As evidenced by past Halloween crafts, it might be kind of obvious that I really don’t like scary decorations.
Monsters? Sure, but they have to be friendly. Bats – well of course, but only if they are kind of punny.
So when I saw this Spooky wall art craft, I knew I had the basics of a new door sign. My goal was simple – I wanted a good, graphic door sign that wasn’t scary. Continue reading…
While I love to browse Pinterest, I’m acutely aware that not every craft has to be swoon worthy.
Sometimes I spend a minute being just crafty enough to salvage something that’s not as it should be.
Case in point – my very well worn keychain. The first winter after I bought my car, the dealer had an online contest for guessing the day of the first measurable snowfall. I entered, and ended up winning a nice prize package that included a knit hat, a water bottle and a keychain, all emblazoned with the carmaker’s logo.
That was 6 years ago, and my keychain has definitely seen better days. It isn’t really leather, and bouncing around in the bottom of my work bag or being shoved in my pocket has made it very tattered and sad looking. Continue reading…
This is the ninth in a series of twelve paper ornaments I’m making this year, one a month, so that when December rolls around I won’t be surprised I’ve done nothing about my wish to have a full paper crafted Christmas Tree.
Here’s another super simple and kind of sweet (pun intended) paper Christmas ornament. This one aims to be a mash-up between the Christmas Cracker favor from the UK and a peppermint candy.
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If my time and money were unlimited, I’d jump into every craft I see, full force, with all tools, supplies, classes and books.
Unfortunately, my time and money are tightly budgeted.
But I’ve found three good ways to try a craft or skill on for size for little or no money, which lets me get a taste of things so I can decide if it’s something for me or not.
I’m skipping the straight up obvious way of Googling and using YouTube. There’s nothing wrong with going that route, but I’ve found that often gives me conflicting and piecemeal information. I can’t figure out if I don’t like something because it isn’t fun, or if it’s because I’m not getting what I need to be successful at it.
More concentrated instruction is what I’m looking for. Here are my favorite ways to acquire it. Continue reading…
A couple of weeks ago a cute photo of a kid in a T-shirt popped up in my Instagram feed. It was the son of a blogger that I follow, and the shirt was a play on the See you Later Alligator children’s rhyme.
And I instantly knew two things:
My standard method for creating one-off shirts is the freezer paper stencil.
I’ve detailed this process a few times, but I’ve had a few questions on some of this, so I thought I’d share the basics again.
