Happy Halloween!
Well last night I stayed up turning sneakers into saddle shoes and it was well worth it. Wee-One looked smashing and totally ready for the sock-hop. D. and I looked like totally square 1950s parents. It was RAD!
On another note, I would like to take this opportunity to partake in Paying It Forward. Many [...]
Holy Guacamole, I did it Batman! After hours of uploading and describing and policy setting, I have opened up my Etsy shop, The Craftarium.
Please spread the word… according to all of my mail-order catalogs we should be doing our Christmas shopping now (even though we have yet to pass out the Halloween candy.) The [...]
I have not been sleeping well lately.
Two nights ago I lay awake contemplating this necklace. See how happy I look in this terrible picture I took of myself with Photobooth…
Miraculously, today I had the time to not only go buy the chain I needed but to also sit down and make this badboy. [...]
It finally happened – a new look for my blog! I hope you like it. I think it suits me and my most recent designs. I started by creating a new header with Photoshop Elements and then I sketched out the rest by hand with scrap paper for my brilliant husband. He took my drawing [...]
I would like to take a moment to thank my dear Wee-One for giving me the gift of patience.
I have never been patient. Never. I have always been a big dreamer. Always. These two personality traits do not jive. After college I lived alone, battled insomnia, and was bored out of my mind. In the [...]
Today I headed over to Madison Square Park with my jewelry buddy M and I took pictures for my soon to be open Etsy shop, The Craftarium. I felt that it was important to have someone model the jewelry I have made as well as have detail shots and M was kind enough to [...]
Gosh I have been snarky lately. I know I have also spotty with blogging.
I have been busy sorting through information on Paypal and Etsy. I designed business cards and my Etsy storefront. I also have been re-redesigning my blog.
My business cards came yesterday. In the past few days friends and strangers have asked for my [...]
Do you like my new family portraits?! My husband and I love the Eames family of molded plywood dining chairs – so much so that I created and hung their portraits. Here’s how…
1. Select your silhouette subject and your frame. I knew I was going to use the Eames chairs and frames I [...]
Each time my Google Reader has a new entry for Grosgrain, I get super-excited to see what amazing outfit Kathleen Dougherty has created. But this one, oh my, it takes my breathe away.
I love taking traditional anythings (techniques, furniture, design) and putting a modern spin on them. For example, I love making silhouettes. Back in February I created these thank you notes for gifts for my daughter.
Silhouettes have a graphic design quality, therefore it is easy to put a modern spin on them.
I printed the cards with [...]
