Embroidery. It’s a simple textile art that has been around for, well, ever. Or at least since the invention of fabric and thread. It’s simple, and classic, and is helping me turn my store bought blank baby onesies into little works of art! Seriously, I have no use for onesies right now, but they are…
Archives for March 2009
Craft Month: New Life into Old T-Shirts
I have a million T-shirts. Shocking, I know… the collection just grows and grows, and it’s so hard to part with them… the little reminders of events I attended, projects I volunteered for, organizations I was a part of, and those clever saying ones I am probably to old to be wearing out in public…
Craft Month: Plastic Bag Yarn
What is this?? It’s about 30 plastic grocery bags… that I turned into a ball of plastic-bag-yarn. There are many websites/tutorial out there on the different practical things you can make by knitting or crocheting with this stuff. Like this bag (not made by me, instructions here): A combination of recycling and crafts, awesome! And…
Today’s Project: A Special Pan and Lemony Bites
Marline is one of the nicest neighbors you could possibly want… she has a crazy amazing craft room too (basically an entire 2nd floor above her garage!). And today is her BIRTHDAY! I’ll be filling up the pan with the Campbell/Trueba Family Lemony Bites (recipe below). This is also my first attempt at etching on…
Craft Month: Quilted Postcards
My first try was the bright colored one below… then I decided to make a batch for valentines. Below are some of my favorites! Basically, each is a 4″x6″ quilt (machine pieced). I fused each quilt to a piece of thick, double sided interfacing (Pellon Peltex 72f) and machine “quilted” the top. (to get the…
Craft Month: Glass Etching
My first experience with glass etching was in my 8th grade Advanced Art class. We took 10 inch mirrored tiles, covered them in contact paper, and carved out our own designs with Xacto knives. Then we had to wait in line so the teacher could put the etching cream on for us… she trusted a…
Craft Month: Mini Garden Signs
March is national craft month, oh my! So I thought it’d only be appropriate to start posting the craft projects and ideas I’ve been working on… this one in particular is going to be my entry for the Dollar Store Craft Competition. The idea came out of necessity… my mom’s Garden Club was hosting an…
Speculoos: A little flavor adventure!
Have you tried this?? I co-worker brought it in today… she has a Belgian neighboor that has connections to imported chocolates and cookies. OOOoooOOO Speculoos is a giniger-like spread… to me it tastes like a cross between ghram crackers and ginger snaps. We’ve been eating it on bread, and crackers, and just with a spoon…
Dollar Store Challenge
A little fact that many of you may not realize… in Texas, there are Dollar Stores EVERYWHERE. Almost to the point of being rediculous. When I lived in California, I can remember there being one in the mall… I dont remember one in NYC (though maybe I just wasnt looking for it)…. NOW I pass…
Do I really need to see things??
*sigh* I always seem to put things off for as long as I possibly can… including getting new glasses. Or at least a new prescription. I didn’t even realize I had blurry vision until college… silly me, I always just thought the overhead projectors in class were a little out of focus, or that technology…