Sometimes you just have to show up, even when you have nothing to give. Even when you have convinced yourself that no one wants to read what you have to…
Jane's Folly Posts
First of all, give yourself a break. This isn’t a planned writer’s retreat, this is a stretched-out crisis full of anxiety-provoking issues. If you are struggling with your creativity because…
Up next on our apocalyptic life skills series, weaving. Materials needed: newspaper gluestick scissors To make strips, cut a full page newspaper lengthwise 4 inches from the fold. Fold in…
How to make bunnies that look like those marshmallow treats they sell for Easter. I’ve never been a fan of eating them, but they are colorful and cute. If you’ve…
I made some things! Two Booknooks. I was going to mail one off to the friend who inspired this all, but she has high vulnerability so that will have to…
Maybe you’ve been thinking about learning to knit, or teaching your child how to knit for a while. Well, now is a good time! Especially if you have the supplies…
So I made my first book nook! It’s a stairwell, leading to some other world inside the books. The base of the book nook is a hard cardboard cover for…
I thought the funniest thing to put into a book nook was more books. A lot of book nooks that I have seen are miniature alleyways, and after experimenting with this…
One of the first things to think about in working with miniatures is scale. How small should you go? How do you make all the items the same proportion? I…
My friend asked me to try a new project after seeing my post on making a letter holder out of a book. She shared images of “book nooks” which are…
