Handmade Reviews

Fabric-Covered Frame

Handmade Review: Fabric-Covered Frames from Girls’ Night In

When I saw a tutorial for fabric-covered picture frames in the copy of Girls’ Night In that my tween was flipping through, I snatched it out of her hands (don’t worry–she’s used it it!) and took it as my immediate excuse to stop cleaning the house and refinish a picture frame right that second.

Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature

Book Review of Outside: A Guide to Discovering Nature

If you know a kid who loves nature crafts, then it’s worthwhile to provide that kid with a guidebook to the natural world, one that shows her the processes that form all the things that she enjoys creating with.

Gardening on a Shoestring

Handmade Review: Gardening on a Shoestring

Gardening can actually be kind of expensive, considering that you’re supposed to be saving money on grocery stores and florists by growing your own organic produce and flowers.

Singer 2277

Crafty Review: The Singer 2277 Sewing Machine

You know that kind of sewing machine that I’m talking about. Maybe it’s got a ton of fancy stitch settings. Maybe you just press a button and boom, it hems your skirt. Maybe it does some cute embroidery while it’s at it.

And yeah, maybe it costs a thousand bucks.

Pro tip: There is more than one way to make a crayon candle. Here, I'll break down which method for making crayon candles works and which one doesn't.

Stop Making Crayon Candles

Pro tip: There is more than one way to make a crayon candle. Here, I’ll break down which method for making crayon candles works and which one doesn’t.

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