Good Things: It was a good week for a list-maker, because I crossed almost everything off of my list each day. Once the big thaw started to happen, Murphy and I were able to start taking good walks again. I…
December and January cards
My December holiday cards this year featured a stamp set I bought a few years ago and didn’t use: It’s called Merry Beachy Christmas and features Santa in a tropical setting. I used blue and yellowish inks to “paint” the…
Friday 5: Stolen 5
Happy Friday, which is also National Pharmacist Day (hello, BvP!) and National Marzipan Day. It is also the day I received my driver’s license in 1990. And my friend Brian Z’s birthday. I just returned home from giving blood. One…
The Up model house
Even if you’re a gigantic loser like me who bailed out of the movie Up after the first harrowing 10 minutes, you’re probably familiar with the image of Carl and Ellie’s house being lifted from the ground by a bunch…
2023 Valentine cards
For a few reasons I hadn’t felt much like crafting for months. I bought the cutest Halloween dies, colored and cut a bunch of bats which ended up tucked away in an envelope for next year. I bought even cuter…
A long weekend with a longer one to come
This is what a three-day weekend looks like when you’re a middle-aged adult: This will be a short yet hectic workweek because I have a half-day tomorrow (aforementioned mammogram with ultrasound if necessary and I swear to Pete if I…
I’m a Cricut Joy Noob
Back when I was a teenage mallrat in the 1980s, there was a giant machine in the card store that would let you create your own card on a touchscreen and then it would SSLLOOWWLLYY draw that card out for…
Holiday Cards 2020
(blogged while listening to John Denver & The Muppets: A Christmas Together) I enjoy sending and receiving cards for the holiday. It’s an old-timey habit that I really thought was dying out a few years back. Turns out, you just…
Friday (Sunday?) 5: Korea Guidance
Firstly, check out this gloriousness: Embed from Getty Images Look at this! Getty Images lets you embed their work on your unprofitable blog now! Actually they started it in 2014 but it’s news to me! Our US Curling boys brought…
Stupid beading tricks – Save a horse, wear a necklace
I know, that makes no sense. I had a horse pendant sitting in my brown bead box for almost two years. I’m not a horse person, but I know someone who is. What’s funny is that I look at the…
Chief Diva in charge
In a terrifying turn of events, I was put in charge of the office while most of our coworkers are gone at our organization’s Annual meeting. One of our Drexel Co-ops made this sign for me, which makes it official….
The lovely Design Seeds
I love doing things that include color, but I’m not always great at choosing color palettes. Via Pinterest, I found a site called Design Seeds that is going to be a very close friend of mine from here on out….