Archive for August, 2008

DIY Wallpaper!
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

That’s right I said make your own f-ing wallpaper! Do you know what you get when you google “diy wallpaper”? Not a whole lot that’s actually related to making your own wallpaper, let me tell you. For top secret reasons I had to do a top secret project- making wallpaper (obviously not [...]

Out N About in Los Angeles- Part 2: The San Fernando Valley- East Valley
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Ahhh the Valley. Sometimes I’m forced to do some extremely suburban thing like go to the mall and I get something like hives. But mostly I have this secret little stone of appreciation and admiration for the majestic hills, the delicate variations in 50s tract homes, the expansive parking lots, and the surprisingly [...]

Out and About in Los Angeles- Part 1 of 2.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Let’s make a list of really cool and inspiring and delicious places! Well, places in or around Los Angeles.
The Urban Craft Center
Sadly, not open for a couple more months, but their blog is fantastic and makes me wish I had known about it sooner! Everything in that blog is incredibly inspiring. I wanna [...]

Scallop heaven!
Monday, August 4th, 2008

If you know me at all you know how much I love scallops, and if you’ve been reading my blog, or at least scanning the pictures, you know that I once made a baby blue leather purse with red leather scallops. Well, after a little experimentation I gave birth to Candy Shop, my new [...]

On Fire!
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

I think this morning’s exercise stimulated my crafty muscles because I came home and I got crazy in my lil pink room. I messed around with the camera for a while, but then I had the itch to sew. MmmmmMmm. I made copies of two of my favorite purses- purses that I [...]

And Speaking of Martha . . .
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

May I introduce The Hot Martha Crafty Apron? She’s an homage to the great lady herself, inspired by a favorite Martha color palette. Of course, The Hot Martha is a lil sexed up.
And high five to all the new aprons on Etsy! Yay! Here are some pictures from the [...]