In case you’re on the hunt for easy and clutter-free (or waste-free!) gift ideas for filling up an Easter basket this weekend, here are a few ideas.Simple, sustainable, and, some of them: free! +…
The colored pencil to-do list that I wrote this morning was filled with emails to send, and taxes to file, and bills to pay. There was nary an Easter egg to dye, for shame,…
For use on Easter, or anytime, here’s a simple project to make your own papier-mâché basket or bowl from a little water, a little flour, and a few recycled materials you probably have around…
+ Colorful Easter Eggs. Purple cabbage for blue, turmeric for yellow, beets for red, you’ll have the deepest jewel-toned eggs on the block (or, if you time it right, the palest pastels). + Spring bulbs.…
It’s spring break here in New York. Childcare is in short supply, the need for low-stakes projects to keep kids occupied is high, the springtime impulse to clean out and start fresh and pay…
Adding glow-in-the-dark stars to the ceiling above your bed feels like something of a childhood rite of passage. Faye has been begging to take the leap for weeks, but I felt reluctant to buy…
In case you need a tiny project to keep you company on a long train ride this week, or to help you quiet your mind and transition from work to wonder, here’s a tiny…
If you’ve gone to the trouble of dyeing a batch of Easter eggs, consider a very quick project to add a bit of springtime cheer to your Easter basket and to wring a bit…
1. this hand-me-down bonnet. {for being already almost too small, but not quite.} 2. this bathing suit hung to dry. {and the borrowed car and the empty beach.} 3. this morning project {and the…
1. these eggshell pots. {and their eager waterers.} 2. this paper banner. {cut from the sweetest stationery for a bit of springtime flair.} 3. this basket repair. {for being so easy.} 4. this empty…