I’ve known today’s guest poster, the most-lovely Reagen Lowrey Lozar, for as long as I’ve known Coralie– as we all met at the same high school in the long-ago world of the late 1990’s. Among many other things, Reagen and I share an interest in… Continue Reading
My local yarn store, Loopy Yarns, rewards its customers with a $10 off coupon on our birthdays every year. This year, I decided to use mine to pick up a copy of Britt-Marie Christoffersson’s Pop Knitting. Her earlier publication, Swedish… Continue Reading
Again, you may have noticed that Friday came and went without post from me. The downtime I thought I would have has yet to materialize… but (thankfully) sweet Sheila has stepped up to the plate BIG time with this guest post. My thanks for… Continue Reading
Once again, my dear friend Sheila has deemed our humble site worthy of her awesome yarn knowledge. See her previous stellar contributions here, here, here, here, here, here, and here – or, find them all in the Guest Post section of our …Everything Else… Continue Reading
So, this is kind of funny. I’m writing the admin intro for my own guest post. A few months ago, Coralie signed us up to guest post on another blog during their “Crafting for Baby” series. We did. It was a… Continue Reading
Does your city have a flag? Not your state. Your city. One of the 8,743,921 reasons why Chicago is awesome is that it has its own flag. I never knew Atlanta and Los Angeles has their own flags and am… Continue Reading
Just knowing Becki Carr Lee, today’s guest poster, has made me (Leigh) cooler by association. I met Becki (at left) in 2002 when I interned at an independent music publicity firm in Athens, Georgia where she worked. When she isn’t busy… Continue Reading
What better way to kick off the start of the second year of blogging than with a great guest post?! Today’s post comes to us from my dear, sweet friend Chiarita. You may remember her from our recent trip to… Continue Reading
Can you hear that? What?! You don’t hear the trumpets?! You can’t see the confetti?! Well, let me tell you… it’s a veritable Carnivale over here at FTTDWYW. Cause, you know what? This week is our one-year blogaversary! Fun Things To Do… Continue Reading
She’s done it again, folks! Our resident yarn-whisperer, Sheila, is back and showing us how to work with handpainted yarn. Handpainted yarn, although beautiful and special, can also be kind of tricksy with which to work. In today’s post, Sheila gives us some great tips on working with the yarn… Continue Reading
I just wanted to take a moment to talk about how cool my pal Sheila is… Although she won’t admit it, she’s is an amazing knitter. So much so that her original design submission just took 3rd place in a… Continue Reading
I am so excited to share with y’all another great guest post today. Our friend, Holly brings us another great, thoughtful post about a fantastic social/media experience that she and her family were chosen in which to participate. You may remember Holly from her amazing… Continue Reading
THE Sheila Ralston was sweet enough to bring us another great guest post today. You may remember Sheila from here and here, as well! This is some pretty inspiring stuff. In this post Sheila takes stock of a crafting collection and resolves to use it… Continue Reading
Dear Readers, My sweet and clever friend Carina wrote this interesting essay about ditching the traditional shampoo/conditioner method of hair washing on a cool fitness blog she is running. I knew immediately after reading it that it was something I wanted to share… Continue Reading
Ashley McGough is an old friend of mine (Coralie) from Auburn. He and his roommate and I worked together and looked after each other for most of the time I lived in Auburn. I was very excited when Ashley agreed to do… Continue Reading
Y’all… my friend Whitney is amazing. I say that about most of friends, but Whitney actually does something that (to me) is uh-mazing; that’s several steps above amazing. For not only is Whitney a runner, but she is what they… Continue Reading
Coralie and I are constantly working on ways to make FTTDWYW harder. better. faster. stronger. From the beginning of FTTDWYW, Coralie and I have wanted certain things for the blog- mainly for the blog to be instinctive, intuitive… for you… Continue Reading
We’ve been pretty bad here at Fun Things To Do While You’re Waiting this summer about keeping up with playlists and guest posters. Summertime is just busy… for everyone… and no one likes to be shaken down for a guest post-… Continue Reading
My Grandmother is an avid letter writer. One of my favorite types of letters she would construct would be to break out a legal pad and a pen and pass it around to everyone at a gathering and ask each… Continue Reading
I am so pleased to share with you a crafty guest post by Sheila Ralston. You may remember Sheila as the author of our very first guest post here on FTTDWYW. To this day, it is still our most highly… Continue Reading