I have been having a blast working Tim Holtz’s 12 of Christmas techniques (mostly) into scrapbook pages. However, I realized yesterday that I’m going to run out of photos. Not that I’m anywhere near caught up in my scrapbooking! That particular endeavor…
Today’s workdesk finds me in the middle of day four of Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of Christmas. I mentioned in another post I’ve found it incredibly freeing to have the mindset that I’m not trying to make copies of what Tim has done,…
Today’s What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday finds me reorganizing my organizing. (Read on, it will make perfect sense. *** grin***) You can click on any of the photos to make them bigger, by the way. Once upon a time a while back when…
Today is the first Wednesday in several weeks that does not find the trench coat on my worktable. Instead, it is done and hanging in my closet. In fact, it’s raining today, so I got to wear it, yay! I quickly discovered that…
Today’s workdesk shows that dratted trench coat buried under what promises to be a much simpler project. It’s McCalls 5970, they call it a “Comfy Blanket,” but YOU know what it is, a snuggie! (It doesn’t get much easier than a blanket…
You know, I’ve always been just a bit suspicious of those blue water-erase marking pens. They seem almost too good and too easy to be true, and I wondered about the long-term results. Now I’m thinking I was right to wonder. About…
Perhaps some of you, at one point, have read my About Me page, and have read there that I love to do lampworking. Perhaps you have wondered why I never post any lampwork projects. The sad story is that I haven’t been…
Since I’ve only found the time to sew once in the past week, my workdesk today looks much the same as last Wednesday. (The bound buttonholes are coming along nicely, I’ll show you the results soon.) Instead of boring you with a…
Today’s Woyww finds me working on this trenchcoat: (It’s Simplicity 4084, which is now out of print. If you’re interested in it there are a few for sale in various places online.) I’ve had the pattern in my stash for ages and…
Much to my surprise, this blog’s most popular post ever is How to Make Zipper Flowers. Who’da thunk it? So many creative people have inspired and taught me over the years through their books, magazine articles, blogs and videos that it always thrills…