A digital mess
 You know that whole housecleaning ritual? The dusting and the decluttering and everything else you're supposed to do to avoid looking like a total slob? Yeah, that one. I don't claim to be perfect when it comes to staying neat (Just ...

Where have all the 20-somethings gone...?
Arts and crafts stores are almost always teeming with people wandering the aisles, comparing glues and papers, yarns and fabrics, and so on and so forth. But I've noticed a trend. It seems like these stores (which, by the way, ...

An artistic whodunnit
 Where does inspiration come from? Pretty much anywhere, from what I understand. I've spoken to designers who have admitted to getting color ideas from rusty, graffiti-covered train cars, scrapbookers who say they peek at other people's albums and my best ...

The wheels on the rented mini-van go round and roung ...
I'm packing up tonight in preparation for a family wedding in Omaha this weekend. I'm looking forward to the "mini vacation" and to seeing everybody, but I can't say I'm exactly thrilled about the 15-hour car ride it takes to ...

Modeling compound or delicious treat? Why not both?
 OK, I want a show of hands out there. How many of you guys have eaten Play-Doh? Seriously, be honest. You don't have to admit to it publicly. Just acknowledge that it's happened. I've never tried the store-bought stuff, ...

The digital age has gone crafty, or vice versa. I'm not really sure.
It amazes me just how far a reach technology has in our everyday lives. First there were cell phones - I remembering borrowing one from my friend Tal in high school and being completely amazed that you could play *gasp* GAMES ...