Presenting the newest item in my Etsy shop: a Dragon Cameo. I got the idea when wearing a necklace based on Jill Kollman’s Micro Sculpt Applique project in the June 2013 issue of Polymer Cafe. I’d been trying to make a…
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…
Hello Wednesday! Today’s workdesk finds me working on this month’s Tim Holtz tag. This time around he had a faux chalk drawing technique. It involves embossing a stamped image and then rubbing over the embossing with chalk. I couldn’t find the brand…
I just finished up my entry in Polymer Clay Collective’s Faux Challenge. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. I decided to try faux ivory this time around. The technique is fairly simple, it’s just layers of translucent, white and…
More often than not we are inspired by materials. Catalogs and conventions tend to overwhelm with the sheer volume of ideas. But can’t you usually pick up just a simple component, like a length of chain or some beads and have the…
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 there, hope you all are having a nice weekend so far. I’m just popping in real quick to let you know Craftsy is having a flash sale on several classes today & tomorrow only (Nov. 9th & 10th.) So if there…
I bought this pattern & fabric a few weeks ago for the cooler but not cold weather we get between summer and winter here in New England. I’m wearing this as I type, and the fact that the back of my neck…
Hello Wednesday deskers! Today’s post is a quick one. The list is long and time is short. 🙂 As my desk shows, I’m all set to start sewing Vogue 8817. It’s a color blocked knit tunic. I’m planning to us a striped…
