A magazine I read recently polled their readers to find out if handwritten thank notes are still de rigueur, or if it’s ok to just send email thank yous. The results were fairly evenly split. Some thought email thank yous were tacky,…
I am determined to get through the rest of Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of Christmas by the end of this month. Last night I sat down with all the supplies to make the day 6 tag. I wasn’t really loving the way…
After discovering that I’m crafty and creative, anyone who endeavors to further get to know me will quickly learn two things: 1) I am an avid reader, especially of fantasy fiction, and 2) I truly enjoy a nice glass of red wine. Now…
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, it’s been a blast playing with polymer clay lately. Although I’ve been spending a lot of time working with ideas from Christi Friesen’s books, it’s my goal to get some ideas, new techniques and all, then…
Today’s workdesk finds me finishing up several polymer clay creations by adding a satin glaze. The two Sizzix dies were on clearance. I’ve been wanting those! I hope the fact that those were on clearance means A.C. Moore will be getting in…
This isn’t a cooking blog, so I don’t post recipes very often, but I figure that around the holidays baking is part of our craftiness and creativity. Right? 🙂 If you’re like me, you’ve eaten far more of this kind of stuff…
Twenty Eleven was my first full year of writing this blog. The goal was to blog at least two or three times a week, and I’m pleased to see that I’m averaging just about three posts per week. A more important goal…
Even though I don’t have anything too exciting on my workdesk today, I didn’t want to miss out on the final WOYWW of the year! Really there’s just a lot of post-Christmas debris, you know: leftover gift labels & cards, tape, pens,…
Every year around this time I do my annual baking for the neighbors. Usually, about a week ago you’d find me saying, “Oh, no way I’ll have time to do the baking this year.” But after all the gifts are bought or…
Happy What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday! I hope today finds you not too stressed out, even though it’s only four days until Christmas. (What is What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday you ask? It’s only a great time to see what’s on the workdesks…
