Like most crafty bloggers, I adore a good thrift store. Growing up, that’s the only shopping we ever did. Every back to school season meant trips to Value Village and St Vincent DePaul. I remember how mad I got once…
Flower fields
This is how I spent my weekend: These are Giant Tecolote Ranunculus…es. Ranunculi? I had actually never seen these flowers in person before, but apparently the farm here in Carlsbad grows like 90% of these flowers in the country. They…
Furniture Shopping
I’ve been spending every waking moment thinking about this house. Which is pretty obvious from the state of my blog. And since the loan stuff is just stressful, most of that thinking is about the interior design. I haven’t quite…
As promised…
Here’s my new house! First of all, there is no carpet in the entire house. Hooray! The previous owners had a puppy that peed all over the place, so they replaced all the flooring. Those boxes by the front door…
Recent Finishes
Crafting lately has been rather difficult, mainly because 90% of my stuff is in boxes. I’ve been trying to find ways to keep it up though. I dug out my sewing stuff for my quilting class, I got my beading…
Quilting can be macho
I live literally five minutes away from Camp Pendleton, the huge Marine base here in North San Diego county, which you could totally figure out if you spent the day in my apartment complex. The parking lot alone could tell…
Happy Crafters
One of the hardest parts of this miscarriage is the fact that it happened right after we moved. If this had happened when we were in Modesto, it would have been just as big a disappointment, but I would have…
My Happy Accident
My friend Schelle and I were having one of our marathon phone conversations the other day. The kind where you’ve been talking for an hour and don’t have anything new to say, so instead of just getting off the phone…
My latest creations
My normal standard of productivity has been pretty low this year, mainly because I’m still working on that craft book I’m trying to write and I’m finishing things for that but I can’t show any of them yet. So even…
Drop everything…it’s time to craft.
Working in the creative industry, December is typically the month from hell for me. Every deadline is December 25th. Clients all want their stuff for Christmas, I always end up way overextending myself with homemade gifts and church commitments, both…