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General Crafty

It’s Mystery Art!

July 1, 2010

I had more awesome mail this week! This is actually a mysterious piece of art from Kirsty Hall.
Let me back up a little… Kirsty is a very smart, very talented artist in the UK. (You may remember her from this podcast, where we discussed her project of making a drawing on an envelope every day [...]

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Mom and I Do a Giveaway for Mother’s Day

May 3, 2010

With Mother’s Day coming up (FAST!), my Mom and I decided to co-host a giveaway. She’s contributing something, and I’m contributing something.

My contribution is a set of four goodies I made on the Crafty Chica Cruise. They are…

One button bouquet, perfect for a desktop vase.

One reconstructed T-shirt pillow, ready for stuffing. (It has the cruise [...]

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That’s right – I said “Towel Animals!”

April 28, 2010

Warning: Not-So-Great-Photo Alert!

(Although, next time you’re trying to shoot in low indoor light with an ancient Nikon Coolpix while the room you’re in is tossing about on the ocean, let’s see how well you fare.)

Here’s a little something from the Crafty Chica Cruise. Each night while we were at dinner, we’d get turndown service. And [...]

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Recent Tutorials: a Garden Caddy & a Recycled Vase

April 26, 2010
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We’re busy this week getting ready for How to Host Your Own Blog, so I thought I’d share some crafty I’ve done for other people lately.

Over on CRAFT, I did this tutorial for an oilcloth garden tool caddy as part of their Bloom garden project series.

…It unfolds to reveal pockets for your tools, and [...]

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Giveaway: Books & Bouquet Kits for Mother’s Day

April 22, 2010

 

If you’re looking for a crafty Mother’s Day gift, look no more. The nice people at New Sheer Creations have generously donated three (count ‘em!) giveaway prizes.

Up for grabs here three sets – one copy of The Art of Handmade Flowers instruction book, plus one of New Sheer’s bouquet kits. We have one Magnolia kit [...]

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In which I nerd out on Mexican paper goods

April 20, 2010

Warning! Extreme crafty geekism ahead.

So, on our first day in Cabo, Bridget and I headed into town. Neither of us had seen it before, and we wanted to just wander about. Oh – and score some awesome food.

The area around the marina, where the tourists land, is pretty developed and rather Americanized, so we headed [...]

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Crafting it up on a cruise ship…

April 19, 2010

A lot of you have asked me what the Crafty Chica Cruise is like, so I thought I’d try to give you a more complete picture in this post.

(I should say up front, my little snap camera is aging rapidly, so these photos are a bit rougher than I’d like. Ah well.)

The ship departs from [...]

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First, let’s talk about the amazing Mexican fabric store.

April 18, 2010

Wowee. So much to tell.

Okay, so in short, the Crafty Chica Cruise was freaking amazing. I think I’ll report on it in a series of posts, so I can go on and on and on in some kind of organized way. Suffice for now to say that Kathy is every bit as lovely in person [...]

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Free Pattern, Upcoming Class, Happy Weekend!

January 15, 2010

Happy Weekend, Everyone! Two quick notes for you:

First, there are only two more days to sign up for my Craft Blog Tune-Up online class. It starts up on Monday.

Visit this link to register. We’re collecting a really fun, diverse group of bloggers and I can’t wait to dive in!

And secondly, I’m all excited because my [...]

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Handmade Gifty Show & Tell

January 8, 2010

I’ve been meaning to show off some of the super-cool handmade goodies I scored over the Christmas season. Don’t you love this star, wound from magazine pages? What a cool variation on that magazine-page jewelry idea I did last year!

My grandmother sent the star from her recent trip to Provence, along with this fabric ornament. [...]

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