Category: Crafts
Happy New Year
Some vintage images from my grandfathers’ post card collections and a couple of Happy new Year wishes to you and yours. (And, I finally got around to doing a Top Ten!)
Doo rags (and doo-doo rags)
Keeping up a tradition of gifting tidy-whiteys to the nephews, we created some original headgear for them this Christmas.
Maldivian Body Scrub
Ah, wouldn’t a trip to a tropical paradise be great right about now? Can’t carve out enough time to go during this holiday season? Make this spice scrub instead…..
Stick a fork in it…
Make garden markers out of used wine corks and cheap forks.
Felted Dryer Balls
OK—no snickering at the title of this post. It could have been worse. I could have simply titled it “wooly balls.” 🙂 I tried to be proactive all year and keep on the look out for cool homemade gift ideas. During the months of November and December, I would like to share…
Advent Calendar: Making paper bells
This isn’t a Gift from the Kitchen, but we did make it in the kitchen. That counts, right? When the in-laws were here for Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law and I got so bored with the 24/7 football that was blaring in the living room, we found a project. She was wanting to make paper ornaments for…
Some more gift ideas, but not from the kitchen
I took some time out of the kitchen to crank up the sewing machine and finish some other Christmas gifts.
Fire starters
Making fire starters for chimineas.