Category: crafts

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The Perfectly Carved Family

So, what do you think of my cute little family? They are carved and stamped out of scraps of leather, and are suppose to be my dad–the chef, my mom and her poofy hair and…ahhh…me. I found them in a box of old treasures–and they are 31 years old!

Long, long ago, my brother was the manager of Tandy Leather company in Garden Grove, California and for a few months—when I was 19, my job was to be the cashier girl. When things were slow we sat in the back making stuff. Of course, he made real things like belts and sandals and wallets but I just goofed around at this kind of thing.

The best part about finding these little guys is that they really look just like my parents–no, they really do. So it’s been fun to have them around!

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Please note…

We’ve moved all the crafty things that we’ve posted in the last year to one easy-to-find place. Check out the Crafting tab. You’ll be amazed—no, stunned!

Everything crafty right at your finger tips.

Happy Creating!

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Thankful block…

Here is a pretty great thingy that we made a while back–which I positively love—so I want to show it to you. It never hurts to have a reminder to be…

Of course, we didn’t free hand this–fear not. It was a big, old block of wood that we painted, sanded, roughed up a bit, and then “dirtied” with some black stuff–no idea what it was. Then we took a rub-on stencil and a tongue depressor, and applied the sticker. Pretty dang easy.

People ask me all the time where I got it, but since it was an Achievement Night Class project–I have know idea where the stencil came from. However, if you love this and are interested in something like it, I’m just real sure that Katrina– over at Katrina’s Kreations could likely hook you up.

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The Chicken or the Egg?

Well, I found an Easter craft that wasn’t tired and lame and best of all–didn’t frighten me. It’s first in line at the Crafty Crow site. In fact, I found quite a few really cute projects. Pretty clever dudes over there gathering up a raft of ideas so you can find them all in one place.

Here is my attempt at the pop open felt egg with the teeny tiny chick inside.

All you really need is a few felt scraps and different colors of embroidery floss. They are quite tiny so it went together fast. (I made most of this at a track meet) How tiny are they–you ask? The pattern for the birdy is the top of a spool of thread. That’s how tiny.

Sweet little pocket treasure for your Easter chicklets–that whip together in a flash.

Oh, and in answer to the age-old question: Which came first–the chicken or the egg?

The egg.

Now you know.

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Easter Bunny Wrappers

Aren’t these Easter Bunny Wrappers adorable?

We found them at our good friend’s place— Katrina’s Kreations and the good news is…they’re FREE!


All you need is some white or colored paper or card stock and some candy bars—and you can make them for your own Easter basket.

Once you’ve printed and cut them out, all you have to do is wrap them around a candy bar and tape them in place. You’ll see that Katrina has even added tiny bows to hers.

What a simple way to let your baby bunnies know how much you care this Easter.

So hop to it!