Just a quick share. I’ve updated my Spoonflower shop with a new collection for 2025, “Mushrooms.” I’ve also tried to get better about adding coordinating solids, simple blenders, and different scales to all the collections I’ve been uploading. I really like this purple colorway, which was the second color way I did after making theContinue reading “New 2025 Collection”
Category Archives: crafting
Gift Wrap Hacks to Take Your Presents from Ho-Hum to Ho-Ho-Ho
I know – we haven’t even made it through Halloween and you don’t even have the brain power to think about Christmas yet. I’m not trying to add to the stress, but I thought I’d write a quick post on creative ways to do a little gift wrapping. Nothing necessarily new, time-saving, or mind-blowing here,Continue reading “Gift Wrap Hacks to Take Your Presents from Ho-Hum to Ho-Ho-Ho”
Making the Old New
Some of you may have started following me several years ago when I focused on paper cutting and assemblages. I miss those days. It was so satisfying to enter into my zen flow and create something with my own two hands. Bonus if I then sold it! It’s been a long time since I’ve putContinue reading “Making the Old New”
Mini Collection Reveal
OMGOSH. I know this is a lot. I was pretty excited when I received the Fill a Yard sample of my Geometric Bats mini collection from Spoonflower yesterday. I am so happy with the way these came out, even the tone-on-tone dark print. I have a thing for monochrome prints where the pattern is soContinue reading “Mini Collection Reveal”
National Thread the Needle Day
Though my sewing skills are pretty remedial, I have a bit of an obsession with fabric (and paper) and I like being able to choose the right print for the right project. No matter how simple it is. I love that if I can’t find what I’m looking for, I can easily make a designContinue reading “National Thread the Needle Day”
Every Picture Tells a Story
I’ve always liked the idea of making special gifts for people. The problem is I always underestimate the time it will take to make something I’d actually WANT to give to someone. I have plenty of unfinished gifts from Christmases and Birthdays past that will forever be constant reminders of why I never hand makeContinue reading “Every Picture Tells a Story”
Happy Little Hauntings
I’m actually cheating a little here, this is not a recently completed project. I think I may have completed this last year. But it is the season for all things creepy and I haven’t posted in a while, so I thought what better time to share this than now. Assembled from two Altoids tins, andContinue reading “Happy Little Hauntings”
I’m (Not) Coming Out
“MY OH MY….. we are living in crazy times.” Said pretty much everyone who’s lived in any time ever. Yep, perhaps it was the very first complete sentence Lucy, our most ancient ancestor, managed to grunt out just before she took her very last upright step. For almost a year, I’ve debated taking this blogContinue reading “I’m (Not) Coming Out”
When as Good as it Gets is Good Enough
I can’t believe its been 9 months since my last post. There are two reasons for that. The first reason I won’t go into as it is depressing and dark and not at all interesting. I know, depressing and dark is almost always interesting, but in some cases it is also just predictable and boring.Continue reading “When as Good as it Gets is Good Enough”
In the Garden
Today I’m feeling like I need an escape; a peaceful place to gather my thoughts and tune out the world. I have it in my mind to create such a place in my own back yard, but for now I’ll just have to pretend. Here is a simple paper cutting I finished last month. ItContinue reading “In the Garden”
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