the green chest

Tag: handmade

  • how to make a rug out of t-shirts

    Remember that top-secret crafting project I mentioned? No? That’s OK. The time has come to reveal it! As part of my goal to make gifts rather than buying them, my housemates and I collaborated on a hand-woven rug to give to Manda, our housemate who was moving out. It is a farewell-we-love-you-don’t-forget-our-good-times gift. I did…

  • (grand)father’s day brunch

    Keeping with my handmade gift theme, Lauren and I decided to make our grandfather brunch for Father’s Day. I used a sweet brunch cookbook that my youngest sister gave me for Christmas: The menu: zucchini fritters with caramelized onions, doughnut muffins, bacon and fresh oj. We used fresh zucchini from my grandparents’ prolific garden: Nana…