"Here's to the fools who dream. Crazy as they may seem..." The Audition Song, or "Fools Who Dream," is one of my favorite songs from the movie "La La Land," and maybe even one of my favorite songs of all time. I love how the lyrics express the necessity f ...
I love the idea of painting clothes for one-of-a-kind fashion. Previously, I had painted a blazer with a Mondrian pattern. To create the Mondrian blazer above, I bought a cheap blazer from Uniqlo and painted it with DecoArt So Soft fabric paint. I wan ...
Here's an idea that takes paintings to a whole new dimension. It's a 3D painting with live, fresh peonies literally coming out of the artwork. I've combined my love for painting with my love for flowers, and I can't get over how it turned out.I started by ...
These candles look just like your favorite summertime beverages, and they will quench your thirst for creativity. If you've never worked with gel candle wax before, you will love how easy it is to use. It's transparent, so it works perfectly for drink can ...
Sometimes we just need a change. My living room was fine. It was more than fine. It was featured on HGTV and got a spread in the L.A. Times. But it had been years since it had been updated. And after spending so much time at home during this pandemic, I w ...
Lately, as toilet paper has become so scarce, have you felt a need to hang on to yours? Well, this toilet paper holder humorously pokes fun at our need to grab all the stock that's out there. We need to laugh in times like these, right? I originally did t ...
Everyone's making their own masks now. I'm so impressed by my crafting colleagues who are churning out hundreds of hand-sewn masks for medical professionals and the public. I have been slow to jump on the DIY face mask train because 1) I'm a terrible sewe ...
I will probably get a lot of flack for this, but I was not a big fan of "Parasite," the critical darling that won this year's Oscar for Best Picture. I'm sure it was a fine film, but I'm a comedy and musical kind of guy, and the movie's violence was a bit ...
Roses are fine, but the real way to my heart is with good food, so I'd rather have this bouquet of cupcake roses any day. If you've never piped icing flowers onto cupcakes before, don't worry. When you have the right piping tip, it does all the work for y ...
When Faye Dunaway famously yelled “No wire hangers ever” in the Joan Crawford biopic “Mommie Dearest,” her character just did not know how useful they are for craft projects. Take this wreath for Hanukkah, for example. It’s made with wire hangers, which h ...
