What do you get when you mix polymer clay with sparkly nail polish? Super sparkly jewels for your ears, that’s what. Â Boom. Materials: Small amount of polymer clay – I used white clay Sparkly Nail Polish Sharpie Paint Pen in Gold (or silver, your choice!) (optional) Earring posts and backs Gorilla Glue or other …
You may have heard that we’ve had a touch of weather in Massachusetts. Â I will say this. Â My front yard looks like a landscape from another planet. Â We are surrounded by 6, 8, 12 foot mountains of snow. Â Everywhere. Â It’s excellent weather for sitting in the house and doing NOTHING. Â Until you get so bored …
I wasn’t going to post this because it was so crazy easy, but then I took some pictures and I just adore how it came out, so I decided to do a quickie tutorial. Materials: Embroidery Floss – I used three different colors and 1-2 skeins (? Â is that what that’s called? Â the …
A wise man once said, “You want to go into forty the way you want to come out of it”. Â Ok, it was Bill Rancic. Â And he may have been quoting someone else, but for some reason it has stuck with me for years. I’ve documented occasionally my desire to be thinner, healthier, stronger, more …
I’m popping in today with a pretty printable for you for Valentine’s day. This is one of my favorite ee cummings quotes and the background is basically an edited picture of a watercolor I whipped up while painting with my son. It’s sweet and lovey, but not too lovey, so you could keep it around …
Do you remember Choose Your Own Adventure books? I LOVED those. We’re going to do that here on the blog. And by we, I mean you and me, reader! You are going to choose my next crafting adventure. Sound fun? Good! I bet you’re wondering how this will work. Me too, sort of. Here’s my …
I’m going to tell you right from the get go, if you are into perfect, this is not the post for you. Â This post is about handmade with glorious imperfections. Â I made earrings out of polymer clay and I adore them! Â And you can make them,too! So there are two different styles and I’m …
Remember the felted wool fall decor I tried out? Â Well, I’m back with another felted wool craft. Â This one is a cozy little necklace that would make a fun hand made gift. Call me crazy, but I adore how fuzzy those little felt balls are. Â Now, I’m not going to lie to you and tell …
I found some A-dorable Christmas decorations at Ikea!
I live in a nice town. It seems very insulated and safe. And it is. Â Almost always. Â Except for the one time our car got broken in to. Â In our driveway. Â While we were sleeping in the house. Â A few feet from the car. It was not a big deal. Â We didn’t really lose anything. …