Everyday Artistry is the personal blog of Kirstin Hensley, a full-time mom, sometime computer programmer, and occasional belly dancer. I spend my time on two wonderful sons, our business, and the sort of creative endeavors you'll find here: cooking, crafts, and the odd (usually literally) educational project.

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Pumpkin Snack Bars Recipe

Here's another family favorite which I make often in the fall and winter. It's super-simple and great to make with kids.

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Favorite Carrot Cake Recipe

This carrot cake recipe is full of healthy ingredients and tastes wonderful. It's moist and very flavorful - great with coffee for breakfast.

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Community Signup Website

CommunitySignup.com

Wow, this place is kind of dusty! Summer didn't leave much time for blogging, but now our boys are back in school. That also means a flood of fliers for after-school and enrichment activities have just come in and it's time to sort out the "matrix of fun" for the season. Luckily, this year it will be a little simpler because of a new website my husband and I created, Community Signup.

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Antique Needlework Pattern Library

Just stumbled across a treasure trove of patterns. The Antique Pattern Library scans antique books, magazines, and articles full of patterns for crochet, knitting, tatting, embroidery, needle lace and other kinds of needlework.

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Knitting Loom Notebook

thumbnail of My Knitting Stash (click for large version)

Here's my notebook page for useful loom-knitting references. (At least my stash of references will now be somewhat organized, even if my yarns are not!)

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