I know the first rule in Blogging 101 is never ever ever mention the fact that you’ve been away for a while if, in fact, you’ve been away for a while. But, I’m pretty much a rule breaker anyway and I’m missing you guys! So, sorry I’ve been away for a while. Freelancing, networking and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘handmade’
Crafting FAIL
February 14th, 2010 7 Comments
Last April, my lovely sister-in-law Sharon was pregnant with baby Parker. Since I’m an overambitious crafter, I decided to cross-stitch her ultrasound photo for framing. Sounds pretty awesome, right? The only thing is, I haven’t cross-stitched since I was 8 years old and well, quite frankly, I had no idea what I was about to [...]
Santa is one lucky guy…
December 25th, 2009 1 Comment
Santa came to our house last night and enjoyed the most scrumptious chocolate chip cookies ever.
Sugarcrafter’s Candy Cane Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
¾ tsp baking soda
2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chunks
1 cup dark chocolate chips
2 [...]
#best09 Day Twenty-Four: learning experience
December 24th, 2009 4 Comments
This year has been all about learning and if I wrote about every personal learning experience this year, I would easily have a book. Here’s the condensed version.
You have to take time to enjoy the small things. There are treasures in the little everyday things that often go unnoticed or overlooked, and it’s easy to pass [...]
Advertures in Nuno Felting (or what YouTube failed to teach me about the art)
December 23rd, 2009 No Comments
I’ve wanted to learn how to nuno felt for almost 2 years. In fact, I’ve had the materials to do so for almost as long, but I freeze up every time I try to get started. I’ve attempted to nuno felt twice with no luck and was just about to give up when I came [...]
