I made this a few years ago for my parents as a Christmas gift. They have an enormous pig collection so I drew this guy and made it into a pattern. I've been wanting to make more cross stitches of my drawings, seeing this guy might be the push towards doing that. ... Read More
I'm doing another craft exchange and everyone seemed to be doing fall themed crafts this time so I came up with this guy. The frog puppet we made at the Culture Stock story time went over really well, especially on Pinterest. Evie really likes making puppets and I think the turkey worked out well with the bag. ... Read More
The second time I met the Bloggess, she talked about Neil Gaiman's advice about doing an audiobook, "pretend you're good at it." I found an interview on glamour.com where she talks about it. ... Read More
I participated in my second Phat Quarter swap, this time the theme was "five." I did the science swap back in May, and I was excited to do another. I signed up right away but had absolutely no idea what to do so I kept putting off working on it. The deadline was getting closer and closer so I finally made a decision to do five separate pieces. My swap partner said she liked birds so I decided to do a series of them. ... Read More
I got an amazing package in the mail the other day, a DMC Mentor Kit. The most exciting part is this shiny pin with my title of DMC Mentor. I want to wear it everywhere I go and show it off. In the kit there were also 4 beginning cross stitch kits to give to people to get them started with cross stitching. So if anyone wants a cross stitching lesson, let me know. I'm a mentor after all! ... Read More
I finished up my piece for the Phat Quarter swap. I'm going to wait until after my partner gets it to show off the front, but I was excited to try out a new way to finish the pieces in an embroidery hoop. ... Read More
I wanted to have a Pigeon themed craft, and there's nothing Evie likes better than a chance to use glue sticks. I saw a link on Pinterest to a Pigeon made with a paper plate and decided to make some changes of my own. ... Read More
The retro tv was part of the first series of cross stitches I ever did. I found the pattern again awhile back and decided to whip up a new one. I always get a nostalgic feeling working on one of my older patterns, especially after doing more abstract, geometric ones for awhile. It's always nice to do a more concrete picture and see it come together. You can get your own pattern here ... Read More