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The year in review(ish)
Another year, another Project 365. This was my third one, and I so enjoyed it! These are a few of my favorite images. You can see the rest on flickr or picasa (your choice – I’m in both places at the moment, waffling between which I prefer more). This time around I gave myself a [...]
continue reading "The year in review(ish)"Snow day!
It may surprise you to hear that I don’t have a history of doing crafty projects with my kids all of the time. My kids are plenty creative, but they’ve always preferred to do their making on their own terms. They’re not much for planned projects. That’s why, when I said, “hey, do you guys [...]
continue reading "Snow day!"Photo Gift Tags: DIY or Download
(Told you I’d get more mileage out of these Christmas balls yet…) Ok, so I’ve been super busy this week, but I have a bit of a breather today, and as luck would have it, serendipity gave me something seasonally-appropriate to blog about: gift tags! See, I ordered this snazzy gift tag punch online last [...]
continue reading "Photo Gift Tags: DIY or Download"Calendar fun
Let me share what I’ve been playing with today, because I think it’s really nifty. Paige Balcer of Shutter Sisters shared this set of Photoshop templates that can be used to make a small photo calendar. The resulting pages are the perfect size to fit inside a CD jewel case for display. Alternately, a colorful [...]
continue reading "Calendar fun"Morning Coffee with Penny Richards
It’s been a long time since we last sat around together for a cup of Morning Coffee and a chat, hasn’t it? I thought it was high time we rejuvenated this little idea, and so I am happy today to introduce Penny and her blog, Pennamite. Pennamite I think I find it easier to write [...]
continue reading "Morning Coffee with Penny Richards"Seasonal Inspiration Overload Disorder
I don’t know for sure if it happens to me every year, but I do very clearly remember the first time it happened. It was Spring 2007. I had just discovered the indie craft movement, and was starting to feel the urge to expand my creative horizons. I was exploring new blogs, flipping through new [...]
continue reading "Seasonal Inspiration Overload Disorder"Body Powder Gift Set
Over the course of this past autumn, I swore off shampoo, deodorant, and moisturizer. I know. Either you’ve done this before yourself and are thinking “good for you” or you’ve never done it and are thinking I’m crazy (not to mention stinky). Well, maybe I am a little bit crazy, but I smell just fine. [...]
continue reading "Body Powder Gift Set"Eco-friendly gift wrap
This is a very simple way to wrap small gifts, like CDs, DVDs, or books. If you raid your stash for the materials, it is completely free and eco-friendly. (If you don’t have a fabric stash, a pretty pillowcase would work just as nicely!) Supplies fabric fat quarters (I used Amy Butler’s Daisy Chain) coordinating [...]
continue reading "Eco-friendly gift wrap"Five days
We’ve been on our own, the boys and I, since Thursday, when Neil left for the World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal. We have separations like this from time to time, but this has been the longest one. Even though we got to see him every day via Skype, we’re pretty much ready to have [...]
continue reading "Five days"Seeking balance
I’ve got a tendency to obsess. That’s Neil‘s word, not mine, and while I don’t like the negative connotations of it, I’m at a loss to find another term that fits. So obsession it is, I guess. Polymer clay, sewing, knitting, website design… I love making beautiful things, and I know that sometimes I am [...]
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