Benjamin's family draws names at Christmas. That way each adult only needs to buy a gift for one other adult (with 9 adults in the ...

Benjamin has about six other people in his department. We wanted to give them something thoughtful yet low-cost and relatively fuss-f...

I'm not even sure if this really counts as a handmade  gift, Since I'm being extra easy on myself this year, and I have a hard ...

My dad ended up being the lucky one to receive  two  handmade gifts from me during this year of minimal Christmas making. He li...

This one's for Benjamin, who at first look thought that my hope lantern was a Tardis. (I'll blame that one on the fact ...

The pun-loving side of me gets a smirky giggle out of this particular  hand  made gift for my dad. I purchased a " create-yo...

Now that Christmas is over, and I don't have to worry about my grown-up family members who might read my blog finding out about...

Warning: I am  a little loopy on pain medication. If I say weird things or use worse grammar than usual, please cut me some slack. ...

Today's entry in my art journal. Hope. No matter how dark or chaotic the world is, it's always there. Sometimes it's ...

I love pretty wrapping. (I even have an entire Pinterest board  dedicated to pretty and clever gift wrap.) I like to think of the wra...