Day 41 of 2026

These hearts are usually hanging above my kitchen sink. 

I took them down in order to hang snowflakes in December.

 The snowflakes have been put away with the other holiday decorations, 

but I just noticed the hearts today in a neat little bowl in the kitchen. 

I think I'll hang them back up tomorrow.

 

Day 9 of 2025

There is still no crafting happening, 

but I got more pieces cut. 

This bin looks like a container of fries. 

I wonder how many items I will be able to make with this mess.

 

Day 7 of 2025

I made one decoration with these pieces 

cut from cardboard tubes late last year. 

I have now cut more pieces from more tubes I have collected 

since then and plan to make them up tomorrow. 

I'll show you if that happens.

 

Day 3 of 2025

The girls and I spent the afternoon

 playing with modpodge and my fabric scraps. 

 

Day 364 of 2024

I'm enjoying the slower pace of the last few days 

and the Christmas decorations 

which will be up until M's birthday as usual.

 

Day 357 of 2024

Family pizza, paper crafts and game day.

 

Day 348 of 2024

Christmas craft goals.

 

Day 157 of 2024

My LEGO orchid set is done. 

 

Day 117 of 2024

In order to use some surfaces, 

one needs to complete some projects 

that have been stacked up on them for some time. 

This is just a few of the trimmings from the calendars that become

 folders, note cards and gift tags once the year is over. 

You can find a similar post here with a better explanation of the activity.

 

Day 13 of 2024

We had some extra time today

 which I thought might be a good time to fill with some crafting. 

GB#2 was eager to join me. 

The first giant rosette she made was from a predesigned pattern. 

The second and third ones she made were all her ideas. 

I am so proud of this girl for trusting herself and having the confidence

 to create something all her own. 

 

Day 7 of 2023

November and December always seem to be very busy months. 

The crafting I'd like to get done before Christmas rarely seems to happen. 

This year in my planning frenzy, 

I've decided to have Christmas in January. 

I will be devoting some time this month to make lots of stars 

and other delights which I will box up

 to be discovered again in December. 

Future me will thank current me.

 

Day 351 of 2022

Paper crafting is happening this evening. 

I've been selecting the paper, tracing the templates

 and cutting out the shapes for the last few days. 

Tonight I got to the folding and gluing. 

These are to become money holders with envelopes.

 I've been making them for the last few years and it's a project I really enjoy.

 

Day 233 of 2022

We were invited to come help chalk the windows

 for the start of school tomorrow.

 

Day 218 of 2022

I learned something new today, 

but now no one wants to use this bathroom.

 

Day 105 of 2022

It was a happy mail day. 

I got the sweetest letter from GB#1

 which included some origami that she thought I'd like. 

It's a raincoat.

 

Day 72 of 2022

I've been making pot holders.

 

Day 46 of 2022

Little did I know when I was making this for Fireball for Valentine's Day 

that he would also be making something for me. 

Pattern and instructions can be found on It's Always Autumn.

 

Day 16 of 2022

Today's Kirigami gets a page of its own.

 

Day 14 of 2022

I guess I'm not good at finishing page-a-day calendars. 

This one is called Kirigami from 2007. 

It looks like I got only as far as early February before I stopped.

It contains all the paper, instructions for the different folds 

and a design printed on it for cutting. 

I had started saving the ones I did that weren't too dimensional

 in page protectors. 

Now I have started cutting them again 

and have put those and all the future pages in a binder. 

They are really fun to flip through.

 

Day 357 of 2021

Craft time with GB#2 and GB#4