It never feels quite like Christmas until I’ve done a few last minute just-cuz-I-want-to crafts. This year Nan over at Froggy Designs has kindly shared with me her templates for Christmas Village Houses, which she’s allowed me to share with you. (Click…
Wow, color me impressed. I just finished taking a free family portrait photography class over at Craftsy. I wasn’t really looking to do any family portraits (my kids are grown & gone), but figured any tips I could pick up would be…
Happy Wednesday, all! Once again my workdesk shows I’m working on a project from Wire-Wrapped Stones Crystals and Clusters, a Craftsy class I bought a while back. Those blue ovals on the right are dragon cameos I hope to be listing in my…
If any of you are looking for Christmas crafts to do with little ones, I’ve got an adorable project for you. These little hats are so sweet, and the supplies are minimal, just yarn and paper tubes. You’ll find the full Cozy…
Hey all! Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. My dad passed away last month and after a difficult two weeks I just arrived back home to Mass from New Mexico last Friday night. After decompressing a bit over the weekend, I…
Those of you who are new to my blog may not yet have come across my free Topsy Turvy Doll Pattern and Directions. It’s a really cute and fun project, especially if you have little people to sew for. 🙂 One of my…
While the guys were watching hockey last night, I did something a little more interesting. I took a crafting class… and it was free! Did you know that Craftsy has a whole bunch of super high quality online classes for you to…
A while back I mentioned several Craftsy classes I’d taken. They have quite a variety of courses, including many that are free. Don’t think for a minute because they’re free they aren’t worth bothering with, the quality of these classes is amazing. The teaching…
Have any of you checked out Craftsy yet? I’ve been meaning to do so for a while and finally took a few of their free classes last month. I have to say I was quite impressed with the quality. The first class…
Hey all! I hope you’re having a great weekend. We got yet more snow today, but at least a lot of the white stuff from last weekend’s blizzard had already melted. I spent the afternoon working on a little project for you…