Handcrafted Enthusiast Gifts

'Mail order? You said all the toys were hand-made!'

"The sweater you knit him will be thrown out in February."

"Everything taste so divinely artisanal."

"Lovely dovetail."

"Happy Anniversary, dear! It's a gold spray-painted macaroni necklace."

'It's good of you to go out of your way to show me what not to do, Mum.'

"She's a natural!"

"I hear you've got friends in high places...?"

101 uses of a dead cat: pincushion

"I can now fetch anything you want - on Etsy."

'I'm knitting a scarf for my son.'

Paper being carefully folded until it resembles a scrunched up paper ball.

Bakery. The smell of freshly baked bread is the only truly perfect man-made thing on earth.

Cuts, Measurements, Certain, Sloppy

Cavewoman knitting with wool from mammoth

"I see you've got a new cheese counter."

'Honey, I think you overdid the plastic canvas decorations in the bathroom.'

Artisanal Pottery

'No I don't have scissors you can borrow.'

Binge Scrapbooking: the morning after.

A man working on a model airplane

Cheesemaker

Crocheting during lockdown

Our Heirloom Christmas Ornaments.

'I think of it as mending pants, not splicing jeans.'

Unpublished Sequels. Book Co. A guide to following paper plants and animals, Mr. Darwin? What's the title? "The Origami of the Species."

"I can remember when all we needed was someone who could carve and someone who could sew."

"This one is a storybook Arts and Crafts home. The glitter stencils and macaroni art is all original."

'You just continue to grow.'

Toolmaking was always a challenge during the Plasticine Era.

"Are. You. Ready. To. Weeeeave?"

'Do you have any Cheese and Pickle?

"Please hurry with the bookshelves, these things are heavy."

A Martha Stewart Moment in Apartment 8-J

'Ideally, I'd like to work with my hands.'