Paper Crafting: the flowers, round 1
From my flickr stream I don’t often delve into paper craft. Not anything with glue anyway. Or trimming really (I can’t cut straight to save my life). Cranes, yes. Cards printed with a Gocco, yes....
View ArticlePaper Crafting: the flowers, round 2
from my flickr stream Finished objects! The gluing of wire to stem was actually not the most annoying part of these. That was annoying simply because I lack the patience to wait for glue to dry. The...
View ArticleIKEA mini-hack of Billy the Bookcase
mini-hack with floral wrapping paper It’s really not much of a hack. Behold, the Billy bookcase. Yes, IKEA, I will purchase the white one because it costs half of what every other color does ($25 vs....
View ArticleWedding Collateral, did you say?
Julie & Scott get hitched. I think this was the most enjoyable part about wedding planning (other than tasting cupcakes, of course!). Scott & I have fairly different aesthetics so it was a fun...
View ArticleLet’s Make Stuff: Yakkity Yak Speech Bubble
Let's Make Stuff: Yakkity Yak. Hooray! A tutorial! While not an entirely useful item, it’s certainly a fun one! Let’s make a Yakkity Yak bubble to hang on the wall. Materials Materials: Foam core...
View ArticleLet’s Make Stuff: Print Gocco!
Some of my older Gocco prints. Print Gocco! is an amazing little Japanese screenprinter which is sadly no longer produced. I’ve had mine since 2005 (and have luckily ferreted a decent amount of...
View ArticleKnitted Ottomania!
I’ve been working on this project for awhile now but I finally finished it! Huzzah! Here is the rad vinyl ottoman I bought on my very first thrifting trip in high school. Clearly, I hang onto things!...
View ArticleMary Mary knit cardigan with cat face buttons
YOU GUYS. I KNIT A WHOLE SWEATER. No, really, I did. And I didn’t frog it immediately afterwards. Pretty exciting. Sounds weird that I have been knitting for over a decade but have never completed a...
View ArticleI’ma take your grandma’s style
To the tune of Thrift Shop… No for real – ask your grandma- can I have her knit-me-downs? (Thank you) I’m gonna knit some shawls Only got twenty stitches til my short row I – I – I’m knitting, purling...
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