stitching before the fireplace, or the recorded fire on tv because I don’t have an actual fireplace. But you catch my meaning regardless. However, the idea for these embroidered tote bags …
This one is difficult to assign to just one month because I’ve been taking my sweet time. *Technically* this is June’s craft. but it is a June, July and beyond craft. As lovely as a time crunch is to trying things out can be helpful …
I love that in the process of sharing about my year of crafting friends will come along and join me in the crafts that appeal to them. Just so with bookbinding! My lovely friend Jil was just as excited about it as I was. So …
Month two into my year of crafting and this month the craft was ceramics! A catalyst for this resolution/goal was that I really wanted to take a ceramics class but it kept falling by the wayside. Back at the end of 2022 I started googling …
I love New Year’s resolutions, or as I tend to do them New Year’s Goals. I spent a lot of time trying to think of the best goal for 2023. It all came down to this question: What is it that makes me joyful to …
I’m sure most people think how they learnt to do something is the best way, and I am no different. Aside from one class in grade 6 and some pointers from my mom, I taught myself how to sew. What kept me inspired was sewing …
I have spent loads of time curating my Make Nine 2023 list! I am pleased as punch with this list and hopeful that this might be the year I complete my Make Nine. I love making these lists. Maybe just because it’s one of the …
Here we are, how has it been a whole year already? It feels like I made my Make Nine 2022 list yesterday but also ten years ago. The years do feel strange in these post-pandemic years. I’ve been really diligent in tracking and recording all …
As a child of the 90’s there will always be a place in my heart for overalls. They were the darling garment of my childhood, in part because there were so many pockets to keep all the cool rocks I found. Alas, my adult body …
I love having a backup book in my bag. Suuure you can read on your kindle or your phone but it’s not really the same. I like having paper pages I can flip through on my commute. Inside my purse is a true disaster. I’ve …