General posts that don’t seem to fit anywhere else
We are currently in National Scrapbook Month here in South Africa, following the 4th of February which was National Scrapbook Day (NSD) this year. My local craft shop approached me to do a demonstration for the ladies who had booked. I was so honoured to be chosen, and immediately put on my thinking cap. The … [Read more…]
Hello, my friends. I hope you have been well. I have not posted for a while as I have been busy with other things, but have been longing to create something, so today I am sharing my latest project. <3 Since we changed our front entrance to the glass side doors to go with the … [Read more…]
Today, I attended class at The Purple Magnolia again – one of my happy places in all the world. I went with a friend, and it was a class that had sponsored prizes. These classes do happen from time to time, but it was an unexpected, and happy surprise. Both my friend and I won … [Read more…]
A chalk painted, decoupaged tray, sealed with epoxy
Testing my functionality for posting automatically to Insta from WP
A few posts ago, I showed you what I received in my stamping foam subscription box. Today I had a play with it, with a friend. Here are some of the prints we made to show you how well they work. The re-useable stamping foam is so easy to use, and we had success with … [Read more…]
I have been loving making journals and decorating them. A friend showed me a tutorial on YouTube on making a journal entirely from envelopes. There is a channel by Angela Kerr that I encourage you to go check out, specifically her tutorial on the envelope journal: here. My friend gave me the envelopes already glued … [Read more…]
They say that online sales have increased dramatically during the pandemic. I am probably personally responsible for at least half of those. But seriously, I have historically found “retail therapy” (and even window shopping) hugely soothing, and have missed it a lot since we have been isolating for the past year. No visits with friends, … [Read more…]
I have been baking up a storm with everything from ciabatta bread to bagles, to sourdough. I have always wanted to make sourdough bread since I went to Alaska and just fell in love with the whole frontier culture. I have been searching through many youtube tutorials, reading many online things, and asking as much … [Read more…]
I attended a workshop at The Purple Magnolia this weekend, and we made either square or heart-shaped mixed-media covered boxes. Of course, I wanted the heart one. Marie painted them all with the first coat of black gesso so they were prepared for us to start all the fun work. (Thank you Marie, that was … [Read more…]