Category: handmade

  • Elephants On Parade

    Finished! I’ll show you how I stiffen, block, and frame the piece. You’ll need white glue, water, an old bowl, stirring device, pins, blocking surface (more on that later), and a small towel. Mix up some glue in the water. I used about a tablespoon? There should be much more water than glue. It’s not…

  • Pam Palmer’s Festival Elephant

    When I started tatting, I found pictures of this elephant online. I couldn’t (still can’t) get over it! I looked and looked over the last couple years and finally got a copy of it. I decided to treat myself this week, and bought the rest of the thread I need to make it. My LYS…

  • I’m baaaaack

    Oof. Life can hit hard, huh? But I’m back now. I frogged a lot of projects I didn’t feel super excited about, cleaned up my stashes, and started stuff I really like. I have so many things I can do but I won’t live long enough to get them all done you know? Cross stitch…

  • OMG I forgot

    I forgot to show you my cool new project bag! I saw it on Moogly and realized I had everything I needed to make one. It was quick to make too. I used some extra yarn laying around, some cute spoopy buttons I’ve had forever, and some plastic canvas. TBH, I made one side’s canvas…

  • Guess Again

    OK, it’s starting to look like something now…I’m mostly done, only the head and front legs left!