Category Archives: other crafting

Kelly and I saw all sorts of crafty kits in Japan, so of course we couldn’t resist picking up a few for ourselves (all in the name of research, right?). Neither of us could put down these cute little house … Continue reading →

But in the meantime, go check out this great interview with my friend Chico! Chico is an illustrator and designer, and I have known her since high school! I got to see her in Tokyo last week, which was great, … Continue reading →

Alison was the first person Carolyn and I met when we landed in Australia last spring, and she was so gracious and fun that we didn’t really want to leave! She was pregnant with baby #2 at the time, but … Continue reading →

Eireann* is up and moving to France, so when she offered up stuff from her craft room for the price of postage, I jumped on it! The box was crammed full of all sorts of interesting items: Now I just … Continue reading →

My parents’ house is crammed full of … stuff. There’s stuff everywhere. The upside of this is once in a while I will find a little gem: A mushroom forest stitchery kit! My mother thinks she bought it, or maybe … Continue reading →

Cecilie from Norway sent me the most incredible package. I had never before received a package from Norway, but I think this was definitely worth the wait! That last photo shows a little eggplant kit of green and purple beads, … Continue reading →

My back-tack package arrived today from Marn

as opposed to hammer time. Heh. Anyone remember that? “Can’t touch this.” Ha ha ha. Anyway, I went over to Melissa‘s yesterday for some freezer paper stencil fun. I also coerced her into making me lunch and feeding me Hood … Continue reading →

Whew, I haven’t posted in several days, but Carolyn came to visit for the weekend, and we were too busy running around in the downpours to blog! We visited Alicia at her darling store Ella Posie, where we purchased some … Continue reading →

So our basic task for Backtack 3 was to make a softie. I made the pointy kitty, a free pattern from the softie queen herself–Wee Wonderfuls. Well, I had never made a softie before, and I’m afraid it shows. The … Continue reading →