greener crafting: share your ideas

I can be a total bleeding heart sometimes and often wonder about the impact of my craft(s) on the environment.  Living in a small city fairly well removed from any major metropolis doesn’t help that as options for truly eco-friendly suppliers are limited locally, forcing us into the toss up between buying local but [...]

mondays on craftster

I have to admit that I’m a total craftster addict and Monday mornings usually see me gazing at the comp, eyes glazed over in light of all of the fantabulousness posted after the weekends (when it seems many crafters get busy with the pretty making).  You know what the best part about trolling craftster is?  [...]

today I win at motherhood

So one of the wonderful things which happens when ones children near pubescence is that said children inevitably develop social lives independent from the play dates, sports & gatherings parents arrange for them and inevitably forget to include parents in the itinerary for such events and so get invited to birthday parties which they conveniently [...]