Here’s a new project I just designed and wrote a tutorial for over at CraftStylish: the Make it Pink charm bracelet. This is a very beginner-friendly and completely customizable piece, loosely based on the Tangled Up in Blues bracelet I included in Bead Simple — use any beads you like to make it your own!…
I wanted to report back on my Gocco postcard project from the other week: I burned sets of screens in two different map designs and ended up printing 400 cards, 100 each of these four colors. I loved the gold ink on blue, liked the silver and green just fine, and unfortunately my red, which…
I got a bittersweet announcement from Queen Bee Creations this morning: they are discontinuing their tote bag designs soon, so all the current ones are marked down 25%. On a happier note, they are introducing a lot of cool new stuff, but I’m sad to see the totes go. Of course my diaper bag is…
I’m all about the quick crafts lately — and here’s a simple little project I posted on CraftStylish yesterday: Make a One-Inch Button Pendant. These two are favorites from my collection: the scissors are by Cathy and the cardinal is by Ryan. Love them!
I made a quick little set of embellished kitchen curtains when we lived in LA a couple of years ago — two floral-print tea towels with buttons sewn to the center of each flower. It’s a fun, easy project, but today I came up with an even simpler version for the other set of windows…
Before I start in with a chatty weekend-and-crafty post I wanted to follow up and mention that the daisy chain tutorial I wrote is up on CraftStylish if you’d like to check it out… grade-school crafting redux! Wow, this weekend was over way too quickly, and Monday crept up fast. We were out and about…
Here’s a quick round-up of some crafty stuff I’m excited about this week — first up, the Flower Power Challenge contest over at CraftStylish! Just make something flower-y and cool and add it to their gallery by Sept. 30 for your chance to win some pretty amazing Crafty Chica-themed prizes — all the details are…
I had a photo-heavy post all planned out with some beading and jewelry-making projects and stuff to share, and then my childcare fell through today… so that (along with a fair amount of planned work-work) was scratched off the list and pushed until tomorrow. But now that Pearl is taking a little nap I do…
Teaching at Crafty Wonderland on Sunday was lovely and it was really fun to see all the earrings and other sparklies that people made! (And we got Burgerville for lunch so I had yet another round of sweet potato fries… yay.) My youngest beader was three and whipped up a very fancy pipe-cleaner bracelet, and…
I usually stick to crafts around here, but the nice thing about having an ad-free/labor of love/personal blog is that you get to talk about whatever you want… so I feel like writing about voting today. We are big fans of Barack Obama, and after a busy summer I’m finally finding some time and energy…
I’m excited to announce that I’m teaching a free Bead Simple solo earring-making workshop at the Crafty Wonderland DIY table this Sunday! I’m bringing along my vintage beads and findings, plus some chain for making longer, swingier earrings if you want to get a bit more adventurous. Just stop by, grab some pliers and pick…
Hey, it’s been awhile! Pearl and I made a quick trip to North Carolina for a whirlwind week of grandmama visiting, hurricane ducking, hushpuppies, Locopops, and a side trip to Richmond for good measure — her fifth state in four months. And now we’re back, just in time for me to teach a free Bead…