I’ve been a slack poster, but I’ve been trying to get myself organized for the summer. I have a ton of teacher friends who are SO relieved at the beginning of the summer, but when you work at home, the summer looms ahead with trying to balance work, kids and
This first photo was titled “nana’s Loo Roll Lady” and I love the term. They are kind of the ultimate tacky craft. However, some are done lovingly and with some charm. Gotta love them! So, do you have a tacky craft? If you post one, feel free to use our
LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea from Curbly.com (which I just found by surfing around) for FREE shrinky dinks out of #6 recycle containers. I don’t know about you, but Denver doesn’t accept #6’s, so I’m always (gasp) throwing them out. Note: which containers are #6? After a quick survey of
I always forget how manic May is, with the end of school and all sorts of drama. However, I had a wonderfully quiet night with my stitch friends last week and figured out how to solve the lace addition on the side of the pillow: I’m fairly proud of the
I’m not sure if you have read my post on “tacky or craft” or the follow up here but I thought it was about time to get some feedback on what people thought was tacky. I think the important thing with this is that it’s your opinion…there is no wrong
Loobylu – who is one of my favorite artists and bloggers around has started the Friday Archives. I’m not sure how many of you have ever checked out my gallery, and soon it’s going to undergo some major reworking…..BUT I put it up so I could look at what I’ve
OK, so, as mentioned in my last post, I had my Crazy quilting Groups class today and learned how to do these spectacular flowers! There are more to come, but this was the first one…fairly easy and pretty spiffy results, eh? It’s done with peyote stitch. Then, my round robin
I had a wonderful class at Crazy quilting today (pictures to come soon) but I had to put this up: A very sweet flickr fan (who shall remain nameless until he says he likes the picture I did for him) admired my self portrait. If you’ve never read my blog
Check this out: Isn’t that completely cool? Done by Jared Brown – these are just fantastic and for sale! You can get to the pieces from his flickr badge on the side of his blog. After perusing his blog, I’m not sure of his motivation, but his art and embroideries
I am SO close to finished with the pillow:I think it looks great! (and I don’t often say that about my stuff) but the lace I’m using for the edge is TOO SHORT! ARRRRGH! So, I guess I’ll run up and get a length and piece it in. It’s WAY