Archive for the ‘ Crafts ’ Category
I am working on a huge birthday post (it was a really great day), but I wanted to fit in this thing-a-day post first: I worked on these two scrapbook pages yesterday, which was my birthday and the 10th day of the thing-a-day challenge. They are for the scrapbook I do with my sister-in-law, Chelsea, and [...][ READ MORE ]
So… I missed my thing-a-day yesterday. To be honest, I was having a bad day. I was trying to work on Swap-bot, but I came down with a bad case of cabin fever. Plus, the Superbowl really gets on my nerves. Finally, Travis broke down and took my out to dinner at Miriam, an Israeli [...][ READ MORE ]
Well, I have done it. I have dived into the world of Artist Trading Cards. I have always wanted to start making ATCs, but I always imagined painting them with acrylic paints… and I never wanted to get out all of my painting supplies, so I never signed up for any ATC swaps. Finally, I [...][ READ MORE ]
Quick post today: For my thing-a-day today, I am counting the graphics I made for Craft Critique (the one above is an example). But, I also wrote a nice write-up of last night’s Craft Night on the Swap-bot blog and I put together this photo matchbox tutorial on the Etsy blog. It was a busy [...][ READ MORE ]
Above is the matchbox I made at tonight’s Etsy Craft Night. Even though it is a bit boring, I am counting it as my creative thing for today. I had a great time hosting the Craft NIght tonight. We had about 30-40 people attend during the four-hour event and everyone made amazing matchboxes. It was [...][ READ MORE ]
Well, today was gone before I even got started! How can 9+ hours disappear so fast? Travis is home sick today (he was terribly sick yesterday – sickest he has ever been probably) and we both just worked on our computers straight through the whole day. I had a few design jobs and emails to get [...][ READ MORE ]
I made this apron today! It took me all morning, but I am pleased to have followed through and actually completed a full sewing project. I used the pattern and instructions from Weekend Sewing, a lovely book I received from my mom for Christmas. I am also working on a full review of the book [...][ READ MORE ]
That is me posing in front of a giant Martha Stewart Living magazine cover at the Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale on Saturday. It was really rainy and cold on Saturday, but my friend, Lisa, and I made it to both the Holiday Handmade Cavalcade and the Martha show. I have written a review of [...][ READ MORE ]
I have a big weekend of holiday shopping planned! Tomorrow I am going to the Handmade Cavalcade Holiday Show and the Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale. Then, I am meeting up with Travis at Bloomingdales to try to finish some of our Christmas gift shopping. (We might get to make a stop at Dylan’s Candy [...][ READ MORE ]
Despite being kicked out of the Post Office for bringing Crusher along, I still managed to mail off a bunch of Swap-bot packages today – including the three items seen above. The first matchbox above is winter-themed and I sent it as an angel package to a participant in one of my swaps who [...][ READ MORE ]