Wow talk about me talking a long time to get things going! Four years ago I created a collection of contemporary circle fabric designs and loaded them onto Spoonflower, an […]
Craft Projects
Trash to Treasure
A comment from a reader on my Paper Orb tutorial about free craft supplies, made me realize that many of the beautiful things I create are actually from trash. It’s […]
Paper Orb Tutorial
Aren’t these paper orbs just gorgeous! They are not difficult at all to make and require no special crafty supplies. Go and rescue that old corn flake packet out of […]
Creative in Chicago Featured in J-14 Decorate Magazine!
So… back in April I was contacted by the Lifestyle Editor of J-14 Decorate magazine asking if they could feature my DIY bling pencil pot in their summer issue. It […]
Pistachio Shell Art
I may have a problem with nuts! Over the weekend Mr CH and I enjoyed a rather large bag of Pistachios, but it was not enough for me to savor […]
A Sea Horse Wall Sculpture from Trash
Just over a month ago I moved house… and let me tell you that process produces a tremendous amount of trash in the form of packing materials Although most of […]
Sweet Baby Knits
Last week saw the arrival of a new baby in the family… a little boy for my brother and sister in law. My knitting needles have been quietly click clacking […]
DIY Christmas Decor: Driftwood Orb
My driftwood orb has had a little festive update. I got the idea from Lizzie over at Saltrock.com. She wrote a great post on using natural material for Christmas decoration […]
A Fall Craft- Sharpies and Conkers
The horse chestnut tree in my garden has been dropping it’s gorgeous shiny conkers all week and as beautiful as they are “au naturel “, …I thought it would be […]
Easy DIY Halloween Card
We are fast approaching that ghoul and ghostly time of year again and I have another fun Halloween card greetings card to share with you. You will need Card Stock […]