Who doesn’t love a good portmanteau? These clever made-up words, aka frankenwords, are created by blending words. Brunch (breakfast + lunch), motel (motor + hotel) and smog (smoke…
Looking for a fresh idea to add sparkle and shine to your holiday décor? How about a little old-world charm in rich, warm copper tones? The copper snowflakes…
“The Kaleidoscope… is an instrument for creating and exhibiting an infinite variety of beautiful forms… to please the eye by an ever-varying succession of splendid tints and symmetrical…
A cardboard box full of old enameling supplies, spotted at a thrift sale and bought for a song, was the impetus for my most recent maker experience. And…
In August 1926, Olive D. Campbell, co-founder of the John C Campbell Folk School, wrote “If you could see our neighbors busily at work about the place, you…