The cardboard hotel I posted about last week has a new guest on the […]

My few longtime readers might remember the cardboard skyscraper I made for my son last year based on a project in a book I found at a yardsale: “Woman’s Day Book of Best-Loved Toys & Dolls” published in 1982. Over the last few weeks, we tackled another project from the book, the cardboard apartment building. This […]

Thanks for all the great suggestions for things I could make to give along with the book, and for your kind words.  And my husband is very thankful to have picked up a few new blog readers.

The winner is: MaryAnne at Mama Smiles! Please send me a note at hollyrh at gmail dot com with […]

I’m interrupting this craft blog with a little non-crafty giveaway: my husband’s new cookbook! It is available at bookstores now, and he will be promoting it tomorrow morning (Monday) on Good Morning America! So please tune in between 8:30 and 9, and leave a comment below if you’d like to win the book. Of course I’m […]

Something new for this week’s entry into the “present a week ’til Christmas” challenge at Works in Progress. I won again last week, bringing my total to three out of the six weeks I’ve entered! At this rate, I will have to make even more gifts to keep up with the new fabric I’m winning!
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I am a bit bashful about posting this project: my entry into the “Embroidereading” contest at Checkout Girl Crafts. The rules called for embroidering a poem, either something you wrote, a quote from a favorite poem or song lyric or a child’s poem. My original plan was to have my son write something, but he had […]

I fell behind on keeping up with the “present a week ’til Christmas” challenge at Works in Progress, but I’m back on track this week. If you’ve thought about joining the challenge, you might like to know that the odds are rather good. I’ve won twice already! (The prize is a  half-yard of fabric, and the […]

I’m on vacation this week, but my husband is working so I’m hanging out with my almost-six-year-old son. Yesterday, we took a bus into Boston and went to the New England Aquarium. It was great, though I think he enjoyed the free fountain outside just as much. I made a list of fun projects […]

Here’s a sneak peek of my entry for Week 5 of the “present a week ’til Christmas” challenge at Work in Progress. Once again, if you’d like to see what I’ve been up to, please leave me a comment or email me and I’ll send you a link to the “secret” blog where I’m posting these projects […]