Category: Crafts

George got his wings today. One done. It’s an optical illusion… his wings go forward, not back. I just need to figure out placement. Up high, and you can’t see his head from the side. Down low, you can see it, but he’s odd looking! Any opinions? I need to decide. The wings will be…

Now that everyone has received theirs, I’ll share. I’m practicing block printing since I’m teaching a class on it at the end of the month. I’m figuring out technique and amount of paint… Since these are practice… and far from perfect… five of my friends received bonus gifts in the mail! Each, however, had specially…

I’ll be teaching a class on block printing at the end of April… and I’ve been anxious to try it myself! There’s a slight learning curve on the carving, but I’m staying with simple designs, so… I chose these nine for a friend who likes horses and shed hunting and fishing and dogs and books!…

I stole away two granddaughters for most of the day. I was ready to do more peg loom weaving, but the old sheets I’d ripped up were pink and tie dyed pastels, not exactly my color scheme. Two little girls approved though. First was tying the strings to the pegs. I demonstrated a row or…

Still no luck downloading photos. Can anyone say, Aggravation? Tonight I had another peg’s worth of bags slid down on my rug. I can tell that the first rows I didn’t twist the bags any, and then for some reason I decided to. It has a different look to it but that may not be…

Vernon and I went on a little adventure today and I was all set to share but my camera is refusing to find my wifi and download photos. Our internet provider brought us a new router… I have no idea what was wrong with the old one… probably nothing. The installer insisted we use a…

Congratulations, it’s a peg loom! This type of weaving predates the Vikings. Pegs are set into the holes in a board. Weft strings are laced into the pegs. Then whatever you’re wanting your rug to be made from, for my first one, I’m using plastic grocery bags looped into a rope. It is wound alternately…

I’ve told myself over and over again… I don’t need another craft… I don’t need another craft… Welp, I’ve got another craft… Any guesses? I’m pretty sure this is a craft few of you have heard about. Hopefully, tomorrow I can give it a really good try…

Now that I’ve handed out the last of my Christmas presents, I can share. Often I’ve painted tiny watercolors and sold them, but the teeny frames are hard to come by. I look at thrift stores and garage sales but no way will I buy them! That cuts into my profits! I decided to do…

Victoria and her boys left after lunch… they played until the last minute with Quinlan and Lorelei before Quinlan had to leave for his basketball game. Lorelei stayed behind to eek out the last minutes with the cousins. When they finally left, I asked Lorelei what we should do… Craft? She asked? So we did….