Several years ago somebody gave me a purple boiled wool coat. Of course I loved the fabric and the color, but never really cared for the style or the fit. It was a bit big on me and I found the built…
May Arts is a ribbon company with a very nice selection of lovely ribbons. They also have a great design team and a blog full of wonderful ideas. A few weeks back they posted a challenge and I decided to enter. They…
Today’s mess is brought to you via inspiration from Tim’s 12 Tags of Christmas – Day 10. (You can click on the photo to see it larger… if you dare.) Those of you who have been following my blog know I am…
Jennifer McGuire is one of the best teachers of papercrafting techniques. She always makes everything look so easy and doable. She’s done a couple of video series’ called Thinking Inking. This link will bring you to a list of 27 videos. Awesome….
Today’s desk was photographed late Tuesday night because it’s not going to change at all on Wednesday. I’ll be out and about and not playing. 🙁 (If you’re wondering why does it matter whether it’s Tuesday or Wednesday then you need to…
Last week I posted this Steampunk layout based on Tim’s Day 8 steampunk tag. (Has it really been a whole week? I’m usually a better blogger than that. Goodness. I don’t know what I’ve been doing all week but I have been busy.) Check out the…
Nothing too exciting on my desk today. What you see is me in between projects. On the left are leftovers from the purple coat. Don’t know that this style will even need shoulder pads, and if so they probably won’t be as…
Ok, I’m not sure if this page is cool, or if it just looks like a steampunk convention exploded on it. (As always, you can click on any of the photos to see a larger version. Sometimes you can click on the…
Today’s workdesk finds me working on a puzzle. How to fit all the pattern pieces for Burda 8292 onto the fabric available from this coat. (Yes, that is a two piece sleeve I’m trying to fit on a single piece sleeve. It’s…
Gosh, but I can’t manage to be anything but cranky today. I often like days when I don’t have to go anywhere, and the rest of the week is looking rather busy. But today I couldn’t be anything but a grouch. Dunno…
