To Top it Off…

I'm letting the holiday spirit go to my head.  As in my hat.  This is my favorite felt topper.  It gets modified for Autumn and Winter.  This is the Christmas edition.  And now I'm heading out the door to do those final Christmas shopping errands before wrap-apalooza commences. 'Tis the season to don a pretty hat.  Even if it's the red and white … [Read more...]

Mixed Mediahhhhhh

Do you ever feel intimidated by a technique, surface, tool, medium?  Well I do!  All the time.  But I won't let that stop me.  Not anymore.  Don't let those limiting voices creep in and keep you from trying something new. I posted this as my Facebook status the other day. Live Out Loud! The greatest tragedy is "...our failure to fully utilize … [Read more...]

From the land of Unfinished Projects – an APRON!

Let Summer begin.  Summer is my renewal time.  On a professional level it is time set aside to back away from the business of workshops, and the hectic schedule for a few weeks.  Time to refill my creative tank.  Time to dig out my studio which is becoming a pre-Hoarders marathon!  But first, it is time to spend the last week before school gets … [Read more...]

Domino Jewelry and our Prize Winner

I have a couple of unfinished projects in the jewelry making bag.  One is has a lot of promise.  I just need to get some more schtuff to finish it up.  It's real 'beading' with those pins and actually wiring it all together.  I discovered late one night that I really didn't have enough to finish up the long strands I wanted and so there it sits.  I … [Read more...]

Show me some love…

I heart all things ink.  So my crafting mission today?  To recreate a paper that I adore from a blank white sheet as a starting 'canvas' and make a project based on this inspiration.  This is my favorite scrapbook paper of all time - and the inspiration starting point:   This paper is from designer, Christine Adolph.  I bought it so many YEARS ago and still, … [Read more...]