Last week I found Sew, Mama, Sew!’s blog where they have been posting a whole series on Handmade Holidays. Awesome! I’m so behind the times. I wish I had been following along all month. There are so many projects I want to try. So, for tutorials today, I’m listing a few projects I want to [...]
Jes is back (she taught us why we should do this and how we can do this) with great tips for you as you write your Christmas letter this year. I usually get Jessie to write mine for me, but I’m feeling pretty confident after reading through this tutorial that this year I can do [...]
Your apple pie will never be the same because Jenny is sharing her apple pie secrets with us today. She is brilliant and witty and very good at making delicious apple pie. Jenny and I first met on a study abroad to New Zealand while I was in college. Later, my husband and I lived [...]
I love Tuesdays! My sister-in-law, Katie, is back (hooray!) to teach us how to make autumn centerpieces. Perfect timing right? Enjoy!
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Here are a few ways to make fall centerpieces out of things you can find in your yard.
All you need to get started is fall leaves, twine, glass vases, and candles. I used [...]
Jessie is back! Hooray! A couple weeks ago she gave us some tips on choosing a journal and today she’s picking up right where she left off. Now that you have a journal, you should write in it. Thanks for the pointers, Jess.
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first, let’s clear the air. sometimes the thought of writing in [...]
Do you know Meg? Or her blog? Or have you seen her house? Meg and I have never met in real life but I’m pretty sure that if we were given the chance, we would be good friends. Today she is sharing her rainbow cake secrets with us. You can see the original post here [...]
It’s Tuesday again already? Guest posting our tutorial today is my sister, Jessie. [Writing this is really intimidating because she is my editor - she rewrites everything I write so it actually makes sense. But this time she's not.] She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her family (also around the corner from my brother [...]
Today’s Tutorial Tuesday is by the very talented Eva of Sycamore Street Press. Eva and I met years ago in a printmaking class at BYU (Brigham Young University). Now she and her husband live in Heber, Utah running their vintage letterpress around the clock – or so it seems! Their shop is always full of [...]
Ready for a new project? This tutorial is for a 4″ by 6″ pocket pamphlet with four pages.
Named ‘pocket’ because it’s small enough to fit in your pocket or purse, not because it has pockets.
Named pamphlet because it is bound with the pamphlet stitch. The pamphlet stitch is good for sewing a few pages together [...]
I have a 5 step program for you that will make you fall in love with journaling. If you already keep a journal, try this anyway. If you don’t keep a journal, this is a great place to start. I started keeping little travel journals in college so you can imagine the pile of little [...]