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To be perfectly clear here I am Wendy’s husband Matt. I sent this email to Wendy and asked her to post it on her blog. A few days ago Wendy made a comment to me. To be honest it pissed me off at first. The more I thought about it the more I realized what [...]

One of my husband’s (to be former husband) big complaints about my writing– whether article, blog post, email conversation, forum post or text message (yes, he read my text messages, and yes, it was a problem) was that he didn’t feel that I mentioned him enough, or at all. There’s a good reason he’s not [...]

I think I hit the oldest and most mature that I was meant to get and started back in the other direction. At least I hope so. I finished the Hitty doll, dressed her in her little chemise (the idea being that Lexi and I will make clothing for her together) and gave her to [...]

I used to think that saying meant something about actually stitching the fabric of time, and I had no idea that it referred to actual mending. I guess I’ve always been an abstract thinker, or a very twisted literal thinker. We’re still waiting for the roof to dry out enough so that we can repair [...]

Candy. Sushi. Candy + Sushi = candy sushi. I’ve wanted to do this since spotting this Make: How to. I made the rice crispy treat base, but everything else was a group effort with the kids right down to the roe eggs and oddly placed jelly & marshmallow frogs on the board. Lexi even added [...]

It just takes me a little longer to figure out what every other knitter knows already: Knitpicks is da’ shizzle when it comes to needles. Once I decide on a tried and true thing it’s very hard for me to change brands, or even styles within a brand. I debated for days, then weeks, and [...]

Let me warn you that the images contained in this post might shock you. I’ve been there and seen it with my own eyes, I’ve stood in the dark shadow of the craft stash and felt it’s powerful beckoning first hand. Let’s start with what can be seen from the doorway. There’s the sewing machine. [...]

Lexi has been making everyone pony bead necklaces for a while now, so Matt bought her some smaller beads and I volunteered a ball point craft needle, and she’s been quite busy making elastic and plastic bead bracelets and necklaces. So far, I’m the only human that she’s deigned to provide with a necklace, vast [...]

After searching high and low for the card of blue-gray buttons meant for Lexi’s frock, I gave up. As a parent though it’s possible to give up without giving in. For me this meant digging out the scraps and making two coordinating fabric covered buttons. Thinking I was really clever I measured, sewed and cut [...]