by Aimee | Dec 24, 2016 | Cooking not Stitching, Featured, Getting Crafty, Handmade Holiday, Personal Projects
Here’s what I’ve managed to finish up so far. This is just a picture dump so that I can get back to work on the three small items that remain. I had 50 gifts to make and 40 days–though in totalling up distinct items (pairs of shoes, individual...
by Aimee | Nov 22, 2016 | Cooking not Stitching, Featured, Getting Crafty, Handmade Holiday
There are 33 days until Christmas, and I have 44 gift recipients on my list. Here’s a breakdown of my to-do list: 1 dozen jars of jam done! 6 Cloved Orange dish soaps with dishcloths (done!) plus a couple of special ones with a design knitted in 1 dozen doll...
by Aimee | Nov 22, 2016 | Cooking not Stitching, Featured, Getting Crafty, Handmade Holiday, Personal Projects, Raising Geeks
This will be my third year of a #handmadeholiday promise. And this year, I may actually succeed! We give storebought gifts at other times of the year, especially birthdays. A Handmade Holiday is a way for us to combat the commercialism of the Christmas season and...
by Aimee | Jun 13, 2013 | Cooking not Stitching, Miscellany
Since really committing to Real Food about 2 years ago, I haven’t really found too many processed foods I missed. And I was happy to discover that I could, with a little effort, replicate just about everything that I did have a hankering for reasonably well....