So… I have this friend. She regularly causes my skin to turn positively green with envy over the effortless way she decorates her home, special occasion or occasional Sunday. We’ve nicknamed her Martha Stewart. As an example, here’s a pic of some of her work from the baby shower she hosted for me: My talented and generous friend Brandi made the “cake” and Lindsey demonstrated her skills on… Continue Reading
Modgie Podgie Project #2: Canvas Shel Silverstein Poem Art
I am writing these blogs from inside a lion…. Okay, that might be a wee stretch of the truth…but no more ridiculous than the many wacky poems of one of my favorite children’s authors, Shel Silverstein! As a kid, I had most of these poems memorized….heck, I had most of his BOOKS memorized, cover to cover. I used to amuse my baby brother by reading them… Continue Reading
Bottles, Bottles, Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink!
I have an obsession with wine bottles. And mason jars. And candle jars. And really any kind of container in existence. I can’t make myself throw them out, even to the recycling bin – I can always think of something else I can do with it.(This would account for the cardboard box filled with an assortment of jars and bottles that’s sitting in my guest room closet.) Wine Bottle… Continue Reading
Mother’s Day Card from Scraps!
Okay – it’s not that my mom doesn’t deserve a great card from all new materials – but all you crafters out there are probably just as bad as I am about hoarding paper scraps! Crafters are natural hoarders – every time we clip, snip, or crop, there’s a part of us that dies inside at the idea of wasting those precious, pretty snippets.So I decided to go through… Continue Reading
Tips & Tricks:Getting Started in Making Your Own Cards
(Below is a blog I wrote for another great site, Vegas Family Events, for their wonderful “Mom Squad” section. Remember when you were little, and you gave your mother a big, hand-folded card with crayon-drawn squiggly hearts all over it for Mother’s Day? She was thrilled by your homemade and heartfelt efforts – and probably even more charmed by the delightful untidiness of it. You can still deliver those wonderful… Continue Reading