Inflatable turkey . It's way bigger than you'd think!

It rained pretty much all weekend, but it was still warm, so we tried to get some yard work done. And we did, but there were some moments of tension. It wasn't looking productive until I remembered the scavenger hunt...

Ann and Kay over at Mason Dixon Knitting have come up with a great way to celebrate Kathreen's life this long weekend by suggesting we spend time looking at whip up, link to a favorite whip up post, and encourage...

This type of cross-training-workout-for-a-short-amount-of-time-until-you-feel-like-you-might-die is great for me. Occasionally. Like when I'm not hurt. When I can do this kind of thing, I just keep thinking about how it's only 7 minutes, and it makes it easier. Sort of. I...

I just heard about Kathreen Ricketson and her husband Robert Shugg and the terrible circumstances of their deaths. I'm sending love and thoughts to their children and families. It just makes me cry. I remember when Kathreen started Whip Up...

Last week we made some photo blocks. We glued the photos to wood scrap and/or toy wooden blocks with YES paste and then covered them with 3 coats of gloss Mod Podge. Then the sides were painted. We got this...

I found this amazing yarn that I am getting all crazy about at Michaels. It was on sale, I think it was $1.99 or something insane like that and I just can't stop tying it on stuff. I don't really...

We had my brother over last weekend for brunch and made a waffle bar- I made a few different types of waffles. He brought the fake moustaches. In that special way my brother experiences life, he made the best waffle...

I pre-ordered the most recent issue of 111O, a journal published by the stellar micro-press MIEL, and it was delivered in my mailbox recently. This issue contains a beautiful set of postcards created by different artists— and words from different...

We just got back from the greatest trip. We were on Maui for seven days and it was magical. We studied the history of the islands for about a month before we left, reading everything we could get our hands...

This is another t-shirt I had made for Pete. This one was for his birthday. Like the one I made before, I used CustomInk and was so happy with how it turned out and how fast it shipped. I did...

Okay, the workshop is now available over at Creativebug. It's part of the subscription, or you can buy it as a single class. And you can watch a little preview right here. Just click on the photo. Woot!

My newest video workshop is almost here over at Creativebug! It will be up Thursday, April 25th. I'm so excited to have this one out there. I'm showing how to make a camisole and undies from an old t-shirt. I...

I've been pretty slow on the tech front the last few years, so I'm sure most you you are already hip to all this—I just got my first smart phone last year (do people even call them smart phones anymore?)...

When we were doing the painting for our paper mache a bit back, a whole new project was invented during the clean up—homemade wrapping paper. With the leftover paint and the scrap newspaper dozens of wrapping paper sheets were made....

I read once, long ago (I don't remember where) that there was no point in having a blog if you can't show what you had for breakfast. This was before Instagram. But I think it's true for both. So here's...

Here's a list of all the books suggested in the comments, I don't think I missed any, but some might have been added later. These look so good and most are new to me. There's some YA, mysteries, and books...

The girls have been making some pretty amazing fairy environments in our yard. They got some resin pieces for gifts and have been adding homemade touches almost daily—which are amazing. A clothesline, a toilet, (of course) and lots of other...

I had some coconut milk left over, but not much so it found its way into muffins. I liked these much more than everyone else in the house, but the kids don't really dig lime/coconut anything, so I wasn't surprised....

I have been listening to podcasts in my early morning walks around the house with my back thing. One of my favorites (along with This American Life—any episode from any time) is Alec Baldwin's Here's the Thing. This interview with...

We use a lot of glue sticks in this house. And I'm all about scratch paper for gluing. I used to grab newspaper for this, but I usually ended up using whatever was handy and it was often a half-finished...

We made buttermints from scratch today using the recipe here. I got the idea for this from Mariko who showed some she made on instagram. She's usually behind my craziest food making urges— items that are totally silly, and fun...

I'm trying to collect images of faux-egg edibles when I can. I didn't buy these, but I think I should. They look both delicious and nasty. And, I'd like to make these egg shaped cakes with the lemon curd filling....

I saw this simple/brilliant idea for candy terrariums over at Martha. It is a video. Delia watched it and having never seen her before said, "She's pretty good." which cracked me up. These little glass bowls were from the dollar...

We picked up a few of these pet-manga books, Chi's Sweet Home , at the library and they quickly became very important in our house. All the girls love them. They are really sweet, with some wonderfully written cute/sad parts...

I have been standing a lot the last month, only sitting while I drive. For real. I know of evey place in town where I can eat standing up and not get weird looks or nice people asking me if...

For a long time I used to buy all the little bags of various flours at Bob's Red Mill and keep them in the freezer and then add them to whatever I am baking. The thing is, they make a...

My newest workshop is over at creativebug. This class is a little different than what I have taught before—it's all about /journaling/ record keeping/documenting everday family life in a non-traditional, messy, free-spirited way. It was so fun to do and...

We are learning about pirates and Picasso right now. They seem unrelated, and they are, but Picasso did wear black and white striped sailor shirts. The kids love to mash-up subjects. We are also learning about cheese but more about...

Thank you for all your support this week. We've been feeling a huge internet hug and it's wonderful. I finished the Toulouse Sweater (here's my project link) a few days ago and I can't tell you how big of a...