I’m almost ready to send mine out! They may even reach people before Christmas! Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I still need to address 75 envelopes. Since I can’t (won’t) show you our Christmas cards until after they’re received, I’ll instead show you a couple that I made. Both of these were made using–what else–Copics and Glitter Ritz. …
New Toy Tuesday: Metallic Distress Stains
I don’t think I even knew these things existed until last week. Apparently they were released at Winter CHA this past year, but I was kinda busy having a baby right around then. It’s a shame I didn’t discover them sooner, because I kindof love them. Much like regular Distress Stains, these are water-based fluid inks that are great for …
Texture Magic
Between the Advent quilt and the numbered ornaments I made my mom, I ended up with a ton of Christmas fabric scraps. Lucky for me, this was the project my sewing class did at the end of November. So apparently I’m on a little bit of a fabric ornament kick. These take a little longer than the no-sew ones I …
Decorating for Christmas {A Guest Post From My Mom}
Keeping to the theme of Advent Calendars of All Shapes and Sizes, today I’m sharing a super-creative decoration designed by my mom (with my help). As often happens, she called me several weeks ago and said “I have a great idea.” What this usually means is “I need a 20-page scrapbook by early next week,” or in this case “I …
Things
I’m having one of those doing-a-little-of-everything-finishing-a-lot-of-nothing-days. I finally started working on Allie’s Christmas stocking and it’s coming along…slowly. Right now it looks pretty much like a 2×12 inch strip of stockinette stitch, but it WILL be done by Christmas. I’ve also successfully burned a screen with my Jacquard Screen Printing kit. It’s sitting in front of the fan drying as …
Fun (and Free!) Stuff from Pink Persimmon
I have 2 great reasons for you to head over to Pink Persimmon right now! First, they have an amazing Holiday Project E-Book that you can get for free just by signing up for their email list. Each member of the creative team submitted a project, so you get 9 great tutorials for the price of NOTHING! The cameo on …