I don’t currently live in a place where it snows and I can’t say I’m happy about it. I love snow. If I can’t have real snow, though, I make up for it with my decorating. This yarn wrapped snowman came completely from my stash of craft supplies and was a lot of fun to…
While I love learning about the history of various crafts, a theme that often comes up is how artists and makers are fighting to keep those crafts alive. Sometimes a craft is known in a general sense, such as embroidery, but more specialty variations are not–such as stumpwork and thread painting. Thankfully, artists such as…
I think Valentine’s Day can be a lot of fun. It’s never been a romantic holiday to me–it’s been much more for friends. Maybe it’s because I grew up with making the Valentine’s Day decorated shoe boxes in school and then getting to pass around the little cards and finishing the day with a few…
I’ve always loved ceramic Christmas trees and I’m so happy they’re popular again. I’ll admit, though, that I never considered that they were something people made or painted themselves. These trees have always been a part of my Christmas decorating and I was really tickled to find some plain ones that were crying out for…
I love poinsettias during the holidays. The brilliant pop of red is classic Christmas to me and while I’m not overly known for keeping plants alive, I do try my best. I recently came across some smallish and inexpensive poinsettias and couldn’t pass them up. There were already four flowerpots in my crafting stash and…
I’ve had a few outright travel failures in my adventuring and look back and laugh at most of them. Wrong train? Easy fix. Fell asleep? It worked out in the end. Destination closed? Find another one and go back. I tend to be pretty go with the flow (much to the irritation of just about…