The Fifth Quarter by Mike Dawson Get ready to hit the court in this heartfelt, sporty, graphic novel! Lori Block is dedicated to her fourth-grade basketball team, despite being relegated to an extra period before the real game starts, known as the fifth quarter, where the not-so-good kids play and the points don’t count. That doesn’t matter to […] Read more…
DIY Valentine’s Day Felt Heart Garland
Instead of traditional red and pink Valentine’s Day decorations, this year I wanted to decorate using materials that were more natural, textured, and well, subtle. Inspired by the natural wool colors in my pom-pom wreath, I decided to DIY this felt heart garland for the fireplace. It’s a super easy and inexpensive project (materials cost […] Read more…
Valentine’s Day wall art – Free Printable
A million years ago (2015!) I was a guest blogger on a popular budgeting site, where I shared a couple of free holiday art printables. Since that site is no longer available, I went to upload the old art to this site when I discovered how old and outdated it was. Not to be dramatic […] Read more…
DIY: embroidered slogan sweater
Have you noticed the embroidered slogan sweater trend taking off the past couple of months? These sweaters, popularized by Lingua Franca, have been popping up everywhere on tv hosts and magazine covers. While beautifully made, some of these sweaters cost upwards of $400, out of reach for many of our budgets. I decided to make […] Read more…
Best TV shows to binge watch while knitting
I’ll admit it- I LOVE tv. Before streaming services were the big thing, we did not add HBO or Showtime to our cable package because OMG so expensive! So we’d binge on shows like The Sopranos when we’d visit our parents for the weekend after everyone else had gone to bed, staying up till all […] Read more…
Podcasts for every member of your family
Podcasts have been keeping me sane lately. Here are some of my very favorites – if you like these, I’ll post some more, maybe going deeper into each category. I mean, I could probably give you a dozen good DIY or entrepreneurial podcasts right off the bat, but let’s start with these: For the true […] Read more…