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How to Organize Your Life #32: Investments
If you’re just stumbling across this, please click here for the other posts in the series. What Kind(s) of Investment(s) Do You Have? I have to be honest; I don’t do a lot of investing. Stocks seem...
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Card Ministry: Cardmaking as a Ministry Option for the Chronically Ill
When you have a chronic or invisible illness like chronic fatigue or the like, a lot of the typical ministry options are off the table. It’s hard to commit to anything that happens on a schedule,...
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3 Best Alternatives to Amazon for Books Online (& Other Bibliophile Goodness)
I have to confess, I like Amazon, and spend way more there than I’d like to admit to. It has certain benefits to recommend it. But many people are looking for alternatives to Amazon for books to buy...
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Homeschool Handicrafts: (Cape Cod Blueberry) Basket Making Kits
My daughter (10yo) has been occupying herself lately by watching basketry videos at The Ploughshare Institute. Unfortunately, their sister website that used to sell basket making kits no longer seems...
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25 Ways to Use Embossing Folders
Following my post about ways to use thin metal dies, I was going to do one for embossing folders — but Sasha Reade beat me to the punch. She’s assembled 25 ways to use standard embossing folders, in...
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PixelScrapper July 2021 Blog Train
I’ve been having a lot of fun with real-life dies that stack silhouettes with round frames atop circles, so when I saw this month’s color palette — which is beautiful, but which I didn’t have any other...
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Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month Club (June 2021) {review}
I’ve mentioned Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month Club a couple times, almost in passing. Once when discussing “one page wonders,” and again when I talked about the other Spellbinders...
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Spellbinders Monthly Clubs (Dies & Stamps) (June 2021) {review}
Spellbinders has a collection of monthly clubs (subscription boxes). There’s a Card Kit of the Month club (which I’ll address in another post), a Large Die of the Month & a Small Die of the...
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Celebrate Juneteenth –& Scrapbook it with a Free Download
What is Juneteenth? In case you aren’t familiar with Juneteenth, let’s start with a brief history lesson. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which, in theory,...
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One-Sheet Wonders: Easy Formulas for Cardmaking
Some of us like the idea of creating, but find ourselves drawing a complete and utter blank when we sit down to actually create. I’ve learned over the years that step-by-step processes and formulas...
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What Else Can You Do with Thin Metal Dies?
I recently invested in a die-cutting machine. Perhaps ironically, it was the ability to run embossing folders through it that tipped me over the edge. (I love texture!) The machine and the dies are...
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Cheaper Alternatives to Expensive Craft Tools/Supplies
(Stock background; those aren’t my personal craft supplies.) Craft supplies can be really expensive…but do you really need the “official” tools and supplies? That depends. In some cases, the quality...
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How to Unmount Rubber Stamps for Use with Acrylic Blocks (2 options)
If you’re reading this post, you might be already wanting to unmount your wooden-block stamps, and just aren’t sure how. But maybe you don’t know why anyone would want to do this. So real quickly,...
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7 Tips for Scrapbooking on a Budget
Okay, so when it comes to scrapbooking, “on a budget” is a relative phrase. Scrapbooking costs money, if it’s important to you to use materials that will preserve your photos and other memories —...
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The How & Why of Swatch Charts for Art & Craft Supplies
Making swatch charts — or swatch cards — for your art supplies and/or craft supplies can help you in several ways. It lets you identify what supplies you have without hauling everything out, which may...
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What Non-Artists Need to Know About Choosing Colored Pencils
I’ve been researching colored pencils. That seems like a weird thing to research — especially for someone who isn’t an artist! But here’s the deal: because I’m not really an artist, it’s important...
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Rescue Your Failed Yogurt with This Trick
Summary: You may be able to rescue your failed yogurt! Sometimes a yogurt failure can be redeemed by “rebatching.” Failed Yogurt Well, I did get more milk, to continue the yogurt experimentation, and...
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Make a DIY Stab-Bound Nature Journal for Kids {tutorial} {giveaway}
This tutorial for DIY stab-bound nature journals is brought to you by Craft Project Ideas, who provided the major consumable materials for this project — and are sponsoring a giveaway of the same...
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Learning Art: Imitating the Masters
In many fields of study, we learn — at least in part — by imitating the masters. Art is no different. Although we can take the time to “independently” study principles and techniques, and we can...
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Vincent Van Gogh-Style Art Project for Kids {tutorial}
If you poke around the internet, you’ll find that there are a lot of art projects for kids about Vincent Van Gogh — but almost all of them revolve around replicating Starry Night. Starry Night is...
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