writer, editor, crafty gal
Baby-themed wine charms. Probably in bad taste.
Just because my best pal is pregnant doesn’t mean I can’t have a cocktail, right?
Who doesn’t love a baby?
LP organizer–record album melted to be a desk-top organizer
Record Bowls
Up close of record bowl
Deranged Squirrel Magnets
Little Blue Butterflies
Blue Snowflakes
Halloween Magnets
Red Pushpins
Snowflake Magnets
Trashy Word Magnets
“I DO” Wedding Magnets
I made two marble magnet hair clips using old romance comic books. The one above is called Love (it features five tiny happy couples)…the one below is Loss (it features five lonely ladies)! For some reason these crack me up.
Is there ANYTHING I like better than old romance comics? Yes, but it’s a short list people!
One Christmas I bought a bunch of baskets at thrift stores and stacked them with mugs and hot cocoa mix! I made cocoa cones with a coworker for tons of people! We put cocoa mix into a pastry bag and then put cocoa toppings on top–marshmallows, sprinkles, etc. Very cute. Tied pastry bag with a bow and voila! Easy-peasey! Great, inexpensive gift for the cocoa lover on your list!
This is a pizza kit for a young couple that was getting married in 2002 (totally divorced now–seriously it’s okay to go cheap on the gift when the the couple is very young). Anyway, they were registered for portions of the gift so I started to work a theme. Pizza pan, pizza slicer, measuring cup, Italian cookbook, pizza sauce and seasoning and even flour–everything to make the pizza recipe included in the measuring cup! Best part? It wasn’t too pricey and it got the “oohs” and “ahhs” I live for at the showers! Hee!
This gift basket was for a grown-up couple (also now divorced–seriously, don’t beat yourself up about these non-monetary wedding gifts!) that loved to entertain. So I gave them a galvanized bucket (because they could fill it with ice and use it for parties in the backyard), stuffed with margarita-themed goodies. Plastic glasses for outdoor entertaining (super cute margarita style), margarita mix, premium tequila, a book of margarita recipes, a book filled with romantic quotes and some neutral napkins and place mats. I really thought this one was adorable.
Another Italian meal theme! The box had a registry item and on top was a colander, wooden spoons, premium pasta and sauce (from a boutique grocer), and a oil bottle. Loved it!
I did a bunch of Sublime Stitching embroidery projects a few years back–mostly on tea towels–as gifts for friends and family.
And bad girl!
I wish I’d taken more photos back then–I did tons of these!
I love this sign! It’s a flashing neon wonder located right in Chicago’s Loop on Wabash. I should have taken video so everybody can appreciate the lovely flashing lights.
A few years ago my friends Betsy and Sarah and I went on a paint-your-own-pottery bender. This is the only piece I really liked! Coasters. Painted. By me. Not too exciting but it’s my blog.
This is not my finest piece. But it worked for a spell. It was an ugly dark wood mail organizer that I bought at Goodwill. I painted it my light kitchen blue and then printed our names on big ol’ shrinky dink pages that shrunk up and became labels for the different pockets.
Kind of a craft failure but I learned a lot.