I'm feeling the need to be crafty. Well, I guess I always feel that way, but today, I feel a hint of jingle, and a touch of balsam scented candle in that need. I want to make something, if not totally Christmas, at least wintry. I checked this book out of the library last week: …
I got hit by the Black & White Photo Challenge on Facebook. I caved and played along, but I didn't feel the need to harness that type of responsibility to anyone by nominating them to join in. I picked seven photos that really represent me and what I love about this craft, so I thought …
Each year, every Christmas commercial I see before Thanksgiving, I vow off that store/company for the season. No one is getting a Lexus from me this year, or anything from Target, or who ever else can't hold it together long enough to actually make it to the holiday season before bombarding us with the …
It's been on my list for a long time. You know, that list, the one with all those things you want to try but you don't give yourself time to do? I'm doing it, I'm crossing something off that darn thing. I'm knitting my first sweater! I've done a fair amount of knitting; hats, scarves, …
Happy Halloween! Eat all the candy! Love all those costumed kids! And of course, Witch it up! (Rubber stamp from Stampin' Up.)
Sometimes, anyway. And by work, I mean having fun creating products for my upcoming craft fairs. Today I spent a lovely, cloudy day making dot grid paper notebooks with sewn bindings. I had great luck with a similar notebook last year, so I thought I would put a new, bullet journal style twist on it …
Do you find yourself justifying keeping those little bitty strips of paper that you trim off? No need! You can turn those scraps into something really cool. Thanks to a demo from my friend, and long ago Stampin' Up demonstrator, Judy, I have been using my scraps to transform regular pens into fabulous pens for …
I am trying to broaden my artistic horizons. I have given drawing faces a whirl (gotta get back to that), have played around with gelli printing (LOVE THIS!), and now want to try painting with a brush (not just hands and stencils). But what should I paint? Something minimal, simplistic, cute, but not too cute. …
Last week I asked if I should start bullet journaling. Well, the truth of matter is, I was already stalking bujo (the in-the-know- way of saying bullet journal) sites and videos before I asked the question. I was poking around because a friend and I were wondering where we should go now that we have …
It's a lovely day here, with hints of autumn being right around the corner. The pup and I spent some time getting a few snaps of the gardens for drawing and color inspirations for those days when it will be too cold to be out. We have a bumper crop of apples this year, look …
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