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
Originally I made this to use as a banner on my website. Once it was done though, it got cast aside. Trying to make it look right wasn't working so we just went with a font instead. It's such an awkward size and I don't want to have to get it custom framed. But it seems a shame that it's been sitting in a box for months. Maybe I'll figure out something to do with it, there has to be some fun way to finish it. ... Read More