If you read this blog with any regularity, i’m sure you’ve seen me post wonderful things, collaborations, observations, etc about my friend, Ashley over at Lil Blue Boo. She is an amazing individual. In addition to being a talented artist, designer, business owner, she is also a generous humanitarian. Whether it be collecting sewing supplies [...]

  Here’s a sweet idea for a quick Christmas Eve crafting tradition! Make some memories with this holiday WISH ornament you can print and color using just basic white cardstock and a B&W printer. Just Click the image below to start your FREE download. Color, cut out and fill-in your families wishes on the pieces. [...]

AWESOMENESS!! My friend, Ashley, at Lil Blue Boo asked me to illustrate a coloring-book-style backdrop for her adorable “Box o’ Princesses” tutorial, and i’m making the download a freebie! Just click here for the B&W, letter-size download that you can print at home. It includes a label for your box, the color-able princess village backdrop, [...]

After cutting up a bunch of old tee-shirts to make some Li’l Blue Boo tunics for myself, i had a whole buncha scraps….and some shirts i still hadn’t sliced into! So i shredded up a pile of strips and made these super-easy, super-quick, braided summer bracelets. Here’s how: Gather some tees, scissors, tape and a [...]

I used some discarded shreds of t-shirt material to braid up these super-quickie summer bracelets today. It took me about 15 min to make all 3. They are so fun and FREE, that i plan to experiment with braiding in some metallic trims, maybe sew on some metal beads or fringe on the next batch [...]

Coop’s 5th birthday party is tomorrow. He’s having a Green Lantern theme. Party City had zero Green Lantern piñatas….or even plain green piñatas for that matter. So we decided to make one since boys his age really are fans at smacking the beans out of tissue paper candy receptacles. I had made a piñata once [...]

Hi gang!! i am all about the love….and i like to watch it curl up and shrink inside my oven! Here is a fun project that will allow your kids to make some Valentine’s Day trinkets with just a little help from a grown-up and a free download from yours truly! Did you know you [...]

Hi all. Now that i’ve gotten a few more steps further toward organzing my paintin’ and sewin’ space (thank you IKEA!) i thought i’d post some pics to share. When we bought our house 3 years ago, our basement was a musty, cement-floored space with cobwebs in the rafters. Even though its an older house [...]

My son cracks me up. Sometimes he wants to look “crazy.” Mismatched socks. spiked up hair, clashing colored clothes, and most recently, ties over his t-shirts. He started with some bias tape from my craft drawer that he made me fashion into a tie with his Star Wars tee. Then he moved on to my [...]

A few months back, i posted some little decoupaged Trinket Trays and saucers. Everyone really liked them, so i thought i’d give you a little tutorial on the process i use to make them. It’s quite easy, you just have to pay attention to detail. i originally found random little saucers and such at thrift [...]