Chicago Flag Scarf
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
Things We Make
Bring Back the Hat: Straw Hat Maintenance and a Call to Charms!
Way back in the early 2000’s, I remember going to Woolworths/rich in Athens, GA. (Athens historians, which was it? It was in the Beechwood Shopping Center…EDIT: It was a Stein-Mart) I was there to spend a gift certificate I had… Continue Reading
Re-Use That Thing/A Pinterest Experiment: Painted Animal Glass Jars
Since the beginning of my adventure down the Pinterest rabbit hole, I have seen pins of adorable, painted plastic-animals adorning the lids of glass jars. Once painted, you can use them for storing ALL OF THE THINGS! I have shared my… Continue Reading
Happy Blogaversary! FTTDWYW Turns One and Looks Back at the Flops!
Life is kind of made of flops, huh? Flops aren’t always negative, but they are always something from which you (hopefully) learn. It is kind of surreal to think that we have been blogging for a year! It has been… Continue Reading
Blogaversary Week: The Faves!
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
Paint Yer Stockings!
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
Mod-Podged Boxes: A Pinterest Experiment
[spotify track=”spotify:track:2F4vE7HMmvGqyY0k07AvHq”] Little boxes, on my table. Little boxes made with wrapping paper. Little boxes, never ending. Little boxes, ugh! Insane! If you read this blog with some regularity, by now you know how much I love both crafting and re-using/upcycling things. Although… Continue Reading
Hmmmmmingbirds
The word “hummingbird” takes me immediately to my grandmother’s kitchen in the summertime. I spent a lot of time with my Georgia grandparents growing up. And I love the memory I have of stirring the sugar and water together in a pot over the… Continue Reading
Clam Shell Succulent Bowl: I Love It When a Clam Comes Together
I’m in this weird place right now where things are coming together. Projects that have languished (some for years) are being completed. Lots of things are getting checked off my to-do list, and wheels are in motion on a lot… Continue Reading
Shutter, Bug.
[spotify track=”spotify:track:6llAqB4o2GS2Sx0rKvDIK0″] Did you know that Fun Things To Do While You’re Waiting has a Twitter account? We do! We do! We’ve had it since launching last March! We haven’t been as diligent on Twitter as we should have been,… Continue Reading
Mitred-Square Butterfly Blankie FTW! An Award-Winning Guest Post By: Sheila
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
Polishing: A Pinterest and Blog Experiment!
This is a dual post. There is a Pinterest Experiment, but there is also a bit of a teaser about things to come. I feel like I have spent a majority of this weekend polishing. There are a lot of things going… Continue Reading
Re-Use That Thing: Scrubbing Doubles!
My name is Leigh, and I have an addiction to “bad” t.v. I’m not talking about television that is poorly acted/written or produced. I’m talking about reality shows that document how crazy and amazing humans can be. My favorite examples being: Intervention, Hoarders,… Continue Reading
Going Cold Sheep: A Guest Post by- Sheila!
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
Emergency Cards: What Is Your Emergency Protocol ?
When I meet with readers of the blog, I like to talk to them about what they like and what kind of articles they would like seeing. Today’s post suggestion came from my cousin Judy and addresses something that isn’t… Continue Reading
Star Trek Onesie: Part, the Second
If you follow the blog regularly, you might recall a post I did several months ago about a Star Trek-inspired onesie (an infants outfit). The post found its way onto Reddit and was even featured on another craft blog! In the post, I… Continue Reading
A Guest Post! By: Carina– For Active Girls or Anyone Considering Ditching the ‘Poo
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
When Life Hands You Lemons… Literally.
Can you imagine a world where avocados just grew on trees? Where you could walk out to your yard and pick a lemon for your Aviator cocktail. Or, grab a lime to squeeze over your watermelon. It’s a shame places… Continue Reading
ELO!!! Electric. Light. Ornaments! Decorated!
Life is full of compromises. Unless you are super, well-off one of the compromises you make when you live in a big city is that space is at a premium. I am super jealous of Coralie’s ability to decorate her… Continue Reading
Black Friday and the Full-On, Homemade Christmas
I have lived all my 33-years without participating in a single “Black Friday”… until this year. Saving 15% on an appliance never trumped my desire to sleep in after eating Turkey the day before. In fact, just thinking about storming a store in a mob of… Continue Reading