As I thought about launching this public creative journey last week, I tried to think about things I could do every day that would keep me connected to and focused on this goal of mine to be more creative and to help you all hopefully be more creative, too. The first thing I thought about was morning pages. The second ... Read More »
I chose the word “create” as my word for the year in part because I feel like I am a creative person but I don’t always feel that creative. Crafting is my job, and all too often it does in fact feel like work, and that needs to change. The more I think about it, the more I realize I’m ... Read More »
My sister-in-law is amazingly great at picking presents for the Bit and me. Her job is working with preschools and early childhood education programs, so she knows all the best toys, great books and whatnot to get the Bit, but she also manages to do pretty well picking goodies for me, too. This year, it was all about the art ... Read More »
As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I’m doing the One Little Word challenge for 2013. My challenge is to live with the word create through the year. One way I’m doing that is to embrace creative challenges that come along that can help me to stretch and do some things I might not do otherwise. So suddenly, because ... Read More »
Some friends and I were discussing New Year’s resolutions on Facebook the other day, and after I mentioned my ridiculous list of goals I wrote at the beginning of 2012, a couple of people mentioned the concept of choosing one word that would color your choices and actions throughout the year. I really like that idea, and it was almost ... Read More »
If you visit this site very often, you know that I’m writing a book. A book about knitting for babies. It’s going to be an awesome book, but it’s due in a month and two days and I’m a little freaking out about it. There’s still so. much. to. do. (I guess this is what it feels like to be ... Read More »
Last week was a really low energy week for me. I didn’t feel like doing much of anything, including anything creative. I didn’t want to work on anything I’d started. I didn’t want to work on anything new. It was a rut in every sense of the word. Ugh. When you identify yourself as a creative person, what are you ... Read More »
I like to think of myself as a creative person, and when my little girl came along I hoped that I could pass that on to her. She’s a very avid colorer and she enjoys painting, too. A few of the moms I know were interested in how we go about painting in house without making a huge mess, so ... Read More »
I was e-mailing a project to a pal today and she said something about adding a logo to the design. I said “that would be fancy” and she replied “and we strive for fancy.” This holiday season, just once, even if it’s in some little, tiny thing, strive for fancy. Even if that just means you use the antique silver ... Read More »
Back when I said that this month was going to be about finishing, I intended to actually finish a few projects before I started anything new. But then I found a coupld oe super quick and easy projects that I just couldn’t resist. First there was Zodiac, a pattern from Knitty back in 2007 for a basic cotton sleeping sack. ... Read More »
It’s taken me months and months, not because I’m a slow knitter but because I bore easily. But I’m very happy to report that I finally finished the big gray blob of ribbing I was working on, also known as the shawl scarf from The Expectant Knitter: I can’t exactly say that this was a fun project, or that I’d ... Read More »
I don’t know exactly what’s come over me. it oculd be that I suddenly realized I’m going to have this baby in about 10 weeks and as it is baby has no place to sleep (well, there’s a crib with no mattress), almost nothing to wear, no diapers, towels or other supplies, and nothing but a couple of simple sewing ... Read More »
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