I am so proud of myself for this new idea. Since my late teens, I have wanted magnetic poem words. The cost really prevented, and still prevents, my purchase. My… Read More... "Crafts over the chicken"
I have “I” of GAIN Academy reading _Little House in the Big Woods_, by Laura Ingalls, out loud every day. She read about Laura and Ma finding a big bear… Read More... "Laura’s lantern"
My friend and I have daughters who are the same age. When we made a date for working out at their new local YMCA, “A” of GAIN had a birthday… Read More... "The Birthday Pillow"
A Jesse Tree is craft related, so here is a sideways picture of ours. We use the Jesse Tree to count down the days to Christmas and mark the genealogy… Read More... "The Jesse Tree"
Rag bag or shirt-bag
I have been on a crafting high, as you can tell from the daily posting. I want to share my crafting with the world! Today, I spent about three hours… Read More... "Rag bag or shirt-bag"
quilling on my own
After a few days of quilling, I have moved on to creating my own designs. I feel so free to be self-reliant! Depending on someone’s patterns can be stressful —… Read More... "quilling on my own"
We can’t get real snowflakes, so we are quilling snowflakes. My 7 year old really likes it. Actually, everyone who has tried it, likes it. Here you can see “I”… Read More... "Quilled snowflakes"
A new year, a new craft! — quilling, or paper filigree, was started tonight for the first time in this family. “A” of GAIN and I spent a small amount… Read More... "Quilling"
I knit my sister and sister-in-law each her own handmade dishcloth/potholder. One was a duplicate of the dishcloth I wrote about back in 2007. Mine has served me very well… Read More... "More smelting"
The finished sweater and some scarves — Mr. GAIN‘s cousin was a knit-a-holic for a while, and produced scarves and soap socks, complete with soap, for all her cousins and… Read More... "Smelting, cont’d."