I still remember standing in the craft store aisle the first time I decided to try clay, staring at two nearly identical-looking packages and having absolutely no idea which one I actually needed. One said air dry, the other said oven bake, and nothing on either package explained what that actually meant for someone who’d…
There’s something about a tiny clay strawberry or a slice of watermelon no bigger than a coin that makes people stop and pick it up off the fridge. I’ve made a lot of clay magnets over the years, but the fruit ones are consistently the ones people ask about, they’re colorful, a little nostalgic, and…
Someone messaged me a few months back after I posted my leaf imprint jewelry dish, asking, almost apologetically, if it was “silly” to wonder whether she could actually sell something like that. It wasn’t silly at all. I get some version of that question more than almost anything else I get asked, right up there…
A desk can get cluttered surprisingly quickly. Pens end up scattered everywhere, charging cables disappear behind the monitor, sticky notes pile up, and somehow there are always a few tiny things sitting around that don’t have a proper home. I’ve found that air dry clay is one of my favorite materials for fixing those little…
Snowy mason jar candle holders are regular glass jars coated in a textured, frosted white finish that mimics fresh snow, finished with a twine bow and a small sprig of greenery, and lit from inside with a candle or fairy lights for a soft, glowing effect. They’re one of the easiest Christmas decorations you can…
I made my first clay gnome almost by accident, I had leftover clay from a coaster project and about twenty minutes to kill, so I shaped a little cone hat, added a round nose, and set it on my windowsill to dry. My daughter saw it the next morning and asked if we could make…
Baggy jeans and a cardigan is one of those combinations that shouldn’t work as well as it does, relaxed on relaxed, and yet it’s become one of my most-reached-for pairings for exactly that reason. There’s no fighting with fitted denim, no tucking and re-tucking a top, just two easy, comfortable pieces that happen to look…
Some outfits take real effort to put together, and some just work the moment you lay the pieces out on the bed. This is one of the second kind. A short-sleeve green sweater layered over a polka dot button-down, tucked into wide leg jeans, finished with gold hoops, a puffer tote, and Mary Jane flats….
I made my first clay bookmark almost by accident. I had a small ball of air dry clay left over from a coaster project. It wasn’t enough to make another coaster, but I didn’t want to throw it away either. So I rolled it flat, cut it into a simple corner shape, and let it…
I get asked some version of the same question a lot: “What should I actually make if I want to start selling?” It’s a fair question, because not every craft that’s fun to make is actually easy to sell. Some things take hours of work and barely cover the cost of materials once you actually…