crafts

A catch-all for general crafts.

digital cutters

Files for digital cutters.

paper

Projects made with paper.

photography

Stuff about photography and taking photos.

techniques

These are the projects that feature a technique or two.

all roads lead to owls
Thu, 22/07/10 – 12:57 | Comments Off
all roads lead to owls

I’ve had a plethora of owl appearance recently. It started with this Transformer owl. Just hush and watch the video. You won’t be disappointed.

Then, I stumbled on to how to clean your owl. Gosh, I want …

portrait pain
Wed, 21/07/10 – 15:53 | Comments Off
portrait pain

I’ve been taking an online portrait course. I discovered Cheryl Johnson sometime last year and patiently waited to get in to her Portraiture class. I take portraits well enough, but I really wanted to push …

SCAL, Cricut and my SVG dilemma
Fri, 16/07/10 – 8:44 | One Comment
SCAL, Cricut and my SVG dilemma

I mentioned that I was having problems converting files to SVG format. I found my self at a crossroad and was forced to make a change, which I don’t really like to do. My digital …

velvet ribbon flowers
Wed, 14/07/10 – 8:43 | 6 Comments
velvet ribbon flowers

I’ve been on a quest for velvet ribbon for some time now. My aunt Cindy (insert blog link here is she ever starts one) set me up with some the other day. I’m not sure …

clothespin apron
Fri, 9/07/10 – 6:25 | 2 Comments
clothespin apron

This was my first real sewing project. I’ve made a couple of purses, but they don’t count because I’m not using them yet. I wanted to make an apron, as I’ve heard they are a …

Pieday 2010
Thu, 1/07/10 – 16:11 | 2 Comments
Pieday 2010

What is Pieday? Every summer Mother Nature gives us a little break from the heat and humidity. It seems to happen when there’s an abundance of berries, too. I took it as an invitation to …

July 1937
Wed, 30/06/10 – 7:01 | One Comment
July 1937

I found this calendar page last year. I didn’t think about the dates at the time. It just so happens to have the same dates as this year. Here it is in the flickr gallery. …

decorating for the 4th
Mon, 28/06/10 – 10:20 | Comments Off
decorating for the 4th

I don’t usually do much decorating for the 4th of July. But the monarda is in bloom and it really reminded me of fireworks. I grabbed one of my milk glass vases and sent the …