What I’m about to show you is the best thing ever. No, really. If I had to pick one childhood tradition/memory/object/whatever, it would be this little strip of felt right here. This exact one, in fact. Yeah, I’m cheating a little here and posting a craft that I didn’t do myself. Rather, my mom made this 30-something years ago. The …
Remember back in September when I made this bag for my sister? My sister gets tons of compliments on it, as she should. A few weeks ago a couple of those compliments turned into requests. (FYI, you too can request this bag just by visiting my Etsy Shop! Christmas is coming, hint hint!) So last week I made 2 more …
YES I KNOW. I’m way way way behind on my weekly layouts. But I’m still doing them! I purposely skipped posting a couple because I liked them so much I decided to submit them to magazines. That means I can’t post them here until after I get rejected. And I’ve skipped posting the rest because…well they’re not finished yet. But …
Have I ever mentioned that this is my favorite time of year? I love Christmas. I love the music, the decorations, the shopping (okay, not really the shopping), and ALL THE CRAFTS. I feel like I always start the season wanting to do a lot more projects than I actually finish, but there’s always next year, right? My only absolute …
The votes are in, and not only am I going to be an official crafter on So You Think You’re Crafty‘s January season, my project received the most votes! Thank you to all of you who visited the site and voted. I hope you’ll all become avid followers come January, and that you continue to appreciate my crafts! There’s some …
Today, since getting home from work and running errands, I’ve been trying to get laundry done, bake a pie, clean the kitchen, finish two purses, keep the dog entertained, get the baby to nap, and write a blog post. What can I say? I’m accomplishing some items on the list better than others.