I think any crafter worth her salt keeps abreast of what Martha Stewart is up to, and if you keep even half an eye on her, you have to have seen faux bois. She seems to be on a one woman* campaign to bring this style to national prominence. *One woman with many many minions, […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #49
December 15, 2009
Bear made sugar cookies and I can’t stop eating them. Having a husband who bakes is the best thing and the worst thing ever.
[Continue reading...]Wire Birds Nest Ornament
December 14, 2009
I found the idea for these gorgeous things off of the blog of one of you commenters. Forgive me, I’ve lost the link. I searched and searched, but it’s lost forever. The mysterious commenter found this tutorial at Just Something I Made. I debated with myself if it was cool to post a tutorial after […]
[Continue reading...]Woodgrain Ornaments
December 11, 2009
I failed my way to success making this ornament. I knew I had to use wood somehow, but I don’t have the cool power tools – just the boring ones, so I turned to the art of marquetry. It’s something I’ve never done but long admired, so I bought a bunch of different kinds of […]
[Continue reading...]Terrarium Ornaments
December 10, 2009
My mediocre photography skills are always put to the test when there’s glass involved. I hope you can see through the glare to tell that this ornament may just be my best idea ever. Terrariums were all over the crafty blog world a couple of years ago, but they didn’t do much for me. :shrug: […]
[Continue reading...]Feathered Ornaments
December 9, 2009
This years new tree has taken on about five different permutations in my head. I originally had it in my head as an “Exotic” tree, and at the time I was thinking of feathers and animal print, paying homage to South Africa where Bear spent a couple of years and I’ve always had a deep […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasure #48
December 8, 2009
Gosh how I love the smell of wet concrete. It smells so clean and sharp. I don’t get it much here in San Diego, but it always reminds me of growing up in Seattle. It smells like childhood. It poured buckets here yesterday. Sunny on Sunday, monsoon on Monday, and now we’re back to needing […]
[Continue reading...]Mynah bird
December 7, 2009
I’ve been working hard on Christmas stuff and I’m doing fairly well. Christmas shopping is done, Christmas making not so much. But I’ll get to that later this week. Today is my birthday – 31 years old. I was thinking about doing a big introspective post about how great this year was and how it […]
[Continue reading...]Silver Cuff
December 4, 2009
You guys know of my deep and abiding love for the cuff bracelet. The perfect accessory for this girl’s gorilla arms. So earlier this year I was going through my craft supplies and came upon a big jar of bugle beads leftover from the beaded Christmas tree skirt, and thought they might make an interesting […]
[Continue reading...]A day in my studio, in pictures
December 3, 2009
Atti pulling on my pant leg for a little attention. Atticus! What did you get into! You know I’m too cute to be mad at, right? Atticus and his shadow playing with a stray bit of paper Gizmo is at Atti’s feet all day long. Maybe it’s time I swept my floor.
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