Mothers are so hard to shop for. They have everything they want. The only thing they need is for you to call home more often. Actually, for my mother, her gift of choice is cash. She'll take a few benjamins over flowers or gifts any day. So my Mother's Da ...
Get out the violins: Do you know I never had an Easter basket growing up? When my teacher would ask the kids in the class what everyone got from the Easter Bunny, I would just make stuff up because I never got anything! I just assumed it was because I was ...
I love fun crafting books, so I was thrilled to recently get my hands on the brand new "The Crafter's Book of Clever Ideas" by my friends Andrea and Cliff Currie. You may know Andrea Currie as a winner on the TLC show "Craft Wars." Well, this book not onl ...
I am delighted to announce the upcoming Hometalk & Michaels Pinterest Party, this Sunday Feb. 16 from 1-4 PM. All the Michaels stores will be crafting heaven, and I will be hosting the party at the Michaels in Hawthorne/Manhattan Beach at 14370 Ocean ...
Love can be dicey – so why not spice things up for Valentine's Day with some love dice? The sides of one die have actions like "kiss" and "tickle." The sides of the other die have body parts like "cheek" and "lips." (I tried to be PG-rated here, folks.) T ...
I've always loved the framed, modular bulletin board tile system that Pottery Barn Teen sells on their website. I recently made my own version, which is much more affordable, for an eHow tutorial. Check out the how-to slideshow tutorial here.
It's projects like these that make me feel like a craft-Macguyver. I need storage for art supplies, but all I've got are these Cheerios boxes. Wait! I'll turn them into a supply caddy! That's not exactly how it happened. But I did make this supply caddy f ...
At the recent CHA (Craft & Hobby Association) Show in Anaheim, I was asked to make a guest appearance in the Rit Dye Makerspace booth and give my spin on using Rit Dye. Now, this was only the second time in my life I had ever made anything with Rit Dy ...
Every year, I decorate mini Christmas trees for an organization called JoyCatchers, which donates mini holiday trees to seniors, veterans and hospice patients. I actually buy over a hundred mini trees a year myself to give to the organization, thanks to s ...
It's the Craft Attitude Holiday Blog Hop, and to kick things off, I'm throwing caution to the wind and trying something new. You know how I've used Craft Attitude printable film on a ton of projects so far. Well, today I'm using Craft Attitude, but I'm no ...
