My children love gory halloween decorations. Give them a tree of decapitated heads, as one neighbor has, and they’ll be squealing in delight. Give them an animatronic ghoul rising from the trash can as…
1. these toilet paper rolls. {because in the hierarchy of craft supply toilet paper rolls, they’re at the top.} 2. this name practice. {and school being back in session.} 3. this borrowed dress. {and…
1. these sharpened pencils. {all ready to go, all at the same time.} 2. this rearranged pinboard. {for letting in new and old ideas.} 3. these little lights. {and finally just going for it…
I wrote this piece from my home office with two kids and James nursing the last of their sniffles on the other side of the door. I’m eternally grateful for this little room and…
1. this old project book. {and cracking it back open for the first time in over a year…two?} 2. this file box. {same old files in a more secure home.} 3. these new stripes.…
As the tail end of summer slips through our fingers, you might decide to use up spare material you have hanging around your house, to make simple cloth coasters. For the cups of tea…
1. this wonky little checkerboard. {made for checkers-obsessed kids.} 2. this sap bucket. {one man’s trash…for my trash.} 3. this new rain cape for biking. {a gift from cleverhood and so, so much better…
On my first day of work in this apartment without accompaniment from child or spouse or anyone at all, I oiled our wooden cutting boards and wooden spoons. It’s a job I usually leave…
1. this recycling basket. {emptied.} 2. these fabric scraps. {in a new spot.} 3. this drawer. {decluttered.} 4. this supply storage. {wrangled.} 5. this september light. {for being here again.} other things: they would…
I realize I’m maybe pushing my luck on reader investment in my window treatments, but my editor is MIA again, so it’s just me over here calling the shots. I made another roller shade,…