I am having a major case of creative block today, made worse by the fact that my craft room is, once again, a complete disaster. I’ve almost given up entirely on trying to keep it clean, because every time I get close I end up starting a new project (or 12) and messing it all up again. Anyway, I have …
My First (Finished!) Attempt at Sewing
You guys! I sewed something! And it actually looks kinda like what it’s supposed to be! Can you believe it? I still can’t. This little Christmas gift bag was the November project at Eddie’s Quilting Bee’s sewing club. I finished it in under 5 hours (3 hours of class, plus another hour and a half or so at home last …
Back to Work
Have I ever mentioned how much I love my job? I was so happy to get back to it this week. Today I spent the whole day (finally) designing the cards for my final Glitter Ritz Christmas class this Sunday. I think these are some of the most fun yet. First, we have some super-cute Christmas lights. It’s similar to …
Catching Up
Am I the only one wondering what the heck happened to November? I haven’t even posted a picture of my Halloween costume yet. Of course, I was only home for about a week out of the past six, so that could be why I feel like I’ve missed so much. We started in South Dakota, on the tail end of …
Mica Color
A couple months ago, we got a new product at Memories Live On called Mica Color. It’s an iridescent watercolor paint that comes in pallets of 10 colors. I spent some time experimenting with the Vintage pallet, and I love them. Here are, of course, a couple more cards from my recent series of Glitter Ritz classes. Here I used …
Glitter Ritz Christmas Cards
This card is a re-run. I sent an almost-identical one to my parents last year. It came up yesterday at dinner, when my brother informed his new girlfriend that “All Christy does is color and make crafts. But she’s a really good colorer…it looks like it came from a printer.” I won’t object to people thinking crafts are “all I …