Imagination Emporium April 4, 2012

I am very excited to announce that my aunt Lisa has opened up her own retail store in Grafton, North Dakota called Imagination Emporium. The store will feature all sorts of beautiful home decor, decorating, and apparel items, some purchased and some handmade. Not only does my aunt have great taste, but she’s also got [...]

Perler Bead Headphones Embellishment March 27, 2012

Here’s a cute, fun and easy project you may have seen floating around on Pinterest lately. Simply slice through the length of each perler bead with a razor or craft knife. Make sure it is sharp, because you don’t want to cause indentation marks when you cut! I found that this utility Exacto worked really [...]

Repurposed Vintage and “Inspired” Findings July 10, 2011

 A new interest lately has been creating adjustable rings using vintage clip-on earrings and other jewelry findings.  I always love the super gaudy, huge beaded and rhinestoned vintage clip on earrings, but not only do I have pierced ears, I also have really tiny lobes and those things tend to look gargantuan on me.  So [...]

Fleece Penguin Hat February 1, 2011

I would estimate that about 75% of my projects start out as a seedling for a great idea. The other 25%, well, they are usually the fruits of a silly idea or a half joke, half challenge.  (Case in point: my boyfriend sent me a facebook comment: “you up for this challenge?” with this photo.) [...]

Crochet Flower Headbands February 1, 2011

Before the holiday season, I took a trip to Idaho to visit my sister and her family. As usual, it didn’t take long for the craft supplies to come out and cover the living room floor. Since their last visit, the girls have maintained their interest in crocheting, so this time I taught them how [...]

“Masculine, Feminine” Book Project September 30, 2010

This is a book project I did in my junior year at Mills for my class, “The Artist Book In A Gendered Space.”* In it’s tag, it is listed as a self-proclaimed “unique artists book made of woven metal sheets, wire, hinges, balsa wood, paint, small pleasingly touchable things, and lots and lots of glue [...]

Cutie Crafts September 11, 2010

I realized I have yet to make a post about the epic visit I had from my nieces a few weeks ago. The girls are extremely crafty, and can spend hours cutting and glueing, so needless to say we all get along very nicely… Our first venture included a round robin story-writing conference, where we [...]

Aunt Trista’s Works of Art August 17, 2010

up til last year, this was my bed. My Great Aunt Trista was a very talented crafter, and I’m proud to say I get some of my tastes and talents from her. We have many of her handiworks in our christmas decorations, including tiny crochet snowflakes like these (not my image) which she would pin [...]

Sparkle Pickguard on my Fender Strat May 29, 2010

The seedling of this idea started forming many years ago (see below.) Once I decided to tackle the project, things started coming together fairly quick, but I had a few things I had to figure out. here’s the before: borrrrring!! I bought the silver sparkle paper at JoAnns, in the open stock paper section. I [...]