Now that my best friend got engaged, I am the happiest crafter alive, and I'm ready to make ALL of the things. First stop: engagement party central! My biff (that's what we call each other :P) Michelle, like most women, has had an idea of what she wants her wedding to look like, so her …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding, Chapter 2: The Engagement Party
Aw man! Such a thrilling ride it's been with this order - from the moment I got the call, to tackling the making of the ramp, the little truck boxes and finally the big truck prop... So you know, the end will be no different! Before I show you the final pictures of everything, let's …
For the third and final installment of this order (click here for the intro, part 1, and part 2)- the big truck prop/photo booth station for Mateo's fourth birthday. The inspiration for this craft were this picture and this one too. If I'm honest, when I initially got this order, I ranked the items in my head …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 3: The Big Truck Prop
After last week's still unbelievably successful ramp construction, it was time to move on to the next item on the monster truck party order: the box trucks. Mateo's mom saw a couple of images online of kids wearing boxes that were decorated like cars (like this one and this one on Pinterest), and wanted something similar …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 2: WCB Car Dealer, Inc.
As I shared on my last post, I've just agreed to build a ramp for a kid's birthday party. I don't know what possessed me to do this, but here I am. It's go time, no take-backsies. After getting the call and agreeing to making the three items for this monster truck-themed birthday, the first …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 1: Conceptualizing & Building a Ramp
I'm not sure how much I've let on about this, but when it comes to crafting I'm often pretty confident in being able to replicate a lot of things I see or visualize without any sort of instructions on how to do so. My favorite type of order is one where I have to make …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy: Confidently Saying Yes to a Monster Truckload of an Order!
Yo-ho, yo-ho, horders are back! As you may have noticed, my most recent posts don't include orders, and that's because I've had to put my shop on "Vacation Mode" which shuts down all incoming requests. This due to the fact that my work-craft balance has been a little heavier on the work side since last …
Friends, I don't know how this is going to happen, but we don't have a choice. I have officially accepted orders for three events happening on the same day, and another one a week after, meaning I'm working simultaneously on four big orders right now. I get very excited when this happens, and it's not …
AHHHHH GUYS!!!!!!!! My best friend is getting married! How awesome is that? SUPER MEGA AWESOME! Now as you can imagine, this is every crafty person's dream come true, because with all the joy and none of the stress on oneself, the crafting possibilities are endless. I want to make ALL OF THE THINGS, and oh, …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding, Chapter 1 – The Proposal
Back in 2012 when the world was going to end, my friends and I decided to throw an end-of-the-world ugly/tacky sweater Christmas Party on the night it was all supposed to go down - December 22nd, 2012. We had a great time, and it was one of the last times we "raged" like college students …
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