I'm still hanging on to the coziness of winter, but my mind does begin to wander a wee bit now and again to thoughts of June's fresh, new growth. This bouquet of straw toppers came together as quickly as a stroll to my summertime cutting garden. Snip around the edges, punch a hole, insert a straw. That easy. I…

It began with a to do and to get checklist that my daughter Heather designed and a book titled The Mitten adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett. Heather and Jan, who are both published authors and illustrators, did the work for me. I just drew the two of them together as I blissfully, busily assembled another version of a booklet…

It's about the journey, not the destination. That's why I choose to make the lists in my life as pretty to look at as they are functional. My craft today evolved from templates that my daughter Heather created to record things to do and to get, the two most common type of lists that can…

I must have a calendar beside my computer. So when my 2011 one became outdated, my daughter Heather came to my rescue by creating a 2012 version. A teeny tiny one. And a bigger one. She has ones for you, too. Here. First, I will show you what I did with her teeny tiny version. I began by…

I thought a spider web would be nice… a really BIG one. After selecting the perfect opening on my front porch, I gathered supplies. I purchased the twine at our local Ace Hardware. Even though the prices are a bit higher than the bigger stores (e.g., Fleet Farm, Home Depot, Menards), I love the small town coziness I…

Today is a drizzly 61° mid-October day. Although many leaves have fluttered to the ground, there is a pretty mix of autumn color still remaining on the trees. It's a perfect cozy indoor day to tackle this and that… the little tasks that accumulate rapidly. I recently purchased a notebook that caught my eye while shopping in OfficeMax for printer ink. I love…

My daughter, Jessica, invited me over to her house to scrounge her fabric stash for yardage to make a cover for my down comforter. What you see is the early stages of my handmade duvet.     

Besides the beauty of snow hanging heavy on the branches of evergreen trees, there are two other things about winter in Minnesota that I love… the solitude and the brightness indoors. To recapture the brightness factor, I cut a wintery snow scene and attached it to my windows. Instant indoor brightness…    I drew a…

Have you ever considered making fabric yo-yos but didn't know what you'd do with them other than joining them together to make a quilt top? Well, here you go… a cute card that puts a fun spin on the Ho Ho Ho Santa greeting. I can't remember where I discovered this idea otherwise I'd give credit to its originator.    If…

Jessica J., via her blog How About Orange, provided the inspiration for this snowflake package topper. See her version here. So so cute.    This Christmas wrapping paper, with vintage-looking cars each heading home from a cut-your-own tree farm, is my all-time favorite. I bought a roll last month at Target, I think. To enhance the paper's theme, I found a pattern for this…