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!
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
Oh. Em. Gee. you guys! I just found the deepest YouTube black hole I'm about to fall into head first, and possibly never come out of. Most people don't know this about me, but I spend a good amount of time on YouTube, half as a hobby, and half as work/research. Since I work in …
It doesn't matter whose house I'm at or what country I'm in, if there's an opportunity to do some little house project or craft, I'll jump in right away. And then when there are no projects people want me to jump into, I'll create my own. My grandma's house in Colombia is a second home …
People say a lot of who you are is a direct result of your environment and those closest to you and upon some reflection, I've come to realize how much of my love for crafting has been reinforced by those around me. Of course, I've got tons of support from non-crafty people (which are the …
Continue reading I want to introduce you to… My talented crafty friends & family!
I really love to keep lots of items as mementos, borderline "Hoarders: Buried Alive" level. Huge stash. I've saved a majority of these items to create scrapbooks because I'm very emotionally attached to memories of happy times, but what about those things that are too big/thick to be scrapbooked? Such was the case of my college Graduation …
Continue reading Storing Meaningful Mementos – Graduation Caps & Paraphernalia
Confirming once again that I was born in the wrong decade, my latest acquisition: a Record Player. While going to thrift stores to try and not break the bank while furnishing and decorating my craft room, I found a few second hand vinyl records and the nostalgia got the best of me. I wanted to …
Continue reading Saving the Day When a Project Goes Wrong! Record Player Decoupage
Going to start this post giving you a glimpse of my current state: So much excitement! Even though it's a small little DIY project, I had this idea a LONG time ago and it kept jumping up in the back of my mind for me to do it, so I finally made it happen and now my …
Continue reading Six-Step Picstructions – Map Scratch Off DIY
Work-Craft Balance 