That’s where I am on most of my Christmas crafting projects. There is so much left to do, and we’re heading east on Saturday. I’d like to request there be no weddings or babies in the immediate family next year. There’s a reason I’ve put off knitting Allie’s stocking for so long. As for everything else, I can’t talk about …
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 …
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.
For about a year, I’ve followed this really fun blog called So You Think You’re Crafty. Every few months, a new crop of craft bloggers is pitted against each other in a reality-show style contest of creativity. So I finally got up the guts to throw my hat in the ring. This week is the “audition” round, and if my …
While our family and friends back east hunker down for Sandy, we here are on the left coast are prepping for a whole different kind of storm. Hurricane Grandmommy is scheduled to touch down on Saturday night, and since my craft room doubles as our guest room, I have a LOT of cleaning to do. Of course, I also have …
I’m at MLO for the afternoon, working on cards for one of my upcoming classes. The benefit of working here is I’ve got lots of space to spread out. Of course, the more I spread out, the more I have to clean up. Generally I have to start packing up about an hour before I plan to actually leave…which would …