Passions I can't deny
Posted in Recipes, body care products, crafts, soap making on Sep 2nd, 2010
Well, I’ve been wanting to make this soap for quite a while. My friend Marsha is allergic to all nut oils so I’ve been itching to make some olive oil soap for her. In fact, my whole reason for infusing calendula flowers in the olive oil was for her soap. Anyway, last week I finally [...]
I took some time out recently to attend a local bookmaking class taught by Steve Cochran of Bound To Be Around. It was a fun half-day class at his studio in Mt. Vernon, Indiana. I’ve made books before, but never any using Japanese binding. This was really fun.
In this class we learned three different techniques: [...]
Posted in crafts, gardening, telling your story on Aug 29th, 2010
I had a wonderful visit with two local gourd artists, Debbie and Bob Goedde recently for my Telling Your Story column in The Evansville Courier and Press. Here is a link to that article with their story and pictures of their gourd creations.
I learned so much about gourds from them. I like the idea that [...]
Posted in Sewing, craft book reviews, crafts, tutorials on Aug 23rd, 2010
I was sent this book, Fabric Embellishing – The Basics & Beyond several months ago for review. I didn’t mean to sit on it so long, but I wanted to make sure I spent enough time with it to give it an adequate review. When I first opened it, I spent a couple hours turning [...]
Posted in Giveaway, craft book reviews, crafts, recycling on Aug 11th, 2010
Giveaway is closed. Congratulations to Darla Catalano from Lancaster, PA! Stay tuned for more craft giveaways.
I don’t care what the Borg said (for all of your Star Trek fans), resist is not futile. In fact it’s fun and quite easy!
While working on my review of Art Cloth by Jane Dunnewold, I played with one of [...]
Last year I bought some sunprint paper to print in the sun. I thought it was neat, but the paper is really expensive! I also wanted more colors than blue.
I found this tutorial on 3 Creative Studio where I don’t need anything special just fabric, some fabric paint, and things to mask out the sun. [...]
Posted in Sewing, crafts, telling your story on Aug 1st, 2010
My column this week in the Evansville Courier and Press is about Donna Bische and her quilts. Check out her story here.
I remember my grandma quilting. I also remember always having one of her quilts on my bed. Here is the one I lived with growing up. Oh, the stories it could tell!
The materials in [...]
Posted in Giveaway, craft book reviews, crafts, recycling on Jul 20th, 2010
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO Bethany who won this great book.
Stay tuned for more craft book giveaways!
I love books that are mini workshops. This book is one of those. When I received this book, I just had to run into my “cave” and make some of these stamps. But let me tell you [...]
This week’s column in The Evansville Courier and Press is about Jane Vickers and her jewelry from what most of us call trash. I’ve known Jane for many years and remember attending meetings where she’d be sitting and keeping her hands busy by making her jewelry. I was always amazed that she could listen and [...]
Today I harvested the rest of the Provence and the second Grosso plant. Two more Grosso plants and I will be done with this year’s lavender harvest. I love the smell of lavender in the house. As I was getting the Provence ready to hang to try, Dave walked into the kitchen. “Sure smells good [...]
