We put the loom together!
Without instructions, we managed to put together the loom that my weaving teacher gave me.
Learning to Weave with a Floor or Table Loom
I am fulfilling a dream since I was a teenager – to weave with a floor loom.
Sleeping in a Treehouse
Our family slept in a treehouse for three nights during our vacation to New Brunswick.
Change Is Good
A retrospective of high points during my career at National Wildlife Federation
Halloween Costumes from Recycled Materials
So far, I have made 10 costumes from recycled materials for myself, not including the ones I made for my kids.
My First Three Golden Moments Weavings
To complete my Weaving a Life certification, I am weaving 10 “golden moments” from my life.
Ode to Inspiring Summer Camp Counselors
I am SO grateful to the many camp counselors who inspired my kids this summer.
Disc Golf Course from Recycled Materials
A local disc golf course has baskets that are ingeniously made from recycled metal materials.
Make a Tree Friend – Pre-School Kit
I made a kit that teachers would use to get their class to adopt a tree for the school year.
Testing the Shark Anatomy Model with Kids
Kids at a local science camp helped improve the TrashAnatomy shark model.
My Mom’s Ocean Rug – Happy Birthday!
Here are some happy memories of rug hooking & beaches!
Dream Board
I made a dream board from some favorite images as a way of evaluating my values and life path.
Animal Sculptures from Recycled Flip Flops
A Kenyan company named Ocean Sole sculpts animals from recycled flip flops at the Smithsonian folk life festival.
My Daily Gratitude Journal in a Box
I started a daily journal one year ago – what did I learn?
TrashAnatomy Shark Model
Check out the first TrashAnatomy model – an anatomy teaching model made entirely from trash.
Making Recycled Crafts for School Market
My son makes recycled crafts for a school market.
Reducing Food Waste – Chicken Soup and Bread Pudding
Check out two recipes that use up leftovers or food about to go bad.
Crocheted doll bed from liquid soap container
One of my childhood toys was made from trash.
How Kings Landing Historical Settlement Influenced Trashmagination
Remembering a childhood experience living at a historic village and its contribution to Trashmagination
Wolf track rubbing carved from plastic wood decking
Carving into scraps of plastic wood, I made a cool crayon rubbing activity for an upcoming wildlife event.
Appreciation Collages Made from Magazine Clippings
Keeping a collection of fun phrases from magazines before you recycle them allows you to pull together appreciation collages quickly.
Woven Bundle from Recycled T-Shirts
My latest weaving assignment is about staying focused on what matters the most.
Woven Mask from Recycled T-Shirts
My latest weaving project for my Weaving a Life course is a mask.
Belt of Power
The belt is designed to hold something that symbolizes “What gives you power?”
NoVA Maker Faire was AWESOME – My first Trashmagination Event
Trashmagination had a booth at the first Maker Faire in northern Virginia – and we had a GREAT time making plastic cap-erpillars and milk jug butterfly suncatchers with 3000+ people!