Have you seen Paper Source’s Home LetterPress Machine? This morning, I was living fine without it until I received a nice little email from Paper Source. Now, I thinking I could make my own cute cards. (sigh) Luckily, I’ve managed not to covet the other paper cutting gadgets. But really I’d like to know if people like it. Does it curb some of the desire to have a real letterpress machine? The more I write [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I signed up for a Coraline Box swap hosted by My Little Mochi. Despite the popularity of swaps in blogland, I’ve never participated in one prior to this swap. It’s been a good learning experience. Over the past two weeks, I’ve been working away at creating little Coraline like objects. Tomorrow is the shipping deadline, which means I finished my project today. Tomorrow Box #14 will be on its way [...]

After making a pencil cup for a friend, I set about to make my own. Only I couldn’t make just one for myself. I needed four. The fourth one is there. I promise. It just didn’t quite make it into the photo. I decided to share the construction details. So you too can make your own pencil cup. Really, this is a simple project that anybody could do. Supplies: 1 pint paint can (Go to [...]

A couple of years ago, paint cups repurposed as pencil cups started to sprout up on the internet. I was intrigued. Yet I didn’t take on the project until last week when I needed a birthday gift. While some crafters cover the can with fabric, I elected to use paper. It’s easier to wrap paper around the can than pulling fabric over the slightly larger rolled edge. The smooth sides of the paint can are [...]

This morning, I woke to this sight out my front door. When the weather forecast predicted snow, I thought it was a slight exaggeration. I mean it’s the first half of October. We haven’t even had the first frost. It seem plausible to snow in the mountains and get frost in the valley. I was so wrong. One point for the weather forecasters. Zero for me. I’m not fretting to much. The snow was gone [...]

Wow! It’s been over two weeks since my last post, an unplanned blog break. The month has been busy. In a couple of days I’ll post some great pictures of me, my mom, and my sister emptying her pond. Truly an experience I won’t want to repeat in this life time. Until then, my new luggage tags. Despite having red luggage, it’s always a challenge finding my luggage. I thought a unique luggage tag would [...]