Hello Dear Friends & Foragers!
I’ve been creating our MendTember Field Guide and I am so excited to share it with you along with our updates. Let’s jump in!
We start tomorrow…
Here are our prompts. These are for the materials you use in making something for your autumn (or spring) not the subject itself. But if you’d like to sketch out some cardboard, we will cheer you on there too.
And here is your MendTember Field Guide PDF. It is packed full of good things, including a printable prompt list, the information on how to share your projects, additional creative sparks to help you get going, and a bonus month of September journaling prompts.
And this is the link to our chat for MendTember.
If you enjoy Facebook, I’ll post an image with each prompt on its scheduled date in the Mendtember album. The comments will be open so you can share a photo of what you made. On Instagram, tag me and use #Mendtember2026 so I can find your creations there too.
Already have a troop? This would be such a fun project to do in person too or in a private group online.
How gorgeous is this Mushroom Hat by Kiana? I didn’t even know black and white mushrooms existed before this!
She graciously allowed me to share this. Here’s the link to her Instagram.
If you have photos of your mushroom hat or your troop gathering, please send them my way. I’d love to celebrate with you what’s unfolding in Frolic and Forage. And if you’re ok with me sharing them, I’d love the option of featuring some here.
What’s Coming Soon
Instead of having a What’s Next page that I’m terrible at updating 🤦🏻♀️, I’m going to keep you updated here. If you are looking for something in particular, you can always reply and let me know.
Our September monthly troop field guide will be out Friday.
Our Make Your Own Badge Video Field Guide and our first Celebration Badge Sketchbook is coming next week!
A mushroom beret tutorial. If yours truly who has never sewn anything in her life before can do it, so can you. ETA later this week.
I’m also working on a print option for our Field Guides. (These would not be free, but I’d keep them as affordable as I can and still cover costs.)
We'd love to see what you're making and how your troop is growing. If you have a handmade project you or your troop created, or a story, milestone, or meaningful moment from your troop that you'd like us to consider for a future Monday Mushroom, just reply to this email.
All my love,
Is there a way to make this more ink-friendly next month? Printing it out takes a lot of ink.