The majority spoke, so I went ahead and hung up my alphabet wall as I planned. I struggled and struggled to get decent photos, but the area is so wide and there’s a pillar in the middle of everything, plus…
Burp Rag Tutorial
Nothing is better for a burp rag than a cloth diaper, but nobody wants to cart around something that looks like a cloth diaper. This tutorial is easy enough for beginning sewers, but is so adorable you’ll wear it on…
Spring has Sprung!
The weather here today is absolutely glorious. This is the best time of year to live in San Diego. It hasn’t entered the part where it’s so hot that I have to shut the house up and away from any…
Resin Earrings
I’m really pleased with how these earrings turned out. I used to make a version of them a few years ago with clear embossing powder, but I found that even more time consuming and messy than working with the resin.…
Organza Flowers
Technically, this was one of my string of crafty failures. Not because the craft itself was a failure, but because what I intended was a failure. I think these turned out just beautiful, which is a good thing, but I…
Resin Artwork
As I mentioned the other day, these are papercuttings that I’ve mounted on a wooden board I stained a reddish teak color, and then covered in resin. I have this little trio of niches I needed something special for, and…
Now on to some more successful crafting
Thanks for the love on my resin projects. I’ve been working on stuff for the shop, so those little bits will turn into earrings, and the wooden artwork will go up too. They’re actually a papercutting I did that I…
I’m not a good messy crafter
I haven’t had many crafty projects to share around here lately because I am on a rough streak of total crafty failure. One of the great blessings and curses of my life is this trait I got from my dad.…
2009 Year of Pleasures # 8
Catching up after my week long pity party… Bear got me a new subscription to Martha Stewart for my birthday and I’ve been just loving it. February’s issue was particularly good and included this fabulous recipe for Peanut Butter and…
Atti’s Birthday Present
This hanging toy is made up of all natural materials, so if you have a chewer like I do, you can rest easy. Back to business around here, it’s time I share this little project in detail. If you’re much…