No Family Tree (Young Adult Fiction) {review}
What Is It? The premise of this book is that family is not about DNA -- possibly a surprising perspective ...
The 2016 Reading Challenge — My Experience #vtReadingChallenge
2016 Challies Reading Challenge -- "Experiencing" it As I Go! I feel a little silly calling this "my experience" already, ...
Top Tip for Assembling DIY Furniture (and other stuff)
With Christmas approaching, some of you will be getting new things that require assembly, either in preparation for Christmas or ...
The Botanical Hand-Lettering Workbook {review}
I received a copy of this book from the publisher to facilitate my review. As always, all opinions expressed here ...
NKJV Journaling Bible {review}
I was provided by the publisher with a copy of the NKJV Journaling Bible to facilitate my review. As always, ...
Do You Prefer a Pencil or a Pen? (My Favorite Pens)
An online friend asked that recently, just as a fun way to get some discussion going. I usually prefer a ...
How to Create Your Own Signature Perfume
I planned/scheduled this post months ago, and was amused to discover as it drew closer that I'm just wrapping up ...
Scrabble Roundup: Get Outside the Box with Your Scrabble Game
Happy Scrabble Day! In honor of the day, I thought I'd do something a little fun and round up some ...
Make Your Own Noisemakers for Purim, Parties, or the New Year
I mentioned a couple days ago that it's traditional at Purim to act out the story of Esther. It's also ...
Finger Puppets DIY for Purim (or Any Time) – with Puppet Roundup & {tutorial}
Purim is coming soon (Thursday -- well, Wednesday evening, really). It's traditional at Purim to act out the story of ...
11 Boot Liners You Can Make Yourself
Boot liners/boot cuffs are pretty trendy right now. Better still, they add a little extra warmth and a bit of ...
How Not to Make Cold Porcelain (My Pinterest Fail)
Making the cold porcelain went just fine. Working with it, on the other hand...went not-so-well. I suppose I technically ended up with ...
Inspiration for Journaling, from Magazines
I had a big (big!) stack of magazines I went through not long ago, clipping as necessary. I tore out ...
How I Make Use of Kindle Notes
First, a Warning/Clarification Before I get started, let me preface this with something that hopefully doesn't need to be said, ...
Make a Snazzy Stationery Set {tutorial}
As a Pearista, I received the stationery featured in this post free, to facilitate this post. As always, all opinions ...
Learn Origami with Tuttle
Tuttle Publishing provided me with the origami kits shown below, to facilitate my review. As always, all opinions expressed here ...
Literary Listography: My Reading Life in Lists {review}
I received a copy of Literary Listography to facilitate my review. As always, all opinions expressed here are entirely my ...
Easy DIY Photo Backgrounds (Using What You Have)
These are probably better described as "use-what-you-have" photo backgrounds than "DIY photo backgrounds." I've talked before about a different kind ...
DIY Dollar Store Redos
Often, the items you find at the dollar store are: boring, not your style, or something you have no use ...
DIY in Minutes {Roundup}
DIY Projects can be a lot of fun, but many of them are time-consuming, too. Today, let's focus on the ...
